B12_MISC_(Solicitation_Questions_and_Answers)_0001.docx

INDU - Historic Resource Study 36647 Solicitation 140P6022Q0008 Solicitation Questions and Answers

1. Section IV. B. 3 of the Indiana Dunes HRS Scope of Work identifies 100 final bound copies of the report are required. Section C (paragraph 5) also states that 200 copies of the report shall be submitted. Will you please confirm if NPS requires 100 or 200 final copies?

Amount should be 100 copies.

2. Place of Performance: Omaha: Will there be need to travel to Omaha to conduct literature review/research of resources on Indiana Dunes located there?

No.

3. Sub Factor 2 - Team: The PI must have, at minimum, a PhD degree in United States history from an accredited university. Degrees in fields other than history will not be accepted.

Our Principal Investigator has a PhD majoring in Architectural History, with his dissertation focusing on American Architectural history. His minor field for the PhD was American City Planning History and Theory and meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for History. Would his education meet and exceed the minimum standards for Principal Investigator?

Yes.

4. One of the Project Historians we propose to use has a Master’s degree in Historic Preservation, a Bachelor’s in History, and meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for History. Is this sufficient to meet the minimum requirements for a Project Historian?

Yes.

5. One of the project historians we propose to use has a Master’s degree in Education with a Bachelor’s in Design and Historic Preservation, and meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for History. Is this sufficient to meet the minimum requirements for a Project Historian?

Yes.

6. In Section (C) Sub Factor 3-Previous Experience it states that the Offerors shall submit a list of at least (3), but not more than (5) completed projects. Do the 3–5 projects in Previous Experience need to match the 3–5 projects in Past Performance?

No, but they can.

7. Are we able to use projects completed within the last five years instead of three years due to the pandemic shutdowns that occurred?

This is acceptable for previous experience, but past performance will need to be no older than 3 years.

8. In Factor 2: PAST PERFORMANCE it states Offerers shall complete the attached Past Performance Questionnaires (preferably a minimum of 3 and/or a maximum of 5). Are the Past Performance Questionnaires intended to be for the 3–5 project listed in Sub Factor 3 or are these forms for different projects?

No, but they can. Past performance will need to be no older than 3 years.

9. Submission and Instructions:

(b) Offerors shall submit one (1) electronic copy via email to adam_kircher@nps.gov

(c) Binding and Labeling: Section I (Technical), Section II (Past Performance), and Section III (Price) shall be submitted together without binding. A cover sheet should be provided, clearly marked as to the project title, solicitation identification, the offeror's name and the offerors UEI number. Be sure to apply all appropriate markings including those prescribed in accordance with FAR 52.215-1(e), "Restriction on Disclosure and Use of Data.”

Are we only submitting the proposal electronically or will there be hard copies also?

Electronic Copy only.