The U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID/EGYPT, Directorate of Procurement (D/PROC), Unit 64902, APO AE 09839- 4902

R -- MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE CAIRO AIR IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (CAIP) SOL RFP No. 263-95-P-074 POC Contact Point: Mr. Leonel Pizarro, Contracting Officer, USAID/Egypt, Tel. No. 011-20-2-357-3257/8, Telefax No. 011-20-2- 356-2932 The United States Agency for International Development (USAID/Egypt) is seekings proposals from interested U.S. experienced consulting firms, consortium or joint ventures to serve as a prime contractor to provide overall program management, selected technical assistance and subcontractor procurement and management to complete activities under the Cairo Air Improvement Project (CAIP). The prime contractor will provide a core team of long-term Technical Assistance (TA), including U.S. and Egyptian subcontractors, as well as a mechanism through which additional long-and-short-term TA can be accessed to carry out studies, assessments, monitoring, training or other activities as needed. The CAIP is a seven year, $60 million (estimated) umbrella project that will support a range of activities directed toward the improvement of air quality in the Cairo area. It will be a focal point in USAID's efforts to achieve its environmental strategic objectives of reduced generation of industrial/commercial pollution. The CAIP consists of six components: (a) Lead Smelter Improvement- to reduce emissions through improved process and control; (b) Vehicle Emissions Testing and Tune-Up (VETT)- to develop a vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance network across Cairo; (c) Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) for Buses- a pilot project to convert part of two municipal bus fleets to CNG; (d) Monitoring and Analysis- to measure and evaluate the impact of CAIP-related interventions and to conduct studies to guide planing for, and otherwise support, expanded CAIP activities; (e) Public Awareness- to identify the most effective messages and media for information dissemination on each CAIP component and to initiate appropriate environmental awareness and protection campaigns; and (f) New initiatives- to be defined and implemented over the life of the project. The prime contractor will be responsible for in-house completion of the Monitoring and Analysis and Public Awareness components. Due to great diversity of capabilitis required, early in the CAIP, the prime contractor must implement procurement processes and subcontracts for completion of the other three components. Services shall be provided via a cost reimbursement-plus-fixed-fee USAID Direct Contract. The contract will be awarded initially for 5 years with an optional one additional year. The proposed contract listed here will be awarded under full and open competition. To help identify potential subcontractors, a list of all organizations requesting a copy of the RFP will be sent with each RFP document. By providing the list, USAID does not endorse the listed organizations as being capable of carrying out the activity, nor does USAID 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 RFP document. Additionally, USAID/Cairo will provide a sanitized version of the CAIP Project Paper, including technical annexes, will be available electronically to offerors. Potential subcontractors to the prime contract are encouraged to obtain the RFP and supporting material as background for later preparation of subcontracting proposals. The RFP is expected to be released on or about November 20, 1995. The period for submission of proposals is anticipated to be 45 days after issuance of the RFP. Interested offerors must request a copy of the RFP in writing from Leonel Pizarro, Contracting Officer, USAID/Cairo, Unit 64902, APO, AE 09839-4902 or at USAID/Cairo, Directorate of Procurement, 106 Kasr El Aini Street, Cairo Center Bldg., 6th Floor, Cairo, Egypt. Telefax requests to 011-20-2-356- 2932 will be accepted. Telephone requests will not be considered. When writing, calling or faxing, be prepared to state name, address, and solicitation number. All Responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. If a joint venture seeks proposal, information must be supplied with respect to all firms in the joint venture. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) encourages the participation to the maximum extent possible of small business concerns, small disadvantaged business concerns and women-owned small business concerns in this activity as prime contractors or subcontractors in accordance with Part 19 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. In this respect, it is anticipated that the prime contractor will make every reasonable efort to identify and make maximum practicable use of such concerns. All other evaluation criteria being found equal, the participation of such concerns may become a determining factor for selection. 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. The RFP text can 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/26395P074/26395p074.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 the INTERNET in its entirety and USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. (0272)

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