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SECTION B -
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OVERVIEW
Contract No. PCE-I-00-99-00008-00
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SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is
contracting for technical assistance necessary to support broad-based
and sustainable development in USAID-recipient countries by providing
intellectual leadership and technical resources for addressing a broad
range of constraints to economic growth. The purpose of the Support
for Economic Growth and Institutional Reform Project (SEGIR) is to
strengthen USAID's capacity to assist developing countries in
introducing, developing and maintaining appropriate economic policies
and institutional reforms at the macro, sectoral and project level.
Services shall be performed in accordance with Section C and F of this
.Contract. Support for the Center for Economic Growth and Agricultural
Development will be implemented under this contract in accordance with
the Task Order System outlined in Section F.
This is an i~definite
utilizing:
delivery, indefinite quantity contract
Task orders to provide technical direction, a ceiling price for
the task and obligation of funds;
Fixed daily rates for U.S. expatriates;
Reimbursement of actual salaries for locally hired national
personnel and other non-U.S. expatriates;
Fixed multipliers applied to salaries of locally hired national
personnel and other non-U.S. expatriates;
Reimbursement of reasonable, allowable and allocable
other direct costs not covered by the above; and
Modified time-and-material payment provisions.
B.2 OBLIGATED AMOUNT
The basic contract includes an initial obligation of funds of at least
$10,000 to cover a minimum of services, which will be applied towards
the first task order(s). Following this initial obligation,
individual task orders will obligate funds to cover each task.
B.3 TASK ORDER CEILING PRICE
Each task order will have a ceiling price. The Contractor shall not
be paid any amount in excess of the ceiling price without advance,
written approval of the Contracting Officer. Each task order will
include a mix of professional labor categories, a maximum number of
workdays, and other direct costs. The ceiling price will be based on
the following budget elements.