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R -- BANK SUPERVISION SOL M/OP/ENI/PER-98-002 DUE 051598 POC Contact Point: Darryl Grant, Tel: 202-712-6136; Contracting Officer, Anne T. Quinlan, Tel: 202-712-4614, Fax: 202-216-3396, Internet address: dgrant@usaid.gov The United Stated Agency for International Development (USAID) is contemplating the award of a five (5) year Indefinite Delivery contract with a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee pricing arrangement in bank supervision. USAID requests proposals from private firms, universities or PVO's to implement this performance-based, results oriented activity, in which proposals will be reviewed, award made, and implementation monitored based upon the Contractor's success at planning for and delivering the specified results in the substantive areas of the project. These will include technical assistance -- advisory services and training -- to support the institutional development of bank regulatory authorities in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the New Independent States (NIS) in order to strengthen their capacity to monitor the banking sector and to manage and reduce systemic risk. The focus of the technical assistance will be on developing the full range of components necessary to undertake integrated, risk-based supervision, including, but not limited to: the legal and regulatory framework relating to the banking sector, on-site examination policies and procedures, regulatory reporting, off-site analysis, early warning and bank rating systems, problem bank resolution, enforcement tools and responses, and deposit insurance. Work under this 5-year contract will be limited to countries in CEE and the NIS. All questions related to this notice and requests for a copy of the RFP must be addressed in writing, by fax or by internet, to the contracting officer at the address stated above. Specify the RFP requested, and include your complete firm name, street address, phone and fax no. and the method of distribution which you prefer (internet, disk or paper copy). No telephone requests will be honored. The issuance date of the RFP is expected to be approximately March 15, 1998. The closing date for submission of the proposals, to be specified in the RFP, will be approximately thirty (30) days thereafter. The preferred method ofdistribution of USAID procurement information is primarily via the internet or secondarily by request of a solicitation on a 3.5" floppy disk (Wordperfect 5.1/5.2 format). Only in instances where internet access or utilization of diskettes are not possible will a hard copy of the RFP be distributed upon request. This CBD notice and the RFP once issued, can be viewed and downloaded from the USAID external 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." 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. (0076)

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