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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:

(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

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NUMBER 3. EFFECTIVE DATE 4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQUISITION NUMBER 5. PROJECT NUMBER (If applicable)

7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6) CODE

STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 11/2016)

Prescribed by GSA FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

FACILITY CODE

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NUMBER

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NUMBER

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

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.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required) copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

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

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NUMBER AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

CHECK ONE A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER

NUMBER IN ITEM 10A.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation data, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

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

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

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.

15C. DATE SIGNED

15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

16C. DATE SIGNED

16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

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6. ISSUED BY CODE

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (Number, street, county, State and ZIP Code) (X)

CODE

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

(Signature of person authorized to sign)

16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

(Signature of Contracting Officer)

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Amendment 02

Sharon L. White

The purpose of this Amendment is to:

1. Provide the Government's answers to questions

2. Extend response due date from April 14, 2017 to April 21, 2017 by 2:00 pm EDT.

To All Offerors Synopsis NNK17615783R

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03/15/2017

04/11/2017

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Continuation of Block 14:

The following are additional questions and Government answers (25-

25. Question: The GSA SF330 Fillable PDF Form is highly restrictive and will not allow the flexibility for us to present our qualification in easily understandable format to meet your requirements. For example:

- Section E – Resumes: specifies five projects must be used without having flexibility to use fewer projects with more detail because the cells are limited in size.

- Section F – Example Projects: The form limits each project description to a single page. Given that the evaluation criteria of Section F is weighted at 50% of the total, we prepared the SF330 project description at greater length than one page to effectively convey our relevant experience on complex projects.

- Section H – Additional Information: By using the SF330 fillable PDF form this section would be presented in two different formats. The first page (in the PDF form) will be Arial 10 pt. and the remaining pages (attached pages) would be Times New Roman 12 pt. To facilitate ease of review, we suggest using Times New Roman, 12 pt., with 1-inch margins for all parts of the SF330.

Answer: Per FAR 53.103:

Agencies shall not—

(a) Alter a standard form prescribed by this regulation; or

(b) Use for the same purpose any form other than the standard form prescribed by this regulation without receiving in advance an exception to the form.

Accordingly the Standard Form 330 (SF330) shall not be altered to allow for additional space by modification of the cell sizes. Note: Information provided in an altered SF330 falling outside the dimensions provided on a customary SF330 may be disregarded.

Section H of the SF330 allows offerors to provide additional information specifically requested by the agency or to address selection criteria that are not covered by the information provided in Sections A-G. Section H also provides for additional attached sheets. The additional sheets fall outside of the SF330 guidelines and may be formatted/edited in MS Word within the Times New Roman 12 pt. font and 1-inch margin guidelines.

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26. Question: In past SF330 submittals to NASA for similar solicitations, our firm has used formatting/style to convey our information in a concise format—instead of the plain text offered by the form—to make evaluation easier for the reviewers. We would like the option to submit the SF330 as we have in the past.

Answer: Please see response to question 25.

27. Question: Given the date of Q&A response (one week prior to submission deadline) and the fact that the original solicitation did not specifically limit the A/E firms to using only the SF330-fillable PDF forms when preparing their submittal, we ask NASA to re-consider allowing firms to use Word-based SF330s for their qualifications. Word-based SF330s that follow the same structure as the PDF template have been accepted by NASA in the past, are routinely accepted by other federal agencies, and continue to be the industry standard. We note the SF330 fillable PDF will not support tables, graphics, and photographs, and the rigid nature of the form prevents responders from conveying critical A/E capabilities within the current page limit.

Answer: Please see response to question 1 and 25.