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Solicitation Number: Reference-Number-00001656
Notice Type: Special Notice
Synopsis:
Added: August 14, 2002
The purpose of this contract is to procure conference/event planning services. The objective of the contract is to hire services to supply technical and administrative assistance to EDDI in the following areas: 1) Pre-Conference Planning, 2) Conference Implementation, and 3) Post Conference Evaluation and Follow-up. The contractor will be required to work and perform on-site services at USAID?s headquarters in the Ronald Reagan Building (RRB), downtown Washington, D.C. as well as the conference-site at the Royal Swazi Convention Center in Mbabane, Swaziland. The contractor is also required to work with and serve as a technical resource to the EDDI staff. These services include, but are not limited to, conference planning, designing, conducting, monitoring and evaluating all aspects of the EDDI conference to be held in Mbabane, Swaziland (Africa) from inception to completion, including follow-up activities.
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.
NIACS: 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services.
Competition Level: Reserved for Small Businesses.
Number/Non-numbered notes: 1. The proposed contract is 100% set aside for small business concerns, apply.
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Solicitation closes August 23, 2002, at 11:00 Eastern Standard Time.
Contracting Office Address:
Agency for International Development, Washington D.C., USAID/Washington, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Room 7.10-006, Washington, DC, 20523

The United States Agency for International Development ( USAID) is the federal government agency that leads worldwide development and humanitarian efforts to save lives, lessen poverty, enhance democratic government, and support people to move beyond reliance on aid. The mission is to promote and demonstrate democratic values abroad and advance a free, peaceful, and prosperous world.
USAID has offices around the world, in all the countries where it leads projects and helps the vulnerable population in countries such as Namibia, Laos, Libya, Barbados, Maldives, Palestine/West Bank & Gaza, Germany, Cote d'Ivoire, USA, Paraguay, Ecuador, Nicaragua, USA, Panama, Guinea, Angola, Sierra Leone, Mongolia, USA, Madagascar, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Myanmar, Jamaica, Bolivia, Peru, Zimbabwe, Nepal, and the Philippines.
USAID has hundreds of ongoing projects and funds in the world, the main responsibilities being to promote global health, support global stability, provide humanitarian assistance, catalyze innovation and partnership and empower women and girls. USAID engaged with African nations at an early stage and has since acted in partnership to achieve common interests and ideals from security to global health to climate change to freedom and democracy to shared wealth.
USAID also plays a crucial role in collaborating with Asian nations to ensure that the development decisions they make today help them to achieve long-term success by advancing countries on their paths to consciousness. In Europe and Eurasia, USAID continues to confront massive corruption, political stagnation, severe poverty, and underdeveloped policy and regulatory systems.
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