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SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF AUGUST 13, 2021 SAM #7195
SPECIAL NOTICE

R -- Justification and Approval of a Ceiling Increase of the �Global Book Alliance in Action� Task Order under the Advancing Basic Education-All Children Reading Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity Contract (ABE-ACR IDIQ)

Notice Date

8/11/2021 10:07:54 AM
 

Notice Type

Justification
 

NAICS

611710 — Educational Support Services
 

Contracting Office

USAID BUREAU FOR EGEE WASHINGTON DC 20523 USA
 

ZIP Code

20523
 

Solicitation Number

7200AA19F00009
 

Archive Date

09/10/2021
 

Point of Contact

Lorena Marko
 

E-Mail Address

lmarko@usaid.gov
(lmarko@usaid.gov)
 

Award Number

AID-OAA-I-14-00053
 

Award Date

07/05/2019
 

Description

This J&A package processes a ceiling increase in the amount of $4,800,000.00; thereby, increasing the total estimated cost of the task order�from �$4,830,929.97� to �$9,630,929.97�, inclusive of the fixed fee. The ceiling increase will enable the GBAIA Contractor to respond quickly and effectively to buy-in requests from the USAID Missions in Nigeria, the Philippines, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Malawi that have emerged as a result of the impact of ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic and lack of other active USAID mechanisms in Washington or the field. The Missions requesting the buy-ins cannot meet their foreign assistance objectives for their current education programming without them. Each Mission is currently in the middle of executing programming that has been significantly negatively impacted by COVID-19. In all four Missions� contexts, intended beneficiary populations have been deprived of timely delivery of learning materials, which is significantly decreasing the efficacy of U.S investments and the achievement of foreign assistance targets in basic education. Additional information regarding the cascading negative effects on the programming in progress in all four Missions along with the technical needs requested are detailed in the ceiling increase package, consisting of the D&F and J&A.� The J&A is in accordance with�AIDAR 706.302-70(a)(2) which states �Full and open competition need not be obtained when it would impair or otherwise have an adverse effect on programs conducted for the purposes of foreign aid, relief, and rehabilitation.� AIDAR 706.302-70(b)(3)(i) states that the authority may be used for, �an award for which the Assistant Administrator responsible for the project or program makes a formal written determination, with supporting findings, that compliance with full and open competition procedures would impair foreign assistance objectives and would be inconsistent with the fulfillment of the foreign assistance program.�
 

Web Link

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Place of Performance

Address: Washington, DC 20523, USA

Zip Code: 20523

Country: USA
 

Record

SN06092983-F 20210813/210811230112 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

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