Hernan Rios, IBTA/Chapare, Plaza Quintanilla, Edificio ''Los Tiempos'', 6to. Piso, Cochabamba, P.O. Box 4067, Tel: 011-591-42-50729 and 55273, Fax: 011-591- 411-7214. An action for the Agency for International Development program.

87 -- GENETIC MATERIAL CONSISTING OF TEN MILLION (10,000,000) PALM HEART GERMINATED SEEDS (BACTRIS GASIPAES); SOL 02/95 DUE 122995 POC Hernan Rios, Tel: 011-591-42-50729 and 55273, Fax: 011-591-411-7214 BOLIVIA. Sixty four thousand (64,000) guinea-plantians (clones or varieties) vitro plants (vtps),(variety resistant to panama disease.) The Government of Bolivia is seeking qualified suppliers for the purchase of the above mentioned commodity to be delivered in units not to exceed 300.000 per shipment with intervals of 10 days. Last shipment no later than March 31, 1997. A firm fixed price contract in U.S. dollars is anticipated. Vendor must demonstrate ability to meet all GOB requirements for phytosanitary restrictions, phased shipments, an export packing for overseas shipment. The packing for shipment must fulfill the necessary technical conditions to guarantee cuttings' survival and avoid handling damage during shipment. First shipments are needed in January 1996. Any prospective offerors who wish to request a copy of the detailed solicitation regarding this notice must do so within 15 days of this notice and must include sufficient technical documentation to establish a bonafide capacity to meet the requirements of the government. The solicitation document will only be provided to those firms whose request contains clear and convincing documentation that the interested source can meet the requirements of the government. If no affirmative written responses are received to the effect that identical or equivalent material is available from the current authorized geographic source (000), an order may be placed with suppliers from Bolivia or under 941 geographic code. The preferred method of distribution of USAID procurement information is via Internet or by request of a solicitation on a 3.5'' floppy disk (Wordperfect 5.1/5.2 format). This notice can be viewed and downloaded using the Agency Gopher. The RFQ, 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 PRCUREMENTS and then DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE USAID SOLICITATIONS. The RFQ can also be downloaded via Anonymous File Transfer Protocol (FTQ). The FTQ address is FTP.INFO.USAID.GOV. Logon using the user identification of ''anonymous'' and the password is your email address. Look under the following directory for the RFQ: pub/OP/RFQ/51195001/51195001.rfq. Receipt of this RFQ 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. (0326)

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