United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission to Jordan, Regional Contracting Office, c/o American Embassy, USAID/Jordan, APO AE 09892-0206

B -- JORDAN LOAN GUARANTEE FOR SMALL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, - JORDAN,TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO INCLUDE TRAINING, RESEARCH AND EVALUATION SOL RFP Jordan 278-95-P-512 DUE 112195 POC John A. May, Regional Contracting Officer, USAID/Amman, Jordan, Telephone 962-6- 820-101, Extension 2621, Fax 962-6-820-143 The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission to Jordan is seeking a U.S. Private Sector or Non-Governmental Organization(s) to establish a mission funded IQC for Technical Support Services (TSS) Contract, to provide high quality technical assistance to the Trade, Investment and Production Office, to support the preparation, implementation and evaluation of USAID and World Bank Projects in Jordan. This CBD notice can be viewed and downloaded using the agency gopher. The RFP, once issued, can be downloaded from the agency gopher. The gopher address is GOPHER.INFO.USAID.GOV. Select USAID Procurement and Business Opportunities from the gopher menu. The RFP text can be downloaded via Anonymous File Transfer Protocol (FTP). The FTP address is FTP.INFO.USAID.GOV. Logon using the user identification of ''anonymous'' and the password is your email address. Look under the following directory for the RFP: pub/OP/RFP/95P512/95p512.rfp. Receipt of this RFP through INTERNET must be confirmed by written notification to the contract person noted above. It is the responsibility of the recipient of this solicitation document to ensure that it has been received from INTERNET in its entirety and USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. Please be aware that some attachments and/or forms referenced in the RFP may not be available through the INTERNET. It is the responsibility of the recipient of the solicitation to request and/or obtain any such additional documents. The request for proposals (RFP) may only be obtained by written, or fax, request from John A. May, RCO, USAID/Jordan, Unit 70206, APO AE 09892-0206, fax no. 962-6-820143. No telephone requests will be accepted. The issuance date of the RFP is anticipated to be October 3, 1995. The closing date for receipt of proposals in response to this solicitation is anticpated to be November 21, 1995. The RFP, when issued, will provide the final information on the closing date and time. (0284)

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