USAID/Guatemala-Central American Programs/Contracting Office, Unit 3323, APO AA 34024

R -- NON-US NON-PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTOR DUE 011097 POC Contact Point: Paula S. Miller, Contractor Officer, Tel: (502) 332- 0202, FAX (502) 331-1506, Internet address: emnavarro@usaid.gov. USAID/G-CAP anticipates a non-competitive extension of contract activities for a period of eight (8) months with Mr. Pedro Lasa to provide ongoing technical support to CABEI's Municipal Infrastructure Finance Program under the USAID/G-CAP LOGROS Project. Mr. Lasa will be responsible for providing the following tasks: 1. Advise CABEI on the establishment and enforcement of eligibility criteria for infrastructure projects to be financed by Intermediaries, including the basis for determining a suitability formula for each type of infrastructure investment. 2. Advise CABEI in the process of determination of charges, interest rates, and terms for CABEI loans to Intermediaries and intermediaries' loans to municipalities. 3. Review of Intermediaries' selection and approval of the municipal infrastructure sub-projects. 4. Monitoring of compliance with eligibility criteria and auditing financial and management aspects of approved sub-projects, and procedures CABEI will use to preserve itself and its agents (including for this purpose, USAID) the right to monitor the end use of sub-loan proceeds. 5. A Financial Plan showing estimated disbursements of CABEI funds for eligible projects, expected cash flows under the program and estimates as to amounts and timings of borrowings of the USAID Guaranteed Loan funds. USAID/Washington has recently advised USAID/G-CAP that a deadline of September 30, 1997 has been set for CABEI to borrow under the LOGROS HG authority. This resolution considerably shortened the original estimated completion date by one year. As a result, CABEI will have to invest over $22.0 million in municipal infrastructure projects during the next ten months. USAID/G-CAP has officially notified CABEI about the deadline through PIL No. 7 (Implementation Agreement) dated December 16, 1996. The purpose of this non-competitive extension is to allow for continuation of the technical assistance which is considered critical for CABEI to meet the aforementiond deadlines. Because of the urgency of this procurement action, USAID/G-CAP is requesting all interested parties to submit their resume with any additional supporting documentation no later than January 10, 1997 to the following address or fax No.: Contracts Office, USAID/G-CAP, Unit 3323, APO AA 34024, Fax No. 502-331-1506. (0365)

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