Contracts Office, United States Agency for International Development, Department of State/Kampala, Washington, DC 20521-2190

R -- INCREASE OF SEVEN PERSON MONTHS' LEVEL OF EFFORT WITH INCUMBENT CONTRACTOR FOR CONTINUED PROVISION OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE PROGRAM FOR CRITICAL ECOSYSTEMS CONSERVED TO SUSTAIN BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND TO ENHANCE BENEFITS TO SOCIETY IN UGANDA, E. AFRICA POC Ms Alvera Reichert, Contracting Officer, Kampala, Uganda, Tel: 256-41-235879/342896/341521, Fax 256-41-258981/233417, E-mail: areichert@usaid.gov WEB: http://www.info.usaid.gov, http://www.info.usaid.gov/procurement_bus_opp/procurement/announce/cbd. E-MAIL: http://www.info.usaid.gov, areichert@usaid.gov. The Contracting Officer has determined that the incumbent contractor, Associates in Rural Development, Inc., 110 Main Street, Fourth Floor, Burlington, Vermont 05401, under contract no. 623-C-00-95-00051-00, is the only practicable, potential offeror under AIDAR exception 706.302-70 Impairment of Foreign Aid Program, para (b)(5) 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 would result in unacceptable delays. The contract modification will increase the level of effort by seven person months for technical assistance for the completion of the development of the General Management Plan for Queen Elizabeth National Park, and continued assistance for transformation of the program Grants Management Unit in Uganda. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals and no competitive solicitation will be issued. See Note 25. Posted 05/10/99 (W-SN329419). (0130)

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