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

R -- VOLUNTARY SECTOR HEALTH PROGRAM: PUBLIC -- PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ALLIANCES FOR IMPROVED HEALTH SOL RFP 623-99-P-08 POC Kenneth P. LuePhang, Regional Contracting Officer, and Francis Kavulu, Negitiator, Tel: 254-2-751-613, Fax: 254-2-748-607 (Nairobi, Kenya), E-mail: kluephang@usaid.gov and fkavulu@usaid.gov 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 Voluntary Sector Health Program: Public -- Private Partnership Alliances for Improved Health contract. USAID/Tanzania through the Regional Contracting Officer in Nairobi, REDSO/ESA, is soliciting proposals from responsible entities to further support the development of partnerships between the public and voluntary sectors for improved reproductive and child health in Tanzania. USAID/Tanzania plans to award a five (5) year technical assistance contract to achieve the Strategic Objective #1: increased use of family planning, maternal and child health and HIV/AIDS preventive measures. The purpose of this Offer is to obtain technical services to help the Mission, particularly the Office of Health and Population (HPO) team and its program partners meet defined performance measures necessary to achievement of SO#1. This will be a performance-based contract with cost reimbursement plus annual award fee based on performance. Tanzania has wide and growing number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in reproductive and child health. USAID/Tanzania provides significant support to NGOs and currently funds three organizations which provide NGOs subgrants and technical assistance. There are varying levels of management capacity, skills, experience and sophistication among local NGOs. They implement a wide range of activities in reproductive and child health working either autonomously or in partnership with other NGOs, government and donors. Considered together the collection of NGO activities form a patchwork of services and information, rather than a streamlined, directed, and coordinated program within the health sector. USAID has agreed with the Ministry of Health to further support the development of partnerships between the public and voluntary sectors for improved reproductive and child health. The objective of the program is toencourage and support partnerships between the Government of Tanzania and a range of voluntary agencies to provide cost- effective health services for improved reproductive and child health among low income Tanzanian families. This will be a five year program of work implemented through a performance-based contract for an estimated annual amount of $4.0 million and depending upon availability of funds, a total of $20.0 million. Under this new program, voluntary organizations will receive technical assistance and grants to deliver quality reproductive and child health services, to increase demand for priority services, to advocate for improved access to reproductive and child health services and to promote and protect reproductive and child rights. The primary beneficiaries will be within districts, at ward and village levels, with a special emphasis on rural areas. This new voluntary sector health program will provide an important contribution to meeting USAID/Tanzania's strategic objective one (SO-1) to "increase the use of family planning, maternal and child health and HIV/AIDS preventive measures." And its three intermediate results: -Policy and legal environment for reproductive and child health improved -Availability of quality reproductive and child health services increased -Demand for specific quality services increased 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 30 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 (MS Word 97 format). This CBD notice can be viewed and downloaded using the Agency Web Site. The Worldwide address 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 Internet must be comfirmed by written notification to the contact person noted above (Kenneth P. LuePhang and Francis Kavulu. 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 process. 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 MS Word 97, unless you ask specifically for a hard copy. USAID encourages, to the maxumum extent possible, the participation of U.S. Small Businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, and women-owned small businesses, in this activity, both as prime contractors and as subcontractors. Posted 02/23/99 (I-SN301411). (0054)

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