Y -- SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT TO TALLER DE ENSAMBLE

USAID/Colombia intends to award a sole source contract to Taller de Ensamble. The estimated amount of this contract is USD$130,000. Taller de Ensamble will construct at the Utria National Park a 170.5 m2 construction that includes: restaurant, dinner room, baths, and 2 rooms in the first floor, and a reception desk and meetings room in the second floor, for the visitor center, according to pre-established specifications. Taller de Ensamble will also construct at the Tayrona National Park a Park Ranger Station for surveillance and control with two rooms, kitchen, bath, and a terrace according to pre-established specifications. These constructions will be built in immunized wood and will have water treatment plant and other basic components. USAID intends to negotiate this contract to only one source (Taller de Ensamble) under the authority of AIDAR 706.302-70(b)(2)for an award of $250,000 or less by an overseas contracting activity. This notice is not a request for proposals and no solicitation is available. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to satisfy the Government requirement. The determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition is solely within the discretion of the Government.