Competitiveness Enhancement and Enterprise Development

USAID/Ukraine intends to modify its current contract #121-C-00-05-00711with Chemonics International, Inc. The current ceiling of the completion type contract is $7,288,457. The intention is to increase the ceiling by $650,000 that will provide additional technical assistance to help enterprises in the target industries increase exports and compete in the international market. Technical assistance furnished by the Contractor shall focus on trade and export promotion activities through participation in international trade shows, organization of inward/outward buyer and investment missions. The proposed contract action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of AIDAR 706.302.70(b)(5). Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement within 15 days from the date which this notice is posted. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses 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.