Notice_Of_Intent_For_Other_Than_Full_and_Open_Competition_HEA-U.pdf

November 15, 2022

1. Action: Intent to Modify Contract

2. Product Service Code: R - SUPPORT SVCS (PROF, ADMIN, MGMT)

3. NAICS Code: 541990 - All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

4. Place of Performance: Ethiopia

5. Contracting Office Address:

U.S. Agency for International Development

2030 Addis Ababa Place

Washington, DC 20521-2030

6. Subject title of this project: Contract # 72066320C00003, Household Economy

Approach-Utilization (HEA-U) Activity with Save The Children Federation, Inc.

7. Contact Email: caddis@usaid.gov

8. Important: No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals.

9. Description: The United States Agency for International Development in Ethiopia

(USAID/Ethiopia) intends to modify Save the Children Federation, Inc. contract #

72066320C00003 for the purpose of increasing the Total Estimated Cost (TEC) by up to $600,000, from the current from $1,333,806 to $1,933,806 and extending the current period of performance and completion date specified in the contract

(January 1, 2021 – December 15, 2022) by nine months to September 15, 2023.

The statutory authority permitting this contract modification without providing full and open competition is AIDAR 706.302-70(b)(5), based on the authority provided by 40 U.S.C. 113(e)(2)), provides an exception to full and open competition when it would impair or otherwise have an adverse effect on programs conducted for the purposes of foreign aid, relief, and rehabilitation.

The prime contractor, Save the Children, will continue to support activities aligned specifically with the use of Household Economy Approach data and analysis for humanitarian decision making in Ethiopia. In particular, this cost extension will focus on the current HEA-U activity through the 2023 humanitarian needs planning cycle to ensure that the more than $1 billion U.S. taxpayer dollars supporting mailto:caddis@usaid.gov

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U.S. Agency for International Development

Entoto Road , US Embassy

P. O. Box 1014

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Tel. : 251-11 130 6002

Fax : 251-11 1242438

Website: http://ethiopia.usaid.gov/

USA Address:

2030 Addis Ababa Place

Washington, DC 20521-2030 humanitarian assistance in Ethiopia reach the people in need without political interference and that very vulnerable people that need humanitarian assistance to survive are not missed due to lack of reliable data on the severity of needs at the local level.

This Notice does not constitute an award commitment on the part of the

Government, nor does it commit the Government to pay for costs incurred in the preparation and responding to the notice.

Please refer any questions to: caddis@usaid.gov

Sincerely

Admir Serifovic

Supervisory Contracting Officer mailto:caddis@usaid.gov