United States Agency for International Development, Regional Center for Southern Africa, Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-2170

R -- ZAMBIAN PRIVATIZATION PROJECT-SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA'S INITIATIVE TO PLAN AND IMPLEMENT THE PRIVATIZATION OF STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES POC Jeffery D. Bell, Regional Contracting Officer, USAID/RCSA, Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-2170, Telephone 267-324449, Fax 267- 324468. The United States Agency for International Development, Regional Center for Southern Africa, intends to enter into a sole source contract for a period of approximately 10 months with the Center for Financial Engineering in Development (CFED) to provide continued technical assistance to the Government of Zambia's (GOZ) privatization initiative. CFED is currently providing this technical assistance in-country under the U.S. Small Business Administration's 8(a) Contracting Program, which ends in February, 1997. This contract will extend CFED's services for an estimated period of 10 months beyond the expiration date of their 8(a) contract. Based on the nature and expertise of the services provided and the relationships established between the contractor and the appropriate GOZ officials, both the GOZ and USAID believe CFED is uniquely suited to undertake this activity and are unaware of any other firm that has the capability to duplicate the required relationships with the GOZ, which could provide the appropriate mix of talent within the short 10-month period of performance anticipated and maintain the uninterrupted momentum of privitization efforts. See Note 22 (0096)

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