USAID Mission to Jordan, Regional Contracting Office, c/o American Embassy, USAID/Jordan, APO AE 09892-0206

R -- INTERNATIONAL MARKETING, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND POLICY SUPPORT SOL RFP 278-96-P-611 DUE 042396 POC John A. May, Regional Contracting Officer, USAID/Amman, Jordan, Telephone 962-6-820-101, Extension 2621, Fax 962-6-820-143, Internet John@USAID.GOV. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission to Jordan is soliciting proposals for a performance-based contract to assist the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to increase its foreign exchange earnings from international visitors to its cultural and natural attractions (a USAID/Jordan strategic objective). The RFP calls for the following results: marketing to attract international visitors, community participation in the benefits of culture/nature visitor industry development, a policy and legal framework that expands, improves, and sustains development in this sector, and monitoring and evaluation of results. The policy support result will involve close collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and other ministries, private sector associations and non-governmental organizations. International marketing efforts will support and strengthen the Jordan Tourism Board, a public/private marketing consortium. The five year Project Agreement for the Cultural and Environmental Resources Management Project is currently being renegotiated as a Strategic Objective Agreement to include the above results. There are currently no funds available for this Contract. Funds availability are dependent, among other reasons, upon the successful renegotiation of the relevant Government of Jordan and USAID Strategic Objective Agreement covering the activities contemplated by the RFP (See FAR 52.232-18, Availability of Funds). Participation of Gray Amendment entities is encouraged to the fullest extent. USAID encourages the participation to the maximum extent possible of U.S. Entities that are small, socially and economically disadvantaged business concerns, including Women-Owned concerns, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Colleges and Universities having a student body in which more than 40 percent of the students are Hispanic American, and Private Voluntary Organizations which are controlled by individuals who are socially and economically disadvantaged in accordance with part 19 of the FAR and part 726 of the AIDAR. A minimum of 10% of the total contract value must be subcontracted to a Gray Amendment Entity(ies), unless the offeror selected for award qualifies as a Gray Amendment Entity. 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/96P611/96p611.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. Internet may be utilized as directed above. No telephone requests will be accepted. The issuance date of the RFP is anticipated to be March 7, 1996. The closing date for receipt of proposals in response to this solicitation is anticipated to be April 23, 1996. The RFP, when issued, will provide the final information on the closing date and time. (0058)

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