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R -- FREIGHT FORWARDING SERVICES DUE 031699 POC Mr. Emmanuel E. Atsalinos, Tel: 202-712-1039, Fax: 202-216-3052, E-mail: matsalinos@usaid.gov, Contracting Officer, Thomas S. Bordone, 202-712-1021 WEB: http://www.info.usaid.gov, http://www.info.usaid.gov/procurement_bus_opp/procurement/solicitation /. E-MAIL: http://www.info.usaid.gov, matsalinos@usaid.gov. USAID intends to non-competitively extend the Freight Forwarding Contract with Panalpina, Inc. (CCP-C-00-92-00019-06) for three months, to July 31, 1999. The services provide the principal mechanism for implementing the Agency's worldwide freight forwarding and warehousing of contraceptives to USAID-support family planning and HIV/AIDS prevention program. The authority for this action is found in the USAID Acquisition Regulation, other than full and open competition at 706.302-70, impairment of Foreign Aid Programs (40 USC 474). The citation states that "full and open competition need not be obtained when t would impair or otherwise have an adverse effect on programs conducted for the purposes of foreign aid, relief, and rehabilitation." The specific application is found at subparagraph (b)(5), which states that "an award for the continued pprovision of highly specialized services when award to another resource would result in substantial additional costs to the government or would result in unacceptable delays." The email address for the contact point is "matsalinos@usaid.gov. Posted 03/16/99 (W-SN308986). (0075)

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