Regional Contracting Office, American Embassy/Tel Aviv, USAID, Unit 7228, APO AE 09830

R -- PROJECT MANAGEMENT (DESIGN-BUILD) SERVICES SOL USAID/WEST BANK GAZA 97-042 DUE 080597 POC Contact Point: John May, Regional Contracting Officer, American Embassy/Tel Aviv, USAID, Unit 7228, APO AE 09830, E-mail address: john@usaid.gov, Tel: 972-3-511-4848, Fax: 972-3-511-4888. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is soliciting proposals from contractors interested in project management (design-build) services for the Gaza Municipal Wastewater Project. The USAID Mission for the West Bank and Gaza is financing an interim program for the upgrading and expansion of the existing wastewater treatment plant serving the Municipality of Gaza. This interim program will: 1) provide sufficient increased capacity in the treatment facilities to handle projected flows up to the Year 2005 and 2) upgrade the quality of the effluent to permit the safe recharge of the aquifer and reuse for irrigation of selected agricultural crops. USAID and the Contractor will work in close collaboration with the Municipality of Gaza (MOG) and the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) to implement an interim program for upgrading the existing wastewater treatment plant serving the Municipality of Gaza. The PWA has overall responsibility for the management of the water resources of the Gaza Strip. The MOG operates and maintains the wastewater infrastructure serving the city. 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 Web Site. The RFP, once issued, can be downloaded from the Agency web site. The Worldwide Web address is http://www.info.usaid.gov. Select Business and Procurement Opportunities from the home page, then "USAID Procurements." On the following screen, select "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/WBG97042/wbg97042.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. (0163)

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