U.S. Agency for International Development, Regional Center for Southern Africa/Gaborone, Botswana, Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-2170

R -- TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA FOR BASIC EDUCATION SUPPORT PHASE II SOL 690-99-005 DUE 041799 POC Peggy Manthe, Acq. Spec, Tel: 011-267-324449, Fax: 011-267-324449; E-mail: pmanthe@usaid.gov, Jay M. Bergman, RCO, Tel: 011-267-324449, Fax: 011-267-324486, E-mail: jbergman@usaid.gov WEB: http://www.info.usaid.gov/, http://www.info.usaid.gov/procurement_bus_opp/procurement/announce/cbd /. E-MAIL: http://www.info.usaid.gov/, pmanthe@usaid.gov, jbergman@usaid.gov. USAID/Namibia, through the United States Agency for International Development/Regional Center for Southern Africa (USAID/RCSA) Regional Contracting Office in Gaborone, Botswana, plans to issue RFP No. 690-99-005 for implementation of Phase II of the Basic Education Support (BES-II) Project (673-0011) approximately 30 days following the publication date of this synopsis. The closing date for receipt of proposals is anticipated to be 60 days after the issuance date of the RFP. BES-II provides a renewed focus on support for sustainable and effective instructional and management systems that support learning for lower primary school students in historically disadvantaged schools in Namibia. A performance-based, cost-plus-fixed-fee (CPFF) contract or cost-reimbursement no-fee contract is anticipated, with technical proposal evaluation criteria emphasizing the approach(es) proposed by the offeror to achieve the desired results. A pre- proposal conference is anticipated to be conducted in Windhoek, Namibia approximately two weeks after issuance of the RFP; details will be specified in the RFP. In addition, all other evaluation factors being equal, the utilization of U.S. small, small disadvantaged, small woman-owned, and other disadvantaged enterprises may become a determining factor in contractor selection. 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. 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 PROCUREMENTS" from the home page, then "USAID PROCUREMENTS". On the following screen, select "DOWNLOAD 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. Posted 02/02/99 (W-SN293624). (0033)

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