Pre-solicitation No. SOL-440-16-000002 for HIV/AIDS services.

The purposes of this RFP amendment #2 are to:

1) provide responses to questions received under the RFP and release an amended solicitation with attached questions and answers;

2) provide logistical information for the pre-proposal conference; and

3) add a second question and answer period as specified in this amendment.

All other terms and conditions indicated in the RFP issued on November 6, 2015 remain unchanged.

The purpose of this amendment is to notify all interested parties that there is no "Set Aside" under this solicitation, and to reconfirm the Mission's plan of issuing a full an open solicitation.

All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

Dear Interested Parties,

The United States Agency for International Development in Vietnam (USAID/Vietnam) intends to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a five year project to perform HIV/AIDS services. USAID intends to use full and open competition for this procurement and to release the solicitation within the next 30 days.

The purpose of the solicitation will be to strengthen human, organizational, and systems capacity and deliver innovative enhancements in HIV/AIDS services. The objectives of the program will be to provide direct service delivery and demand driven technical assistance to achieve targets in priority Vietnam provinces and transition those services within a five year period.

Except for the above, no additional information regarding this planned RFP is available at this time. All necessary information will be supplied at the time the RFP posted at www.fedbizopps.gov. Questions/requests for information will not be responded to until RFP issuance. Interested parties are advised to periodically monitor the above website and solicitation number for updates concerning this procurement. No proposals for funding should be submitted until after the RFP is issued.

Prospective Offerors are advised that this procurement is subject to internal USAID approvals and the availability of funds. This is NOT an Invitation for Bid (IFB) or a Request for Proposals (RFP) and in no way obligates the US Government to issue an RFP/IFB and/or award a contract. This notice satisfies the synopsis requirement in FAR 5.2.

Sincerely,

/s/

Daniel E. Harter
Contracting Officer