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This
is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE issued by USAID/Cambodia
to determine the availability of potential organizations
who could implement the ongoing Returnee Assistance
Project (RAP). Input received will assist in determining
whether there are organizations willing to manage
and implement RAP.
Interested organizations responding to this SOURCES SOUGHT notice should submit
a capability statement provides sufficient detailed information to allow the
government to determine the organization’s interest and qualifications to implement
such a project. This documentation should not exceed two pages and may include
examples of relevant projects they have implemented, references including title,
names, and telephone numbers, and any other relevant information.
This is not a Request for Applications and does not commit USAID to make an award.
USAID does not intend to make an award based solely on submissions or responses
to this Sources Sought Notice nor does it intend to pay for any costs incurred
in response to this announcement.
Written capability statements must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. Cambodia
time on July 14, 2005. These submissions must be submitted by E-mail (ONLY) to
Sokunn Mealea Prak at sprak@usaid.gov. In
the Subject line Reference: Sources Sought Notice: RAP. Facsimile and Hand Carried
submissions will not be accepted. For more details contact Mealea Prak at sprak@usaid.gov. |
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| OVERVIEW OF RAP PROGRAM |
| In March 2002, the
United States and Cambodia Governments’ entered into an agreement that
would authorize more than 1,000 Cambodians with
a felony conviction living in the United States
to be deported back to Cambodia. In response to
this, the Returnees Assistance Project was created
by a group of interested and concerned individuals
to assist “Returnees”. Many
of the Returnees lived most of their lives
in the U.S. and have little or no cultural
connection to Cambodia. The RAP project was designed
to
assist the Returnees to re-assimilate back
into Cambodian society. The RAP program aims
at assisting
in a variety of ways, including providing time
bound returnee support services such as: pre-departure
orientation information, relative location
support, cultural assimilation support, housing
referrals,
job placement support, vocational training,
peer counseling support, substance abuse counseling,
etc. A small number of the returnees typically
have acute mental health disorders that may
require
specialized long-term care. RAP has already
gained important experience and “lessons learned” in
assisting approximately 130 returnees to date.
The RAP implementer would be expected to maintain
effective management oversight: establish case
management files for Returnees participating
in RAP, establish systems to provide the stated
services, and maintain financial management systems
consistent with USAID regulations. Organizations
would have to be registered legal entities able
to obtain a direct grant from USAID.
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