R -- EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO THE WEST BANK AND GAZA

Notice Date

November 2, 2001

Contracting Office

United States Agency for International Development(USAID), Mission to West Bank & Gaza, Contracting Office, Unit #7228, Box 0036, APO AE 09830-0036

ZIP Code

09830-0036

Solicitation Number

RFP 294-02-004

Point of Contact

Erin E. McKee, Contracting Officer, E-mail: emckee@usaid.gov, USAID/West Bank & Gaza, Telephone 972-3-511-4871 or Fax : 972-3-511-4893

E-Mail Address

http://www.usaid.gov (rjoubran@usaid.gov)

Description

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission to the West Bank and Gaza will issue a request for proposals (RFP) in support of the Mission's Emergency Assistance to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. The intent of the solicitation will be to seek a very flexible and rapidly implementable program, which is driven by community needs, interests, and immediate priorities. It is anticipated that the proposed services may illustratively include, but will not be limited to, employment generation, health, social welfare services, education, rehabilitation, emergency food support strategies, assistance to farmers and the agricultural sector, seasonal response (e.g. winterization, drought relief) and shelter rehabilitation. USAID will seek proposals from qualified U.S. organizations to support the delivery of the services described above by providing grants to Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations. It is anticipated that the type of Award will be a cost reimbursement Contract at an estimated cost not to exceed Ten Million U.S. Dollars for a period of two years. The successful Offeror will be expected to implement the following: 1) Design and implement a grant-making project component that is accessible and user friendly to even small, community-based Palestinian NGOs;2) Design and implement a method of ongoing rapid needs assessment to ascertain that grants are targeting needy populations and are not redundant or duplicative of other USAID, donor, United Nations Relief and Work Agency (UNWRA), or community efforts; 3) Design and manage a system to support procurements that may need to be undertaken by Palestinian NGOs lacking the administrative and managerial capacity to conform to USAID procurement regulations and guidelines; and 4) Design and implement a monitoring and evaluation system for the grant-making and service delivery of recipient organizations. This system must be capable of accurately ascertaining that assistance is effectively reaching needy populations and assessing the impact of the assistance provided. To request a copy of the solicitation that will be ready for distribution on or about November 20, 2001, please send an E-mail request to rjoubran@usaid.gov or request that a copy be mailed by sending your fax request to the Contracting Office at 972-3-511-4893. We also request that you include an updated telephone number and/or a fax number or an e-mail address where you can be contacted. The preferred method of distribution of USAID procurement information is via the Internet. This CBD notice can be viewed and downloaded using the Agency web site. The solicitation, once issued, can be downloaded from the Agency web site. The worldwide web address is http://www.usaid.gov. Select Business and Procurement Opportunities from the home page, then quote USAID Procurements unquote. On the following screen, select quote download USAID solicitations (RFP,IFB, RFA) unquote. Then locate the solicitation for emergency assistance to the West Bank and Gaza RFP 294-2002-004. Receipt of this solicitation 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.

Web Link

http://www.usaid.gov/procurement_bus_opp/procurement/announce/cbd (http://www.usaid.gov)

Record

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