USAID/South Africa, Pretoria, Department of State, Washington, D.C. 20521-9300

R -- LEGAL SERVICES IN RESTRUCTING/PRIVATIZATION SOL RFP 674-98-P-006 DUE 022698 POC Contact Point: Virginia Speidel, Tel: (27) (12) 323-8869, Ext. 449, Fax: (27)(12) 323-6443 or 328-3718 Sancardia Center, 9th Floor, Beatrix & Church Streets, Arcadia, Pretoria 0007, South Africa (P.O. Box 55380, Pretoria, South Africa); e-mail address: (vspeidel@usaid.gov); Contracting Officer, John P. McAvoy. USAID/South Africa plans to solicit offers from qualified U.S. and South African firms to provide legal services in restructuring/privatization to the Republic of South Africa's Ministry for Public Enterprises (MPE). MPE requires the services of a legal firm with South African accredited lawyers with extensive experience in the fields of South African Corporate Law, Tax, Empowerment Transactions, ESOPS, Land Claims and Constitutional Law so as to enhance the necessary legal capacity in the Ministry and Office for Public Enterprises to be able to cope with the challenges presented by the restructuring process. The services are required to be performed in Pretoria, Republic of South Africa, for a period of two years commencing on or about March 15, 1998. The Contractor will be required to adviseMPE in its capacity as the representative of the Shareholder in State Owned Enterprises and in areas as methods of restructuring, statutory enactments, land claims, contractual issues, constitutional implications of restructuring options involving black economic empowerment, and to prepare briefs on seeking solutions to complex and specialized legal problems. The estimated date for issue of the RFP is mid to late January, 1998. USAID encourages the participation to the maximum extent possible of Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, and Women-owned concerns in this activity as prime or subcontractors in accordance with Part 19 of the FAR. In this respect, it is anticipated that the prime contractor(s) will make every reasonable effort to identify and make maximum practicable use of such concerns. To help identify potential subcontractors, a list of all organizations requesting a copy of the solicitation will be included with each solicitation issued. By providing the list, USAID does not endorse the listed organizations as being capable of carrying out the activity, nor does AID verify the claimed status of the organizations. Necessarily, the list will contain the names of only those organizations known prior to the issuance of the solicitation. 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 (Word Perfect 5.1/5.2 format). All prospective offerors must notify the contact person in writing if they wish to receive a copy of the RFP and specify if they prefer a hard copy, a diskette, or if they prefer to be notified via Internet when the RFP is ready for downloading. 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 from the home page, then "USAID Procurements." On the following screen, select "Download Available USAID Solicitations." Receipt of this RFP 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. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Agency. (0363)

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