Amendment A002_Solicitation 47PB0123R0004_executed.pdf

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:

(a) By completing items 8 and 15, and returning 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 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 reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not is required to sign this document and return copies to the issuing office.

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT 1. CONTRACT ID CODE

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The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers is extended. is not extended.

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A002

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Evangela Brown, Contracting Officer

[See Description of Amendment Continuation Page]

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General Services Administration Acquisition Management Division 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405-0001

General Services Administration Acquisition Management Division 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405-0001

47PB0123R0004

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08/15/2023

07/31/2023

Solicitation 47PB0123R0004_A002_amendment

Description of Amendment Continuation Page

Amendment No. A002 to Solicitation No. 47PB0123R0004 for Art Conservation Services - Sculptures is hereby amended to incorporate the following changes:

- REMOVE Sections B.7.2 – B.7.6 and then REPLACE with revised Sections B.7.2 – B.7.6

- REMOVE Section L.9.2.A and then REPLACE with revised Section L.9.2.A

- REMOVE Section M.4.1 and then REPLACE with revised Section M.4.1

All revised sections are enclosed. The proposal due date of Wednesday, September 6, 2023, at 4:00 P.M (Eastern Time) remains unchanged.

SECTION B: SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS

B.7.2 PRICING – BASE – YEAR ONE (MONTH 1 TO MONTH 12)

Services and Estimated Hourly TOTAL Labor Classification Hours Rate PRICE

B.7.2.1 ASSESSMENT/CONSERVATION

a. Senior Conservator __2000___ $_______ $___________

b. Conservator __2000___ $_______ $___________

c. Conservator’s Assistant or Technician __1000___ $_______ $___________

d. Specialized Skilled Laborer __1000___ $_______ $___________

B.7.2.2 REPORTS/RESEARCH

Artwork(s) Price/Unit TOTAL PRICE

a. One Per Artwork __100__ $_______ $____________

B.7.2.3 PHOTOGRAPHY

a. Flat Rate Per Artwork __100__ $_______ $____________ (Includes cost of equipment, processing, external drives, and CDs)

TOTAL PRICE FOR BASE YEAR (SUM HERE and B.8.1)

B.7.3 PRICING – OPTION ONE – YEAR TWO (MONTH 13 TO MONTH 24)

B.7.3.1 ASSESSMENT/CONSERVATION

B.7.3.2 REPORTS/RESEARCH

B.7.3.3 PHOTOGRAPHY

TOTAL PRICE FOR OPTION ONE – YEAR TWO (SUM HERE and B.8.2)

B.7.4 PRICING – OPTION TWO - YEAR THREE (MONTH 25 TO MONTH 36)

B.7.4.1 ASSESSMENT/CONSERVATION

B.7.4.2 REPORTS/RESEARCH

B.7.4.3 PHOTOGRAPHY

TOTAL PRICE FOR OPTION TWO – YEAR THREE (SUM HERE and B.8.3)

B.7.5 PRICING – OPTION THREE - YEAR FOUR (MONTH 37 TO MONTH 48)

B.7.5.1 ASSESSMENT/CONSERVATION

B.7.5.2 REPORTS/RESEARCH

B.7.5.3 PHOTOGRAPHY

TOTAL PRICE FOR OPTION THREE – YEAR FOUR (SUM HERE and B.8.4)

B.7.6 PRICING – OPTION FOUR - YEAR FIVE (MONTH 49 TO MONTH 60)

B.7.6.1 ASSESSMENT/CONSERVATION

B.7.6.2 REPORTS/RESEARCH

B.7.6.3 PHOTOGRAPHY

TOTAL PRICE FOR OPTION FOUR – YEAR FIVE (SUM HERE and B.8.5)

L.9.2 Technical Proposal Guidelines

The Offeror should prepare specific plans for accomplishing all of the responsibilities as outlined under this RFP. The following paragraphs detail the information which should be included in this technical proposal.

A. Professional Qualifications and Expertise of Personnel

Offerors are required to discuss and give examples of their familiarity, involvement, and/or application in providing art conservation and any related services. To determine an Offeror’s qualifications, the Offeror shall furnish:

1. A narrative statement listing comparable projects which it has performed. Offerors shall provide their six (6) most recent comparable contract award projects for Federal, State, or Local Government or private sector projects. All of these projects must have been performed in the last three (3) years. Each project must include both the assessment phase and the treatment phase. The two phases will be counted as one (1) comparable contract award project.

For each project, provide the following information:

(a) Contracting agency or client: name, address, and telephone number of the Technical Officer and/or Contracting Officer or, if a private sector project, the main point-of-contact.

(b) Offeror’s contract number and other means of identification, contract type (art conservation, etc.), and total contract price.

(c) Description of artwork.

(d) Approximate size [overall dimensions, etc.].

(e) Date of contract and period of performance.

(f) Detailed description of work performed delineating contractor work and subcontracting.

(g) Number of personnel with names of staff, including description of the role of each individual and denote any staff members that are subcontractors on the project.

(h) Brief description of how the contract is similar to this proposed contract in a manner sufficient to permit GSA assessment and judgment as to comparable magnitude or effort.

(i) Copy of the assessment report and final treatment report for each project submitted in this solicitation. The assessment and treatment reports will not count towards the 90-page limitation.

2. Present Projects. In addition to the above, list (provide staff names and projects, locations, owners, estimated cost, etc.) all sculpture work your firm is currently responsible for, percent of completion, and subcontracting firm(s), if any associated with the project(s).

3. Resumes and Conservator Qualification Questionnaire (CQQ). Provide resumes for personnel who will be providing services under this contract. Demonstrate that each individual to be providing services under this contract has had previous experience in performing the services required by this solicitation.

In addition, each Offeror must complete current CQQ for all full-time employees, and their position on the staff with their relevant skills must be disclosed in the form of an organizational chart.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Senior Conservator - Fine arts conservators in a specific area of expertise must have a master’s degree or graduate certificate from an accredited arts school, college, university or program in conservation, and have a minimum of 10 years specialized experience in the field of conservation.

Additionally, the senior conservator must be a Professional Member or Fellow Election of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC). AIC designations are defined at the end of this section.

Conservator - Fine arts conservators in a specific area of expertise must have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited arts school, college, university or program in a fine arts field, and have a minimum of 10 years specialized experience in the field of art conservation.

Additionally, the conservator must be a Professional Member or Fellow Election of AIC.

AIC designations are defined at the end of this section.

Conservator’s Assistant or Technician - The assistants or technicians in a specific area of expertise must have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited arts school, college, university or program in a fine arts field, and have a minimum of 5 years specialized experience in the field of art conservation OR have a minimum of 10 years specialized experience in the field of art conservation.

Specialized Skilled Laborer – The Specialized Skilled Laborer will have a minimum of 2 years of experience in the identified specialized skill(s) commonly used in sculpture conservation projects.

The AIC defines these categories of membership as follows:

AIC Professional Membership –

• Be a current Professional Member.

• Have earned an undergraduate university degree or the international equivalent.

• Two (2) years of full-time formal education or related supervised training in a field appropriate to other professional involvement in conservation.

• Have three (3) years of full-time work, or in a conservation related profession after training. Program training internships may not be counted toward this requirement.

AIC Fellow Election –

• Have a minimum of ten (10) years of experience after conservation training which equals ten (10) years of full-time experience. Such experience should have enabled an individual to develop considerable professional skills and judgment with demonstrable achievement in such areas as conservation treatment practice, scholarly research, education, scientific investigation, and preservation management.

The level of expertise required for all Conservation services to be provided shall be identified by the Contractor in the Management Approach (Staffing Plan) to be submitted with the applicable delivery or task order. It is the government’s intention that the Contractor will use the proper level of expertise required for all contract services.

Minimum requirements. The following are minimum requirements and must be demonstrated:

(a) Each proposed firm must have completed at least six (6) projects similar to that required by this solicitation within the past three (3) years.

(b) The projects must have been completed within the required time frames and the completed work determined to be satisfactory or better.

(c) At least one Senior Conservator on team.

M.4.1 Technical Evaluation Factor One: Professional Qualifications and Expertise of Personnel

Offerors will be evaluated regarding:

• Familiarity, involvement, and/or application in providing art conservation to various mediums of sculptures.

• Familiarity about cyclic maintenance of sculptures.

• Familiarity with protecting sculpture.

Offerors will be evaluated on prior or ongoing projects to determine if they have adequately demonstrated their experience in conservation services of Government-owned sculptures.

(See Section C.2.3)

Offerors also will be evaluated on whether they have demonstrated qualified and sufficient staffing, or planned staffing, to undertake the projects detailed in the scope of the contract.

Offerors will be considered only from responsible organizations or individuals now or recently engaged in the performance of art conservation contracts comparable to those described in this solicitation.

Prospective Offerors are advised that in evaluating these areas involving any small business concern(s), any negative determinations are subject to the Certificate of Competency procedures set forth in the Federal Acquisition Regulations.

Proposal Materials Requested:

In order to determine an Offeror’s qualifications, the Offeror shall furnish:

• A narrative statement listing comparable contracts which it has performed.

• A general history of its operating organization.

(See Section L.9.2 for requested information about individual projects.)

Offerors shall provide their six (6) most recent comparable contract awards for Federal, State, or Local Government projects or private sector projects. All of these projects must have been performed in the last three (3) years. Each project must include both the assessment phase and the treatment phase. The two phases will be counted as one (1) comparable contract award. The Offeror shall include materials in Section L.9.2.

In addition to six (6) projects requested, list all sculpture work your firm is currently responsible for and provide staff and project names, locations, owners, estimated cost, percent of completion and subcontracting firms(s), if any associated with the project(s).

Resumes and Conservator Qualification Questionnaire (CQQ):

• Provide resumes for personnel who will be providing services under this contract.

Demonstrate that each individual to be providing services under this contract has had previous experience in performing the services required by this solicitation.

• Each Offeror must complete current CQQ for all full-time employees to be utilized under this contract, and their position on the staff with their relevant skills must be disclosed.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Senior Conservator - Fine arts conservators in a specific area of expertise must have a master’s degree or graduate certificate from an accredited arts school, college, university, or program in conservation, and have a minimum of 10 years specialized experience in the field of conservation.

Additionally, the senior conservator must be a Professional Member or Fellow Election of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC). AIC designations are defined at the end of this section.

Conservator - Fine arts conservators in a specific area of expertise must have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited arts school, college, university or program in a fine arts field, and have a minimum of 10 years specialized experience in the field of art conservation.

Additionally, the conservator must be a Professional Member or Fellow Election of AIC.

AIC designations are defined at the end of this section.

Conservator’s Assistant or Technician - The assistants or technicians in a specific area of expertise must have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited arts school, college, university or program in a fine arts field, and have a minimum of 5 years specialized experience in the field of art conservation OR have a minimum of 10 years specialized experience in the field of art conservation.

Specialized Skilled Laborer – The Specialized Skilled Laborer will have a minimum of 2 years of experience in the identified specialized skill(s) commonly used in sculpture conservation projects.

The AIC defines these categories of membership as follows:

Professional Membership –

• Be a current Professional Member.

• Have earned an undergraduate university degree or the international equivalent.

• Two (2) years of full-time formal education or related supervised training in a field appropriate to other professional involvement in conservation.

• Have three (3) years of full-time work, or in a conservation related profession after training. Program training internships may not be counted toward this requirement.

Fellow Election –

• Have a minimum of ten (10) years of experience after conservation training which equals ten (10) years of full-time experience. Such experience should have enabled an individual to develop considerable professional skills and judgment with demonstrable achievement in such areas as conservation treatment practice, scholarly research, education, scientific investigation, and preservation management.

The level of expertise required for all Conservation services to be provided shall be identified by the Contractor in the Management Approach (Staffing Plan) to be submitted with the applicable delivery or task order. It is the government’s intention that the Contractor will use the proper level of expertise required for all contract services.

Minimum requirements. The following are minimum requirements and must be demonstrated:

(a) Each proposed firm must have completed at least six (6) projects similar to that required by this solicitation within the past three (3) years.

(b) The projects must have been completed within the required time frames and the completed work determined to be satisfactory or better.

(c) At least one Senior Conservator on team.