Sole Source Contract Modification for Pathfinder International

Sole Source Contract Modification to Pathfinder International, Inc. under Contract No. AID-388-C-13-00002 (NHSDP)
USAID/Bangladesh intends to award a sole source contract modification to Pathfinder International under contract No.AID-388-C-13-00002. The estimated amount of this modification is around $28,880,217 and it will extend the contract completion date by twelve months. The above contract at $53,866,280 was awarded to Pathfinder International on a full and open competition basis on December 9, 2012 and the current estimated completion date is December 9, 2016. The purpose of the contract is to provide technical assistance to the implementation of a NGO Health Services Delivery Project (NHSDP) in Bangladesh which supports the delivery of essential service packages through a network of non-governmental organization clinics that primarily target the poor and underserved.
The increased amount at $28,880,217 will be wholly funded with non-appropriated, gifted funds received under a Donor-to-Donor grant agreement, pursuant to ADS 351, from the Government of the United Kingdom's Department for International Development ("DFID"). The purpose of contract modification is to continue provide specialized technical assistance services and support and to scale up the delivery of the health service activities being implemented under the existing contract. The new work planned with the additional resources will allow USAID/Bangladesh to increase support and to expand the existing statement of work to add highly specialized technical assistance activities to improve the availability of accessible, quality delivery, post-delivery, newborn and family planning services to mothers and newborns in geographic areas beyond the current project area.
USAID intends to negotiate this modification with only one source under the authority of AIDAR 706.302-70 (b)(5), where an award is for the continued provision of highly specialized services and award to another source would result in substantial additional costs to the Government or would result in unacceptable project delays. The required services include continuation and expansion of services of the same nature as described in the original statement of work of the contract.

This notice is not a request for proposals and no solicitation is available.