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R -- PROFESSIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SOL M/OP-97-1693 DUE 081897 POC Contact Point: Ellen Wills, (703) 875-1028, Contracting Officer, Rosella Marshall, (703) 875-1132. The Agency for International Development's (USAID) Bureau for Humanitarian Response (BHR), Office of Private and Voluntary Cooperation (PVC), is soliciting comments and/or questions from all interested parties for technical assistance requirements under its new PVO Child Survival Technical Support (CSTS) Results Package. Accordingly, a DRAFT Performance Work Statement (PWS) and labor categories will be posted on the INTERNET. USAID intends to competitively award a Performance-Based Contract for a period of two years, with three 1-year options. Services of the CSTS contractor shall strengthen: 1) the ability of PVO staff to design, manage and evaluate their child survival activities, 2) the organizational capacity of PVO health units to fund, adminis- ter and provide backstopping support to a growing portfolio of child survival projects, 3) the development and dissemination of information on the PVOs comparative advantage in implementing health programs, 4) the ability of PVOs to strengthen host- country local partners/NGOs in long-term partnerships for child survival and health programming, and 5) PVC's monitoring of performance, and management of the Child Survival Grants Program (CSGP). The DRAFT PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE ON JULY 29, 1997. To receive a hard copy of the DRAFT PWS, interested parties should submit a written request by mail or by fax at (703) 875-1107, to the contact person in this notice. Please Note: No telephone request will be accepted. THIS CBD NOTICE IS ISSUED FOR COMMENTS ONLY. PROPOSALS IN RESPONSE TO THIS REQUIREMENT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AT THIS TIME. THE CLOSING DATE FOR THIS REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST IS AUGUST 18, 1997. The preferred method of distribution of USAID procurement information is via the Internet or by request of a solicitation of 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 addressis 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 PWS 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 PWS:pub/OP/REI/OP971693/op971693.rei. Receipt of this REI through the 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." If not downloading from the INTERNET, when requesting draft solicitation include either a 3.5" floppy disk (WordPerfect 5.1/5.2 format) or self-addressed labels and send to the address in No. 7. (0206)

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