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Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers

E. IMPORTANT:

is extended,

(a) By completing Items 8 and 15, and returning __________ copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted; or (c) By separate letter or electronic communication which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY is not extended.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

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11/2016) is required to sign this document and return ___________ copies to the issuing office.

is not, A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN ITE M 10A.

15C. DATE SIGNED

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES

SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR

43.103(b).

RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by letter or electronic communication, provided each letter or electronic communication makes r eference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

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Contractor

16C. DATE SIGNED

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Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

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13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS,

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS

OF SOLICITATIONS

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer) 00001 12-11-2017 None Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 10 8888 Keystone Crossing Suite 1100 Indianapolis IN 46240 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 10 8888 Keystone Crossing Suite 1100 Indianapolis IN 46240 To all Offerors/Bidders

36C25018Q0161

X X X X The purpose of this amendment is to answer questions and provide clarifications.

Questions and answers is attached Solicitation closes 12:00 EDT Dec 12, 2017.

All other terms and conditions of the solicitation remains the same.

Olalekan Ismail Contracting Officer

1. It is our understanding that each of the 5 packages will contain 500 individual drawings Yes, 5 Package of 500 individual drawings (2500 Total)

2. Is the Engineering Tech noted on page 7 of the statement of work a VA employee who will responsible for logging out the drawing?

Yes, the VA employee is an Engineering Technician.

3. Item I of the statement of work (pg 7) states “The Quality of Scanned Drawings must be a true squared copy (crooked copies will be accepted).” Is it the intent of the VA to say that crooked copies are acceptable?

It should read: NO crooked copies will be accepted.

4. Can you tell us if the drawing are velum or Mylar.

Both Velum and Mylar (also some Hard Copies in Bond Paper)

5. Can quotes be email to the VA?

Yes, email is preferable.

6. Are the drawings rolled, flat or folded?

Drawings are Rolled.

7. Are there bindery elements holding any sets together? If so, do they need to be re-constructed?

Yes, will need to be re-constructed by the Vendor.

8. Will the drawing be packaged for transportation or do you expect the vendor to provide & package drawings for transportation?

Yes, Vendor to pack and delivered back to the VA packed.

9. Are the drawings to be returned to the VA or destroyed? If destroyed, do they need to be held for any period of time before destruction?

Not destroyed to be returned Prepared for VA Achieving.

10. What is the anticipated start date?

Contract award date.

11. Will you want deliverable to have a file folder for each project name and project number from the title block sheet or all individual PDF's in 1 folder Yes a File Folder provided for each Project.

12. With the 60 calendar day timeframe, do you account government holiday's (i.e. Christmas, New Year's) as part of the 60 days?

Federal Holidays are not included in the 60 days.

13. Can the end user provide any sample copies? Or maybe a previously scanned document?

Yes, samples are attached.

14. In general 300 dpi is the minimal that municipal government entities accept. Is 200 dpi definitely acceptable?

Yes, each Image shall be scanned at a pixel density of 200 DPI, and at a pixel depth of 1-bit Black or White, saving the source image to an intermediate PDF file format.

15. The guideline for the scanning says Scan in black and white at drawings. At looking at the sample provided these are color as built drawings so I wanted to verify Black and White scanning conversion only.

Electronic Files shall be in a PDF Format in Black and White at 200 dpi.

16. Since we are out of state, is the expectation that we would pick these drawings up in person? Or can they be shipped to our productions facility?

Vendor would be responsible to arrange for handling, shipping and safe return of the items.

17. Will we be able to pick-up all the drawings at once?

There is a prep period to be considered in providing all of the Documents. Yes, the Vendor can pick up all of the Documents at one time, it will take approximately three to four weeks to prepare the bulk of Drawings with logging identification of documents. The Vendor will have full responsibility (liability) of the Drawings as stated in Scope of Work. We will have Documents rolled up (not packaged) ready for them to pack as required for transport. The Vendor will assume all costs of picking up and delivery of documents. Vendor to properly return Drawings packed ready for us to send out for archiving.