Procurement Office, United States Agency for International Development, REDSO/ESA, Unit 64102 -- Nairobi, APO AE 09831-4102

R -- TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO PROMOTE SMALLER, HEALTHIER FAMILIES SOL RFP 623-98-017 POC Contact Point: Kenneth P. LuePhang, Regional Contracting Officer, Tel: 254-2-751-613, Fax: 254-2-748-607 The United States Agency for International Development's Regional Economic Development Services Offices for East and Southern Africa (REDSO/ESA), anticipates the award of a delivery and sustainability of key interventions in family planning/reproductive health, child survival/nutrition and HIV/AIDS prevention contract. USAID/Madagascar through the Regional Contracting Officer in Nairobi, REDSO/ESA, is soliciting proposals from responsible entities to improve delivery and sustainability of key interventions in family planning/reproductive health, child survival/nutrition and HIV/AIDS prevention, and to improve community involvement and use of these programs. USAID/Madagascar plans to award a four (4) year Performance Based Contract to achieve the Strategic Objective #2: Smaller, Healthier Families. The purpose of this Offer is to obtain technical services to help the Mission, particularly the Office of Health, Population, and Nutrition (HPN) team and its program partners meet defined performance measures necessary to achievement of SO#2. The contract will focus on strengthening technical and management systems and building capacities of key public and private sector organizations to provide high quality family planning/reproductive health, child survival/nutrition, and HIV/AIDS-STI awareness, prevention, and syndromic treatment services in Madagascar. The USAID SO#2 team, with the support of the services/commodities offered under this contract, expects to achieve results on a national level by promoting appropriate policies, strengthening critical systems and institutions, and delivering priority childhood immunizations and contraceptive commodities. Behavioral change at the family and community level is to be achieved through more intensive, integrated approaches to service delivery in specific geographic regions where USAID is concentrating its efforts. The services/commodities required are expected to include but not be necessarily limited to: short- and long-term technical assistance (TA); support to/provision of non-academic US-based, in-country, and third-country workshops, conferences, training, and observation tours; development and dissemination of media for behavioral change and other communications; harmonization of data collected by partners, including USAID s cooperative agreements and grants (including those of Global Field Support Partners) for USAID s reporting needs; improvement and unification, at least on a pilot basis, of various commodity distribution systems; administration and management of a Small Grants Fund; provision of necessary equipment and non-contraceptive commodities to complement the Small Grants Fund and other systems support activities; and facilitation of coordination between all USAID partners. This will be a performance- based contract with cost reimbursement plus annual award fee based on performance. USAID encourages the participation to the maximum extend possible of small businesses in this activity. The RFP issuance date is expected to be no earlier than 15 days following publication of this notice. Proposals will be due approximately 60 days after RFP issuance. 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 Gopher. The RFP once issued, can be downloaded from the Agency Gopher. The Gopher address is GOPHER.INFO.USAID.GOV. Select USAID PROCUREMENT AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES from the Gopher menu. From there, choose the heading USAID PROCUREMENTS and the DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE USAID SOLICITATIONS. 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. Requests for this solicitation document may be sent to REDSO/ESA by mail or facsimile, or downloaded through INTERNET. Requests must include a point of contact and the exact mailing address. The solicitation document will be sent to you on a 3.5 Inch diskette using wordperfect 5.2, unless you ask specifically for a hard copy. (0077)

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