56 -- INFRASTRUCTURE FOR INCOMES

In accordance with FAR 5.201 (a) (ii) this is to notify that the U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID) Mission to Nepal intends to extend the IQC No. 367-I-00-03-00141-00 with The Louis Berger Group, Inc. for an additional nine (9) months for the period from June 15, 2006 to March 14, 2007. The objective of this program, Infrastructure for Income, is to increase rural income by generating employment opportunities through small scale infrastructure projects, green roads, and fish ponds. During this nine month extension, the program will continue to use labor intensive low technology approaches to provide jobs for poor Nepalese. During this extension it is anticipated that 11 new work orders with an estimated combined cost of $1 million will be issued. These work orders will be for construction of green roads, mule trails, fish ponds and a drinking water project in rural and some times conflict-affected areas. These activities are expected to provide approximately $560,000 in wages to rural Nepalese caught up in conflict who would otherwise have little or no alternative source of income.