USAID/South Africa, Pretoria, Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-9300

R -- TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE POC Dina Way, Tel: 27-12-323-8869, Fax: 27-12-328-3718, E-mail: dway@usaid.gov or jkryschtal@usaid.gov, Contracting Officer: J.J. Kryschtal, USAID/South Africa, 9th Floor, Sancardia Center, 524 Church Street, Pretoria 0007, South Africa (P.O. Box 55380, Pretoria, South Africa). WEB: http://www.info.usaid.gov, http://www.info.usaid.gov/procurements_bus_opp/procurement/announce/cb d. E-MAIL: http://www.info.usaid.gov, dway@usaid.gov or jkryschtal@usaid.gov. USAID/SA proposes to modify existing contract 674-C-00-98-00030-00 with The College Fund (UNCF) under the Tertiary Education Linkages Project (TELP). The purpose of the modification is to increase the number of Historically Disadvantaged Institutions (HDIs) who are beneficiaries of assistance under the project and the UNCF contract from 15 to 17. This is an ongoing program and it is desired to include the additional beneficiaries as soon as possible. The total estimated cost of the proposed modification is $1,167,717 for the remaining four-year period. Of this amount, $920,000 is a pass-through cost for linkage grants with U.S. higher education institutions; $227,717 (inclusive of VAT) is for travel expenses, per diem, accommodation and training; and $20,000 paid to the contractor for the cost of administering linkage grants for the added institutions with U.S. universities. The contract was awarded May 26, 1998 utilizing full and open competition and currently ends on May 25, 2003. By modifying the UNCF contract, all 17 institutions will be able to participate jointly as a group in national and regional workshops, and seminars with associated programmatic benefits. Continued utilization of the current contractor will be cost-effective for USAID/SA because it will reduce the time and concomitant cost that a new contractor would have to spend on mobilizing and fielding its team, establishing rapport and building effective working relationships with counterparts, and adapting to program technical demands and challenges. There would also be significant duplication of effort in trying to coordinate the activities of entire group of 17 institutions if 15 are assisted with one contractor and two are assisted by another. As noted, the marginal cost to the contract that will flow to UNCF is estimated at $20,000. This modification to contract 674-C-00-98-00030-00 is being proposed under the authority of AIDAR 706.302-70(5) for the continued provision of highly specialized when an award to another resource would result in substantial additional costs and unacceptable delays. Interested persons may identify their interests and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. However, the Government will consider all proposals received within forty-five days after the date of publication of this synopsis. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government will not pay for information received. See numbered Note 22. Posted 07/01/99 (W-SN349288). (0182)

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