QA_37-41.pdf

N62742-26-R-1802 Amendment 0004

SOLICITATION NO. N62742-26-R-1802, CULTURAL RESOURCE TECHNICAL SERVICES AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN HAWAII, WESTERN PACIFIC AND ASIA FOR THE NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING SYSTEMS COMMAND PACIFIC

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Question # Reference/Section (Page, #, etc.) Question Government Response

37 Clarification request regarding QA_Rev14_18-36, Question 30, Government Response:

"The government does not dictate how the offeror chooses to team; however, proposals must be submitted in accordance with the requirements of the RFP. Other than small businesses and small businesses may submit as a prime contractor or serve as a subcontractor on other submissions."

Please clarify if "... or serve as..." means "...and/or serve as...". That is, can a Large Business (not party in a JV) submit an offer as Prime Contractor and serve as a Subcontractor to another/multiple firms?

Confirmed, the intent is "and/or".

38 Please confirm that the cultural resource contractor is not responsible for scoping/pricing/implementation of any MEC services in Sample Project 1.

The cultural resources contractor is expected to provide a MEC subcontractor to support standalone archaeological efforts (data recovery, etc.). However, the construction contractor is responsible for providing the MEC support for archaeological monitoring of construction activities.

39 For Sample Project 2, how many large-format photographs are required for each HAR/HABS?

There is no quantity of large-format photographs prescribed for this effort.

As typical on MAC orders, the offeror is expected to use their professional

SOLICITATION NO. N62742-26-R-1802, CULTURAL RESOURCE TECHNICAL SERVICES AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN HAWAII, expertise to meet the goals and objectives set forth in the PWS. In this case, the PWS requires large-format, perspective-corrected black and white photographs of overall views and details of important interior and exterior features of each building.

Photography and archival prints shall conform to Reference (e), The Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Architectural and Engineering Documentation. The Contractor shall also provide these photographs in an electronic format conforming to the Heritage Documentation Programs standards.

40 RFP N6274226R1802, J-14

and J-15

The instructions on Attachment J-14 state, "Information provided in a different format and/or on a form created by the offeror will not be evaluated...

Offerors are permitted to expand portions of the form, as needed, to provide sufficient response." and J-15 states "Information provided in a different format and/or on a form created by the offeror will not be evaluated." However, the current version of Attachment J-14 and J-15 provided with the solicitation is a secured/un-editable PDF. To ensure offerors can strictly comply with the requirement to use the official form while exercising the permission to expand sections for sufficient responses, would the Government please provide Attachment J-14 and J-15 in an editable Microsoft Word (.doc/docx) format?

Attachments J-14 and J-15 may be converted into word documents to utilize for the preparation of your proposal.

SOLICITATION NO. N62742-26-R-1802, CULTURAL RESOURCE TECHNICAL SERVICES AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN HAWAII, 41 RFP N6274226R1802, Page 73, Section L.1, M.5.3, J-7, J-8, J-9, J-14

Section L.1 requires proposals to be submitted in organized binders with clear identification, and Section M.5.3 allows for page numbering within margins for specific factors. However, several required submissions are provided as standalone forms (e.g., Attachments J-7, J-8, J-9, and J-14). To ensure these forms are properly identified and consistent with the rest of the proposal volumes, are Offerors permitted to add headers and footers (containing the Prime Contractor’s name, Solicitation Number, proprietary statements, and sequential page numbering) to these official attachment forms?

Headers and footers are permitted as long as the format requirements, as specified, are met.