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B -- STRATEGIC PLANNING, PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION IQCS SOL OP/B/HNE-96-001 DUE 120495 POC Point of contact, Kenneth P. LuePhang, ph:(703)875-1046; Fax:(703)875-1519) or by Internet kluephang@usaid.gov; or Contracting Officer, James A. Jeckell, (703)875-1017 USAID anticipates awarding up to five (5) Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) from this solicitation, of which one (1) will be set aside for small business concerns, one (1) for qualified 8(a) firm, and three (3) will be awarded by full and open competition. The SIC code for this three year, maximum $3 million value IQC solicitation is 8742, and the small business size standard is $5 million. The purpose of the Integrated Studies and Systems Project is to obtain professional performance measurement, evaluation, and related technical services for USAID, cooperating country agencies, and other development partners. In order to manage its diverse activities to achieve significant development results, USAID managers need a sound and well-informed basis for assessing how well or poorly programs are performing. This requires ongoing monitoring and evaluation programs at the Agency level, in field Missions and central offices responsible for designing and implementing development programs, and in cooperating country agencies and other development partners. This project funds technical services tosupport USAID's overall effort to manage for results. A Request for Proposals (RFP) will be issued no earlier than 15 days from the date of publication of this notice. The deadline for receipt of proposals will be about 30 days after the date of RFP issuance. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the Agency. No less than ten (10) percent of the total value of the contract will have to be subcontracted to Gray Amendment entities (U.S. socially and economically disadvantaged, including women-owned business; historically black colleges and universities whose student body is at least 40% Hispanic American, and U.S. private voluntary organizations controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals including women in accordance with Part 19 of the FAR and Part 726 of the AIDAR.) To help identify potential subcontractors, a list of all organizations requestin a copy of the solicitation will be sent with each solicitation document. Organizations are encouraged to indicate whether they are Gray Amendment entities when requesting the solicitation and may indicate that they do not wish to be included on the list. By providing the list, USAID does not endorse the listed organizations as being capable of carrying out the activity, nor does USAID verify the claimed status of the organizations. Necessarily, the list will contain the names of only those organizations known prior to the issuance of the solicitation document. Proposals shall include plans reflecting no less than ten (10) percent subcontracting with the above-defined entities. Proposals not including such plans will be considered to be non- responsive. In addition to the above requirement, in accordance with FAR 52.219-9, a small business/small disadvantaged business subcontracting plan must be submitted unless the offeror is a small business or small disadvantaged business. All other selection criteria being found equal, the participation of such additional small business subcontracting may become a determining factor for selection. Interested offerors may request a copy of RFP OP/B/HNE-96-001 by submitting a written request along with three self-addressed self-stick mailing labels for the offer's firm. Please do not send stamped letter sized envelopes. Walk- in and mail requestors must provide a written request for the RFP, along with three self-addressed self-stick mailing labels for the offer's firm. Telephone requests will not be honored. This CBD notice and the RFP text, once issued, can be viewed and downloaded via the notice and the Agency Internet Gopher and downloaded via Anonymous File Transfer Protocol (FTP). Select USAID Procurement and Business Opportunities from the Gopher menu. The Gopher address is GOPHER.INFO.USAID.GOV. Select address is FTP.INFO.USAID.GOV. Logon on using the user identification of ''anonymous'' and the password is your e-mail address. Look under the following directory for the RFP: pub/OP/RFP/HNE601/hne601.rfp. USAID anticipates issuance of the solicitation electronically and in hard copy on or about October 24, 1995. Receipt of this RFP through INTERNET must be confirmed by written notification to the contact person noted above. It is the responsibility of the recipient of this solicitation document to ensure that it has been receivedfrom INTERNET in its entirety and USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. (0285)

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