U.S.Agency for International Development; Regional Contracting Office; USAID/Mozambique; Department of State, Washington, D.C. 20521-2330

R -- PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SUPPORT FOR MOZAMBIQUE POC Contact Point: Gail Warshaw; Regional Contracting Officer, USAID/Mozambique, Department of State; Washington, D.C. 20521-2330; Tel: (258-1)491689; Fax: (258-1)492181; E-mail: gwarshaw@usaid.gov. The Agency for International Development (A.I.D.) in Mozambique plans to extend an existing contract with University Research Corporation (URC), 7200 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 600, Bethesda, Md 20814-4820 for two years, and noncompetitively increase the level-of-effort (LOE). The authority for this noncompetitive procurement action is AIDAR 706.302-70 (Impairment of Foreign Assistance Objectives). The rationale is that use of any other source for the continued provision of the highly specialized services would result in substantial additional costs and unacceptable delays to USAID as the existing contract team is demobilized, and new relationships between the new team and host government and community officials are developed and established. The Mozambique component of URC provides technical assistance to the Ministry of Health in Mozambique on matters concerning primary health care in Mozambique. The team has intimate knowledge and acceptance after long-term contacts with the host government and communityofficials. The contract team consists of technical experts in public administration or management, family planning communications or health education, and adult/public health education. No RFP will be issued, but all responsible sources may express their interest in, and qualifications for, providing their services which shall be considered by USAID. Such responses must be submitted to the address located above not later than 45 days from the date of this notice. See Numbered Note 22. (0064)

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