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R -- PROFESSIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES POC Bettie F. Bowles, Tel: 202-712-0595, Contracting Officer, Michael Gushue, Tel: 202-712-5130, E-mail: bbowles@usaid.gov WEB: http://www.info.usaid.gov, Http://www.info.usaid.gov/procurement_bus_opp/procurement/announce/cbd. E-MAIL: http://www.info.gov, bbowles@usaid.gov. USAID intends to contract with the Management Systems International. (AEP-0085-01-6018-00/AEPPP-I-01-96-90013-00), to September 30, 1999. The authority for this action is found in the USAID Acquisition Regulation, other than full and open competition at 706.302-70, Impairment of Foreign Aid Programs (40 USCC 253 (c)(1) and FAR 6.302-1. The citation states that "Only one responsible source and no other services will satisfy agency requirements." The specific application is found at subparagraph (b))(5), which states that "an award for the continued provision of highly specialized services when award to another resource would result in substantial additional costs to the government or woul result in unacceptable delays." The purpose of this contract extension to provide USAID and cooperating government agencies with short-term technical and advisory services in strategic planning, performance measurement, and evaluating USAID and developing country policies, programs, and projects. Under the IQC, MSI provides a range of these services through a PPC/CDIE delivery order, including support not only to PPC/CDIE, but also to the Africa and the Asia and Near East Bureaus and their respective operating units. Together, the three bureaus provide funding for the contractor level of effort. The long-term contract staff includes six full and part time analysts working with PPC/CDIE, two full and part time analysts working with AFR, and three full and part time analysts working with ANE. In addition, a variety of short-term consulting expertise is uesed. There are four major tasks in the delivery order Statement of Work, including technical assistance in strategic planning; performance measurement and results reporting; training and guidance in reengineered program operations processes and systems, and; technical reviews and analyses of strategic planning, performance measurement, results reporting, and reengineering. This modification would allow for aprroximately six additional months of technicl assistance to ensure suffiecient completion of all ongoing and planned tasks, and ensure a smooth transition to the new Integrated Manageing for Results contract to be awarded by September 30, 1999. The RFP for the new contract, once issued, can be down loaded from the Agency web site. The worldwide web address is http://www.info.usaid.gov. Select "Download Available USAID Solicitations." The Request for Proposals (RRFPP))) is entitled "Intergrated Managing for Results (M/OPP-99-360). Additional, all attachmens to RFPP-M/OP-99-360, Select J are also available on the USAID world wide web page under "Forms for USAID Solicitations. Receipt of this RFP through Internet must be confirmed by written notification to the contact person noted above. It is the responsibility of the recipient of this solicitation document to ensure that it has been received from Internet in its entirety and USAID bears no responsibiliy for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. The preferred method of distribution of USAID procurement information is via the Internet or by request of a solicitation on a 3.5" floppy disk (WordPerfect 5.1/5.2 format). This CBD notice can be viewed and downloaded using the Agency Web Site." Posted 03/12/99 (W-SN308052). (0071)

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