U.S. Agency for International Development, M/OP/B/HNE, Room 1509, SA- 14, Washington, D.C. 20523-1424

U -- PERFORMANCE-BASED CONTRACTING TRAINING COURSE SOL M/OP/B/HNE-96-005 POC Georgia Fuller, (703) 875-1134, Contracting Officer, James A. Jeckell, (703) 875-1017. U--The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) contemplates issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a three-year firm-fixed-unit-price contract to design, deliver, evaluate and revise a one-week course of instruction entitled ''Performance-Based Contracting'' (PBC) for USAID Washington-based and overseas mission audiences. The course must provide USAID selected participants with a clear understanding and working knowledge of performance-based contracting relevant to USAID procurements of primarily technical services in accordance with Federal guidance, including Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) initiatives and direction as well as applicable Agency guidance and procedures. The course should enable the participants, upon successful completion, to function appropriately in all aspects of performance-based contracting, from procurement planning through appropriate contract administration. The contractor shall revise the course design and the student and instructor materials, as required, based upon the results of the pilot course evaluation. Up to ten additional courses may be purchased by separate orders issued under this three-year contract at the firm-fixed unit prices. USAID contemplates making one award from the solicitation based on full and open competition. The SIC Code is 8742. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Agency. Interested offerors may request a copy of RFP M/OP/B/HNE-96-005 by submitting a written request along with three self-addressed self-stick mailing labels for the offer's firm. Please do not send stamped envelopes. Walk-in and telephone requests will not be honored. 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 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/96HNE005/96hne005.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. (0040)

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