U.S. Agency for Interntional Development, Mission to the West Bank & Gaza, RCO, C/O American Embassy, USAID/West Bank & Gaza, APO AE 09830

R -- DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE PROJECT TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EMERGING PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY ORGANIZATIONS SOL WEST BANK & GAZA 294-97-P-001 DUE 120396 POC Contact Point: John A. May, Regional Contracting Officer, USAID/West Bank & Gaza, APO AE 09830, Phone: 972-3-5114848, Fax 972-3-5114888, e-mail: JOHN@USAID.GOV. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission to the West Bank and Gaza is seeking the services of a firm to provide technical services over the next two years to facilitate the development of a Palestinian Executive Authority policy-making process. This will include formulation of draft procedures for the review of policies and legislation, as well as the establishment of quality control and legal review units for the same. 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 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. Logon 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/29497P001/29497p001.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.'' The request for proposals (RFP) may only be obtained by a written request from John A. May, RCO, USAID/West Bank & Gaza, APO AE 09830, Fax 972-3-5114888, or by sending an e-mail request to john@usaid.gov. No telephone requests will be accepted. The closing date for receipt of proposals in response to this solicitation is anticipated to be December 3, 1996. (0292)

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