Regional Contracting Office, American Embassy/Amman, USAID, Unit 70206, APO AE 09892-0206

R -- ACCESS TO MICROFINANCE AND IMPROVED IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICY REFORM (USAID/JORDAN) SOL USAID/JORDAN 97-012 DUE 090297 POC Contact Point: Celeste Fulgham, Regional Contracting Officer, American Embassy/Amman, USAID, Unit 70206, APO AE 09892-0206, Fax: (962-6)820143, e-mail address: cfulgham@usaid.gov. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is soliciting proposals from contractors interested in providing technical assistance, training, limited commodities procurement, and other related services. Under a four (4) year award, the contractor shall significantly support achievement by USAID/Jordan of its targeted intermediate results objectives of: (1) substantially increasing access to sustainable finance (credit and savings services) for low income Jordanian micro- entrepreneurs, and (2) assuring significantly improved implementation in Jordan of market-oriented economic policy reforms through strengthening the "supply" (government) and "demand" (business associations) sides of improved reform and implementation of economic policies. 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. TheRFP, 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/JOR9712/jor9712.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. Solicitations shall be available 15 days following posting of CBD Notice. (0181)

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