DHHS/Administration for Children and Families, Division of Acquisition Management, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Washington, DC 20447

U -- HEAD START RESOURCE ACCESS PROJECT SOL 105-95-1506 DUE 053097 POC J. Blair Hayes, Contracting Officer (202) 401-5404; Sylvia Johnson, C.O. (202) 401-9358 The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) intends to negotiate a modification to the following existing contract: 105-95-1506. Negotiation of the modification will be on the basis of other than full and open competition for ongoing assistance in operating a "Resource Access Project." The purpose of the modification is to: 1) enable the University of Arkansas Resource Access Projects (UA-RAP) to continue to provide training and technical assistance (T/TA) resources to the Head Start grantees; 2) to continue to assist Head Start grantees to provide high quality services to children from low-income families and 3) to continue to be responsive to the needs of Early Head Start grantees serving infants, toddlers and pregnant women. The authority for this non-competitive modification is 41 USC 253(c)(1). See Note 22. (0142)

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