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A001

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Evangela Brown, Contracting Officer

The purpose of this amendment is to provide the comprehensive Questions and Answers to this solicitation.

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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

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Questions and Answers for Solicitation No. 47PB0124R0003 - Art Conservation Services IDIQ for Paintings

# Section # Offeror's Questions GSA's Answers

1 N/A is there any incumbent on this project or is this a brand-new project? if yes, could you please provide with us previous award number

47PA0118D0002, Page Conservation, Inc.

2 C.2.4.1 Are the environmental factors provided to the conservator by the Contracting Officer? Or is it the responsibility of the conservator to determine this?

The Conservator should determine the environmental factors.

While performing the on-site examination the Conservator shall consider all environmental and other harmful factors that may affect the artwork.

3 C.2.6 Does the conservator need to establish that there are chemical, physical and biological deteminants in the environment or will the Contracting Officer provide? Or at least establish that there is a potential for these to be present?

The Conservator needs to establish if there are chemical, physical or biological issues, and determine if there is potential for these to be present.

4 C.2.7.2 Are both Digital and actual photos required to be submitted in the report?

Yes

5 C.2.7.3 The full cost of testing my take some time to provide. Can that be provided at a later time or is this cost required upfront.

The costs of testing should be determined during the assessment phase (see C.2.7).

6 H.1 What is the extent of "dedicate?" They cannot work on anything else for the duration of the project?

They should be dedicated, but they can work on other projects.

7 H.1 Would the cost of a specialied outside service, testing etc. be excluded from the 10% maximun amount outsourced?

Yes

8 H.5 Is it safe that all CUI Building information will be labeled or marked per CUI Marking handbook? Or could it be identified by the Contracting Officer at the time of award?

CUI building information will be marked and provided on an as need basis.

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9 B.2.2 ERS, Inc has a division, Art Recovery Technologies that would be named and perform this contract. ART shares common control with ERS, Inc. Average Revenue for all common control entities is $15 million. Average Revenue for ART is

$922k. Can we still submit a proposal for this RFP?

Small business size standard is $9.0 million average annual receipts. (SBA calculates annual receipts in accordance with

13 CFR 121.104, refer to SBA size standards at https://www.sba.gov/federal-contracting/contracting-guide/size-standards)

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