Regional Contracting Officer, USAID/Dakar, Senegal, Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-2130

R -- SO3 COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT: STI/AIDS, UNDER USAID/SENEGAL STRATEGY 1998-2006 SOL 685-00-A-005 DUE 021500 POC Babacar Thioune, Aquisition Specialist, Tel: (221) 823-1602; Fax: (221) 822-7816; E-mail: bthioune@usaid.gov; Contracting Officer: Leonel T. Pizarro, Regional Contracting Officer; E-mail: lpizarro@usaid.gov WEB: http://www.info.usaid.gov/procurement_bus_opp/procurement/announce/cbd, http://www.info.usaid.gov. E-MAIL: http://www.info.usaid.gov, bthioune@usaid.gov or lpizarro@usaid.gov. The United States Agency for International Development Mission to Senegal (USAID/Senegal) is requesting applications from qualified U.S. organizations and institutions including Private Voluntary Organizations (PVOs) and Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) registered with USAID for a cooperative agreement. The cooperative agreement will reflect common objectives of the Mission to achieve selected intermediate results necessary to accomplish the HPN Strategic Objective (SO3): Increased and Sustainable Use of Reproductive Health Services in the Context of Decentralization in Targeted Areas, in the particular technical domain of Sexually Transmitted Illnesses and AIDS (STI/AIDS). For-profit organizations may also submit applications but they will not be entitled to receive a profit or fee. The proposed application will address three levels of focus: i) national level systems support (i.e policy dialogue, monitoring and evaluation, research, information dissemination, etc ); ii) nationwide service delivery(to include targeted, innovative IEC/BCC and basic-care for high-risk populations); and iii) local level service delivery in up to 29 "core" health districts. Activities under this CA shall be closely integrated with USAID-supported contraceptive social marketing activities funded under an existing separate agreement. Applicant's program will include planned close collaboration with the National Program to Fight AIDS (PNLS) in all program work; the Dantec University Hospital for support of national sentinel surveillance activities; the local NGO ADEMAS for condom social marketing; and USAID-funded partners in the Reseau des Partenaires du Senegal (REPS) to assure complementarily of efforts. Applicants should develop a program description for a five year-period to begin June 1, 2000 and to end May 31, 2005. Funding available for this CA is not expected to exceed U.S $6.2 million, exclusive of condom social marketing and condoms to be procured directly by USAID from other sources. Background on Senegal and theUSAID/Senegal program is found in the USAID Country Strategic Plan 1998-2006 and other key documents available at the following website: http://www.dec.org/dakar. Other information on the USAID program in Senegal over the past 36 years that may be of interest is available under "Senegal" Development Experience System (DEXS) at www.dec.org. USAID encourages participation, to the maximum extent possible, of small U.S. businesses, disadvantaged businesses, women-owned businesses, and HUBZone businesses in this activity as prime or subcontractor, in accordance with Part 19 of the FAR. In this respect, it is anticipated that the prime Recipient will make every effort to maximize use of such concerns. To help identify potential subcontractors, a list of all organizations requesting a copy of the application will be included in each request for application issued. By providing the list, USAID does not endorse the listed organizations as being capable of carrying out the activities, nor does USAID verify the claim status of the organizations. Obviously, the list will contain the names of only those organizations known prior to issuance of the request for application. Telephone requests for the RFA will not be honored. The issuance date of the RFA is expected to be on or about January 4, 2000 and the closing date on or about March 3, 2000, at 16: 00 local time. The publication of this notice or the issuance of an application does not obligate he U.S. Government to award a cooperative agreement. Applicants may apply for one or both of the CA opportunities, but must apply for each in a separate Application. In the event that one Applicant is ranked highest in both evaluations, USAID reserves the option to combine the Applications and award only one CA. Posted 11/30/99 (W-SN404533). (0334)

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