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R -- MOROCCAN EDUCATION FOR GIRLS (MEG) ACTIVITY SOL MOROCCO 97-001 POC Contact: Heidi Lowenthal, Contracts Specialist. Contact Heidi Lowenthal, Contracts Specialist USAID/Morocco c/o American Embassy, Rabat PSC 74, Box 22 APO AE 09718. International Address: 137 Avenue Allal Ben Abdellah -- B.P. 120 Rabat, Morocco. International Telephone No. (011) 212-7-762-265. International Fax (011) 212-7-707-930. E-mail HeLowenthal@USAID.GOV. The United States Agency for International Development Mission to Morocco (USAID/Morocco) invites offerors to submit proposals for a Cost Plus Award Fee (CPAF) Performance-Based Contract (PBC) under the Moroccan Education for Girls (MEG) Activity. The Contractor shall assist the Government of Morocco (GOM) Ministry of Education (MNE) to improve basic education for girls by designing and implementing a "Model" of innovative education initiatives and activities at the primary school level which will improve access and retention of girls in rural areas through the sixth grade. MEG's goal is to increase opportunities for educational attainment in Morocco. The principal product of MEG shall be the MEG Model which shall be comprised of a set of technical interventions which impact positively and quantifiably on access and retention of girls in selected rural primary schools. Under this proposed PBC, offerors shall be given the opportunity to design the model and demonstrate how it can be implemented to obtain the desired results. Offerors are free to propose any combination of short and long term technical assistance to design and implement the MEG Model. The award shall be made to the offeror whose concept for design and implementation of the model is the most innovative, and which offers the best value to the Government. The anticipated period of performance for the contract award is five years, consisting of a base period of three years (Phase I) and an option period of two years (Phase II). Offerors must submit cost and technical proposals for both phases of this activity. In keeping with the goal of the PBC concept, the Government has decided to announce a range for the estimated cost of this activity. The range is $9 million to $11 million. All questions related to this notice and requests for a copy of the RFP must be addressed, in writing, to Ms. Lowenthal. Telephone requests for the RFP shall not be honored. The issuance date of the RFP is expected to be approximately 30 days from the date of publication of this notice. The closing date will be approximately 45 days from the actual issuance date. The publication of this notice or the issuance of a Request for Proposals does not obligate the U.S. Government to award a contract.This request for proposals shall be issued on a 3.5 inch diskette using WordPerfect 5.2 for DOS. Once issued, this RFP can be viewed and 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 e-mail address. Look under the following directory for the RFP: pub/OP/RFP/6089701/6089701.rfp. It is the responsibility of the recipient of this solicitation document to assure that it has been received from INTERNET in its entirety and USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. If the RFP is to be downloaded from the INTERNET, the requestor must provide confirmation that the document has been successfully downloaded. 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. Requests for the solicitation document may be sent to USAID/Morocco by mail, telex, or faximile or downloaded through INTERNET (see above). Requestors must also provide a point of contact, the exact mailing address, telephone numbers, fax numbers and an INTERNET address if available. USAID does not assume responsibility for verifying the requestor's address. (0016)

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