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Question: The solicitation identifies the Buy American Act is valid for this solicitation but that end products can be offered if an offeror identifies the country of origin. This is especially true for COTS items we believe. Does this mean that we can transmit the specification data found in the SOW on page two outside of the USA without an export license? We see a potential conflict with the Clauses and Terms on page 28 where 1852.225-70 EXPORT LICENSES is enacted. However, we notice that the specification data on page 2 does not include an identification label stating that the information is restricted. Can we transmit this information outside of the USA in order to secure material cost and availability information without a license?

Answer: You can proceed with a quote.

Question: We believe that our quotation will be delayed due to Hurricane Irma. Our office is within the center of the probable track of the hurricane in southern Florida. We are closing down at the end of today to prepare and depending upon how the hurricane evolves over the weekend we might not be open for business early enough next week to submit our quotation. Will you allow an extension to the solicitation closing date?

Answer: I would say we could withstand a week delay on the closing date (to 9/18/2017).