| R -- Infrastructure Sector Development IQC |
| Program Summary |
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| Title: |
R -- Infrastructure Sector Development IQC |
| GovCB Opps ID : |
ADP12018260490000945 |
| Document Type: |
Sources Sought Notice |
| FSC Code: |
R - Professional, Administrative and Management Support Services
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| Set Aside: |
Partial Small Business |
| Solicitation No.: |
Reference-Number-PR-01-INFRASTRUCTURE |
| Source: |
http://www2.fbo.gov/spg/AID/OP/WashingtonDC/Reference%2DNumber%2DPR%2D01%2DINFRASTRUCTUR... |
Posted Date:
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Jan 31, 2008 |
| Last Update: |
Jan 31, 2008 |
| Due Date: |
Feb 15, 2008 |
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| Description |
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General Information
| Document Type: |
Sources Sought Notice |
| Solicitation Number: |
Reference-Number-PR-01-INFRASTRUCTURE |
| Posted Date: |
Jan 31, 2008 |
| Original Response Date: |
Feb 15, 2008 |
| Current Response Date: |
Feb 15, 2008 |
| Original Archive Date: |
Mar 03, 2008 |
| Current Archive Date: |
Mar 03, 2008 |
| Classification Code: |
R -- Professional, administrative, and management support services |
| Set Aside: |
Partial Small Business |
| Naics Code: |
561499 -- All Other Business Support Services |
Contracting Office Address
Agency for International Development, Washington D.C., USAID/Washington, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Room 7.10-006, Washington, DC, 20523, UNITED STATES
Description
OBJECTIVE AND GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CONTRACT
The Office of Infrastructure and Engineering in the Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade (EGAT/I&E); will have technical management and responsibility for this Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC). The purpose of this Infrastructure Sector IQC is to provide ready access to short and long-term professional technical assistance and capacity building in the areas of energy, information and communications technology (ICT), roads and transport, water and urban issues to USAID Washington and USAID missions abroad in countries that are assisted by USAID. The tasks awarded under this contract will support USAID?s objective of fostering sustainable infrastructure development in USAID-assisted countries.
This contract shall complement and reinforce the activities of the I&E; Office, other USAID Washington Pillar/Technical Bureaus, USAID Regional Bureaus, and USAID Regional and Bilateral Missions. The contractor shall provide professional services and experienced personnel with the specific skills sets required in IQC Task Orders.
The Infrastructure Sector IQC will address the following sectors:
A. Energy
Expanding access to modern energy services empowers people to take a major step out of poverty into a better future. Energy increases economic growth, employment opportunities, private sector investment, and competitiveness; strengthens democracy and fosters political stability through improved transparency and communication; enhances national security; improves quality of life by enabling better health care, education, and access to clean water; and protects the environment and public health. Unfortunately, more than 2 billion people, or one-third of the world?s population, have no access to electricity or other modern forms of energy. Expanding access to safe, affordable, efficient, reliable and clean energy to power economic and social development is the cornerstone of USAID?s energy mission.
B. Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
Information and communications technology (ICT) has become a powerful tool in the fight against world poverty, providing developing countries with an unprecedented opportunity to meet vital development goals, such as poverty reduction, basic health care, economic growth and education, far more effectively than before. ICT depends on affordable access to telecommunications networks. These include Internet (IP) networks as well as mobile phone networks, the latter increasingly being used for data applications as well as voice communications. These networks can be used by the private sector, civil society and governments themselves. Governments use ICT for e-government applications to improve the quality of services to citizens and businesses.
C. Roads and Transport
In many countries, roads and highways provide the dominant mode of land transport and play a vital role in improving people?s lives and in contributing to national economic growth. They often carry more than 80 percent of passenger-km and over 50 percent of freight ton-km in a country. Consequently, roads and highways form the backbone to the economy and provide essential links to the vast local and community (rural) road networks. Sea and air ports also provide important entry ways for the movement of goods and people.
D. Water and Sanitation
Water is essential to life, and because over one billion people still lack access to safe water and nearly two billion lack safe sanitation, more than three million people die every year from avoidable water-related disease. Water security is a rapidly growing issue. The poor are particularly vulnerable when water is either unclean or in short supply. At the same time, water is a key development ingredient that impacts on a variety of factors that sustain and enhance life, as well as serving as a major input for industrial production (e.g., food processing).
E. Urban Management
Over 90 per cent of the world's population growth in the coming two decades will occur in developing cities - most of it in urban slums. In the absence of sound governance and management practices, rapid urbanization will harm the environment. It will also create life threatening water shortages, deplete valuable natural resources, strangle economic growth, widen income disparities and increase the spread of disease. However, well-managed cities can become engines of economic growth, enhance national prosperity, and increase both domestic harmony and international goodwill. In a global and increasingly urbanized world, cities play a key role in building a better future. Cities and local governments need the skills and tools to manage their resources effectively, deliver critical urban services, partner with the private sector, and foster economic growth for the betterment of their citizens.
Point of Contact
William Hewitt, Contract Manager, Phone 202-712-4198, Fax 202-216-3131, Email whewitt@usaid.gov - Joseph Schmidt, Contracting Officer, Phone 202-712-0619, Fax 202-216-3132, Email jschmidt@usaid.gov
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