Procurement Office, U.S. Agency for International Development, REDSO/ESA, Unit 64102 -- Nairobi, APO AE 09831-4102

V -- TRAVEL AGENT SERVICES SOL RFP 623-97-002 POC Contact Point: Beth S. Paige, RCO, Tel. 254-2-751-613, Fax. 254-2- 749-590 (Nairobi, Kenya), e-mail address is bpaige@USAID.GOV. The United States Agency for International Development's Regional Economic Development Services Offices for East and Southern Africa (REDSO/ESA), anticipates the award of a travel services contract to provide a full range of travel agent services in support of official U.S. Government travelers assigned to USAID offices and the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. The total value of official travel is estimated between $2 million and $2.5 million annually. Individual travel will be requested through Government Transportation Requests (GTRs) and travel authorizations (TAs). The initial contract award is anticipated to be 1 year with four one year options for a total of 5 years. USAID encourages the participation to the maximum extend possible of small businesses in this activity. The RFP issuance date is expected to be no earlier than 15 days following publication of this notice. Proposals will be due approximately 30 days after RFP issuance. 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 the 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/62397002/62397002.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. Requests for this solicitation document may be sent to REDSO/ESA by mail or facsimile, or downloaded through INTERNET. Requests must include a point of contact and the exact mailing address. The solicitation document will be sent to you on a 3.5 Inch diskette using wordperfect 5.2, unless you ask specifically for a hard copy. (0008)

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