U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID/Egypt, Directorate of Procurement (D/PROC), Unit 64902, APO AE 09839-4902

R -- TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND PROCUREMENT SERVICES FOR THE ENERGY CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENT PROJECT (ECEP) POC Contact Point: Mr. Phillip S. Tresch, Contracting Officer, USAID/Egypt, Tel. No. 011-20-2-357-3257 or 357-3963, Telefax No. 011- 20-2-356-2932 or 357-33755. This is a Notice of Intent to modify Contract No. 263-0140-C- 0032-00 with Overseas Bechtel Inc. (OBI) for 19 months of additional level of effort beginning in mid-February, 1997. This procurement is for the provision of technical assistance, procurement and in-country training services under USAID/Egypt's Energy Conservation and Environment Project (ECEP) for which the government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of AIDAR 706.302-70 and 40 USC 474. The existing contract was originally competed and awarded to OBI on a full and open competition basis, and OBI has been the only technical assistance contractor throughout the life of the Mission's ECEP program. USAID/Egypt recently made a one-time- only extension of the Mission's ECEP Program, and the intent of this procurement action is to make a one-time-only extension to the OBI contract in order to continue project activities with the existing contractor on the basis of being both "cost effective" and a "unique source". The remaining contract work will consist of only two primary tasks, of which the first is a continuation of the on-going work activities (i.e. it is cost effective to keep existing field staff to complete on-going work). Since the other primary work task during the extension period will be to focus on project sustainability by training (in Arabic and English) Egyptian staff to do all work activities previously or now performed by U.S. expatraites, the contractor's long-term field and project knowledge ranks OBI as being a unique source for providing the necessary services. There will be no solicitation documents issued for this proposed action. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive proposals, however, all proposals received within thirty days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the government. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract extension based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. This CBD notice can be viewed and downloaded using the Agency Gopher. The Gopher address is GOPHER.INFO.USAID.GOV. Select USAID Procurement and Business Opportunities from the Gopher menu. The FTP address is FTP.INFO.USAID.GOV. Logon on using the user identification of "anonymous" and the password is your e-mail address. USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. (0002)

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