Michael F. Walsh, Contracting Officer, M/OP/A/AOT, SA-14, Rm. 1519, Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C. 20523-1425

R -- FOOD AND NON-FOOD AID DISTRIBUTION IQC FOR DISASTER RELIEF OVERSEAS SOL RFP NO. OP/A/AOT-96-P-001 DUE 050696 POC Contact Patricia Stewart at 703-875-1061 (phone) or 703-875- 1107 (fax) or through internet at pstewart@USAID.GOV The U.S. Agency for International Development's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance is seeking organizations capable of providing disaster relief assistance worldwide within 72 hours of a disaster declaration. In fulfillment of its mandate to save lives and property, and reduce human suffering, OFDA responds to both natural and man-made disasters including disasters resulting from civil strife. Responsible organizations must be able to provide assistance in the area of Food and Non-Food Distribution, including Shelter. It is anticipated that pursuant to the issuance of RFPs for the foregoing services, USAID may award multiple Indefinite Quantity Contracts. The contracts will have a one-year base period with four one-year options; possibly totaling 5 years. Offerors interested in receiving the RFP or diskette via mail are requested to include three, self-addressed, adhesive labels with their letter requesting the solicitation. A draft of the RFP will be issued on/about February 16, 1996 for review and constructive comments on the part of interested offerors. Based on the questions and suggestions obtained, the RFP will be finalized and issued on/about March 15, 1996. A pre- proposal conference is also anticipated, to be scheduled in mid- March, 1996. The anticipated closing date of the RFP is May 06, 1996. Subcontracting with small business concerns and socially and economically disadvantaged entities: AID encourages the participation to the maximum extent possible of U.S. entities that are small business concerns, small disadvantaged business concerns, including women-owned concerns, historically black colleges and universities, colleges and universities whose student body is at least 40 percent Hispanic American, and private voluntary organizations controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals including women in accordance with Part 19 of the FAR and Part 726 of the AIDAR. It is anticipated that the prime contractor will make maximum practicable use of such entities; subcontracting plans should be included in proposals submitted. To help identify potential subcontractors, a list of all organizations requesting a copy of the solicitation will be sent with each solicitation document. Organizations are encouraged to indicate whether they are Gray Amendment entities when requesting the solicitation and may indicate that they do not wish to be included on the list. By providing the list, AID does not endorse the listed organizations as being capable of carrying out the activity, nor does AID verify the claimed status of the organizations. Necessarily, the list will contain the names of only those organizations known prior to the issuance of the solicitation document. 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 then DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE USAID SOLICITATIONS. The RFP can also be downloaded via Anonymous File Transfer Protocol (FTP). The FTP address is FTP.INFO.USAID.GOV. Log on using the user identification of ''anonymous'' and the password is your e-mail address. Look under the following directory for the RFP:pub/OP/RFP/AOT6P001/aot6p001.RFP. 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. ''All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by USAID''. (0026)

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