Black & Veatch International (BVI), (MTSS) Project Office; c/o Cairo Water, 42 Ramses Street, Floor 7, Cairo, Egypt. An action for the USAID program.

R -- PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SURVEY SOL RFI 23485-PSP1 POC Contact Point: Ms. Peggy Howe, Black & Veatch International, MTSS Project Team Leader, Tel: (202) 574-8284, Fax: (202) 574-8283, E-mail: mtsspsp@gega.net Black & Veach International (BVI) on behalf of The General Organization for Greater Area Cairo Water Supply (GOGCWS), in the Arab Republic of Egypt, solicits survey input from international firms interested in private sector involvement and qualified with management experience in the lease and operation of any one or all of the following public water utility facilities : Water Treatment Plant; Central laboratory; Customer Billing and Network Services Center; Water Authority training center, The purpose of this survey is to establish the essential criteria under which the GOGCWS might award a future management contract to a privately owned firm to take possession of, invest in, and operate any one or all of the above mentioned existing GOGCWS owned facilities as a private business enterprise for a prescribed period of time and in a manner defined by a contract designed from this survey. Copies of the Survey Document can be obtained from. from Black & Veatch International, Management Training andSystems Strengthening (MTSS) Project Office; c/o Cairo Water, 42 Ramses Street, Floor 7, Cairo, Egypt, Attn.: Ms. Peggy Howe, Fax No.: (202) 574 8283, Telephone No.: (202) 574 -- 8284, E-Mail: mtsspsp@gega.net. Respondents must return completed Survey Documents by April 6, 1998. (0049)

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