United States Agency for International Development, USAID/Egypt, Office of Procurement, USAID -- Unit 64902, APO AE 09839-4902

R -- SMALL AND MICRO ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT/CAIRO POC Contracting Officer, Lisa M. Bilder, 011-202-516-5505, xt2433, e-mail address: lisabilder@uasid.gov, fax number 011-202-516-4739 WEB: CURRENT CBD NOTICES, http://www.info.usaid.gov/procurement_bus_opp/procurement/announce/cbd /. E-MAIL: Lisa Bilder, lisabilder@uasid.gov. USAID/Egypt intends to execute a modification to contract number 263-C-00-93-00101-00 with National Cooperative Business Association of 1401 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 1100, Washington DC 20005-2160. The modification will be implemented over a four month period and extend the current contract by the same period. The activities extended under the modification include assistance in the fields of institutional development, management, small micro enterprise credit delivery techniques, systems and procedures development, accounting and financial management information systems, financial analysis, and staff and senior management training. USAID/Egypt intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of AIDAR 706.302-70(b)(5). Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received thirty days after publication of this synopsis willbe considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed modification based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Posted 04/25/00 (W-SN448446). (0116)

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