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7 copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted ; or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 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 telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

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Denver CO 80225-0287 P.O. Box 25287 12795 W. Alameda Pkwy NPS, DSC Contracting Services Div

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13. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS. IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required) is not extended.is extended, Items 8 and 15, and returning

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

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

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B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority) appropriation date, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

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

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

JEFF 199869B

Jefferson National Expansion Memorial

JEFF Museum Exhibits

The purpose of Amendment 00002 is to:

1) Change the proposal deadline to Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 3:00pm Mountain Time (MT).

2) Add a question deadline of Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 3:00pm Mountain Time (MT).

3) Delete Section L.10, Clause 52.217-5 Evaluation of Options (JUL 1990) from the RFP

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16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

15C. DATE SIGNED 16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR 16C. DATE SIGNED

(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer)

Jason Longshore

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Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9 A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect .

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document. This Clause is reflected in Section

M, Item G of the RFP document.

4) Provide contractor questions and government response.

5) Incorporate Attachment J - JEFF MWE AV

Equipment for Testing.

6) Delete and replace Attachment E -

Supplementary Specifications in its entirety.

7) Revise Section L, Item C. Proposal Format, Volume I, Technical Proposal to read, "All technical evaluation factors, when combined, are

SIGNIFICANTLY MORE IMPORTANT than price."

8) Incorporate Questions and Answers from the

Site Visit held in St. Louis, Missouri on August

30, 2016.

9) Incorporate the Presentation Slides from the

Site Visit held in St. Louis, Missouri on August

30, 2016.

10) Incorporate the Sign-in Sheet from the Site

Visit held in St. Louis, Missouri on August 30, 2016.

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JEFF Exhibits

Question No. Sheet or Reference Question Response Amendment

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In our previous correspondence it was indicated that P&P bonding would not be a requirement for this project. Would you please elaborate on the following:

Solicitation_P16PS00660, PDF page 110 of 163 I.85 52.228

15 PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT

BONDS—CONSTRUCTION (OCT 2010)

Solicitation_P16PS00660, PDF page 154 of 163

L.14 � 52.228�1 �BID �GUARANTEE �(SEP �1996)

There is a lot to review in the Solicitation/Bid Documents and it is I possible that I missed a bonding waiver.

The requirement for P&P Bonds has been removed from the solicitation via Amendment 001 to the Solicitation. P&P Bonds will not be required. 0001

After pondering the bid bond, something jogged my memory. I believe most sureties will not issue a "bid bond" unless it is tied to a performance bond. There are projects for which this is an exception, though I am not conversant enough with construction finance law in order to offer any solid direction.

I contacted our surety agent for guidance and here is his reply: "Sureties don’t charge for bid bonds and in the event their client is not the successful bidder, they would not issue final perf/pmt. bonds. The problem is, that bid bonds guarantee the issuance of the final bonds or the bond amount of 10-15% is forfeit, so it’s hard to issue a bid bond based on the promise that no final bonds will be required."

Based on Solicitation page 154, item L.14: The amount of the bid guarantee shall be 20 percent of the bid price or $3 million , whichever is less; the amount of the bid bond at risk based on the published Arch Museum exhibit budget could range from $2,000,0000 - $3,000,000. That amount would be forfeit because a bidder could not provide P&P bonds attached to the bid bond. Thus, [a bidder] may not be able to provide a proposal for the Arch Museum project.

Would the Government please consider this and either waive the bid bond requirement or provide guidance which removes the obligation connecting the bid bond to the P&P bonds?

The requirement for a Bid Bond has been removed from the solicitation via Amendment 0001. A Bid Bond will not be required.

Would you please advise if the Commissioning Authority/Agency required for the above noted LEED project is to be contracted directly under the owner or perhaps the prime contractor.

LEED certification will be provided by owner. The Exhibits Fabricator does not provide any additional LEED subcontract. 0002

Can you confirm that Commissioning Services would be a part of or a subcontract of this project? As I read through the Solicitation and see construction/additions to the building is underway, I realize that Commissioning Services may be already awarded and under the building construction contract – already in process.

LEED certification will be provided by owner. The Exhibits Fabricator does not provide any additional LEED subcontract. 0002

I noticed that the following attachments are missing from the posting of the RFP from last week for the Arch Exhibits at the Museum of Westward Expansion:

Attachment J JEFF MWE AV Equipment for Testing Attachment O JEFF MWE Contract #1 Building Construction Drawings (for reference only) Please let me know if you can provide these attachments and if they will be posted.

These attachments have been uploaded with Amendment 0002.

We have been reviewing the bid and working on a proposal for the audiovisual systems and interactives for JEFF Museum Exhibits. We found a discrepancy with an exhibit that we would like clarification on please.

Discrepancy is between Attachment E and Attachment I. Attachment I shows two extra exhibits comparing to Attachment E. Exhibits are AV-8-11 A-D: Oral Histories and AV-8-12: Saarinen's Tour. First is a handset exhibit where you'd pick up a telephone type of handset and listen to a number of sound tracks. The second, appears to be coordinated Lights and Sound exhibit. Can you please clarify?

Please refer to Page 51 of the revised Attachment E - Supplementary Specifications incorporated with Amendment 0002.