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R -- INSTITUTIONAL CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE USAID MISSION TO NICARAGUA IN MANAGEMENT OF A PVO CO-FINANCING PROJECT (524-0313) SOL NICARAGUA 96-08 DUE 061196 POC Contact Point. Mr. Michael Kenyon, Contracting Officer USAID/Nicaragua, Fax No. (505) 278 3828 Tel. No. (505) 267 0502, e- mail address: MKENYON@USAID.GOV. The USAID Mission to Nicaragua is soliciting applications from institutional contractors only. The contractor shall provide long term technical assistance to the Mission through establishment of a Project Management Unit to monitor performance of grants/cooperative agreements by 16 Private Voluntary Organizations. USAID envisions a 29-month fixed-price contract for the required services. The Standard Industrial Classification Code for this procurement is 8399. 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 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/5249608/5249608.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. The publication of this notice and/or the issuance of an RFP do not obligate the U.S. Government to award a contract. Fax request will be accepted, please make reference to RFP 96-08. (0114)

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