NOTICE OF INTEND TO MODIFY USAID/SENEGAL WULA NAFAA CONTRACT 685-C-00-08-00063-00

The United States Government, represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Senegal intends to modify the Agricultural Natural Resource Management (Wula Nafaa) Contract 685-C-00-08-00063-00 with International Resources Group, 1211 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036. The Wula Nafaa Project contributes to increase sustainable, profitable and decentralized use and management of Senegal's agricultural, marine and natural resource base. The program is organized around four (4) main components: creation of wealth, local governance, biodiversity conservation, and policy and communications. The contract modification will: (1) increase the the scope of work and the level of effort particularly of the first and fourth components; i.e. creation of wealth; and policy and communications, to respond to new opportunities and challenges afforded by the Senegal's inclusion in the President's Global Food Security Response, and (2) expand the small grants program to include activities for chimpanzee conservations and activities for water and sanitation. USAID/Senegal intends to solicit and negotiate non-competitively with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1(a)(ii)(A)(B). There will be no solicitiation documents issued for the proposed action. Therefore, this notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals . Interested persons may, however, identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement to submit proposals. The Government will consider all expressions of interest received within fifteen (15) days after the date of publicationof this synopsis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract modification based upon responses, if any, 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.