Della Glenn, Contracting Office, USTDA, Room 309, SA-16, Washington, D.C. 20523-1602, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax No.: (703) 875-4009

C -- U.S. TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY BRIEFING BOOK FOR FAA ANNUAL ASIA PACIFIC AVIATION SYMPOSIUM DUE 122596 POC Della Glenn, USTDA, Room 309, SA-16, Washington, D.C. 20523-1602, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax No.: (703) 875-4009 The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA) seeks to award a firm fixed price contract to produce a project briefing book for the FAA Asia-Pacific Aviation Symposium scheduled for April 28 to May 1, 1997. The briefing book will provide detailed project profiles for the thirty best airport construction and air traffic control projects in ten East Asian countries. TDA, located in the Washington, D.C. area, is an export-oriented, U.S. Government foreign assistance agency committed to promoting environmentally sound, sustainable economic development and trade in the middle income and developing countries. Contractor selection will be based on offeror's understanding of the requirements of the solicitation as demonstrated by suitability of proposed approach to performing the work; technical qualifications of staff proposed to perform the work; and prior experience. This procurement shall be a full and open competition, under which any type of organization (commercial (for profit) firms, educational institutions, non-profit organizations) is eligible to compete. All participating organizations involved with supplying professional services must be of United States nationality. The competitive proposals method of solicitation, as set forth in Part 15 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) (48 CFR Chapter 1), shall be utilized for this procurement. This solicitation in no way obligates TDA to award a contract nor does it commit TDA to pay any cost incurred in the preparation and submission of the proposal. Any explanation desired by an offeror regarding the meaning or interpretation of this solicitation must be requested in writing and with sufficient time allowed for reply to reach the offerors before submission of their offers, and all oral explanations or instructions, given before the award of this contract will not be binding. Any written information given to prospective offeror concerning the solicitation will be furnished promptly to all prospective offerors as an amendment of the solicitation, if such information is necessary to offerors submitting proposals or if lack of such information would be prejudicial to uninformed offerors. The Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued on/or about fifteen (15) days after the publication date of this announcement. Closing date for proposals will be twenty (20) days thereafter. Only written requests for the RFP will be honored. Those interested in receiving RFP#TDA-97-Q-006 should send a letter or fax requesting it to the Contracts Office at TDA, (703) 875-4009 providing the firm's name, address, telephone number, fax number and the name of a contact person at the firm. (0313)

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