Regional Contracting Office, USAID/Mozambique, Washington, D.C. 20521-2330

R -- ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES, MOZAMBIQUE RURAL ACCESS PROJECT SOL RFP 96-002 DUE 022996 POC Contact Gail Warshaw at Tel. No. (258-1) 491689 or e-mail Gail Warshaw@D@Maputo The Agency for International Development (USAID) in Mozambique has a requirement to engage the services of a construction management and engineering firm, under its Rural Access Project (RAP) No. 656-0232. The project will rehabilitate approximately 1,400 kilometers of rural roads that will provide local and regional transport links to the national highway network. The services required will include serving as a representative to Direccao Nacional de Estradas e Pontes (DNEP) and its provincial level affiliated institutions to: (i) prior to final selection of roads to be rehabilitated, conduct feasibility studies of proposed road segments, including an economic analysis, social soundness assessment and environmental impact review; (ii) after final road selection by USAID and DNEP, prepare the necessary documents for bidding and contracting civil construction firms to carry out the work; (iii) utilizing procedures described in USAID Handbook 11 Chapter 2, Host Country Contracting, pre-qualify civil construction firms, issue bids, analyze bid submissions and recommend contract awards; (iv) assist DNEP and Provincial Departments of Roads and Bridges (DEPs) in project areas to plan for, budget, and ensure the provision of required road maintenance. In undertaking each of the responsibilities noted above, the Contractor will be responsible for strengthening the capabilities of DNEP in each area, and in the case of DEPs, in the last area. The length of the desired services is five (5) years, but given the crucial importance of institutional capacity building, the contract shall contain performance indicators and incentives to promote scaling-back after the end of three years. 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 approximately 45 days after the date of RFP issuance. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by USAID/Mozambique. The solicitation for this requirement is expected to result in the award of a performance-based, cost-reimbursement type contract. No less than ten (10) percent of the total value of any resulting contract must be subcontracted to Gray Amendment entities. To help identify potential subcontractors, a list of all organizations requesting a copy of the solicitation will be sent with each solicitation document. Organizations are encouraged to indicate whether or not they are Gray Amendment entities when requesting the solicitation and may also indicate whether or not they 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. The preferred method of distribution of USAID procurement information is via the Internet or by request of a solicitation on a 3.5'' floppy disk (WordPerfect 5.1/5.2 format). 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. From there, choose the heading USAID PROCUREMENTS and then DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE USAID PROCUREMENTS and then DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE USAID SOLICITATIONS. The RFP can also be downloaded via Anonymous File Transfer Protocol (FTP). The FTP 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/96002/96002.rfp. 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 received from INTERNET in its entirety and USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. Interested offerors may also request a copy of the RFP by submitting a written request along with three (3) self-addressed, self-sticking mailing labels. Telephone, Fax and Walk-in requests will not be honored. (0018)

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