Questionnaire W56HZV-20-Q-L234.DOCX

Center of Military History – Tan Book Campaign Pamphlet Project Solicitation

1. Contract Solicitation. Army Contracting Command – Warren (ACC-WRN) is releasing this contract solicitation to establish a contract with an author capable of researching and writing a campaign pamphlet covering U.S. Army operations in and related to Afghanistan during the period from January 2009 through July 2011. The Army is looking for an author with an extensive background in Army history, as represented by published works and/or teaching experience in this field of history, with a track record of researching and presenting and/or publishing materials in this field of history. This position requires comprehensive research, including using classified resources and documents only available at the Center of Military History (CMH) and as such the prospective author must be available to perform the research and work on site at CMH throughout the duration of this project. Offerors must identify a specific author to perform the work.

2. Questionnaire. Offerors who are able to meet the requirements of this solicitation must include responses to the questionnaire below as part of their response to the solicitation.

Instructions for Completing the Questionnaire: Offerors must complete the following questionnaire and provide answers back electronically to Mr. Michael Gross, Contract Specialist, at michael.e.gross28.civ@mail.mil.

Response Format: Electronic responses are required and must be provided in one of the following formats: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 or Adobe Acrobat. Zip files are not acceptable. E-mail attachments are limited to 10Mb in size; e-mail attachments in excess of 10Mb must be broken into smaller submissions. The subject line must read “(Company Name) response to Afghanistan Campaign Pamphlet Project”

Note: Be sure to number your responses in accordance with our numbering system so each answer corresponds to the correct question. Also, spell out acronyms in their first instance and clearly mark any proprietary information.

1) Company Name, Location, CAGE Code

2) Small Business Status?

3) Does the author have a secret security clearance?

4) Describe the author’s current or prior contract efforts with the Army related to researching and authoring historical manuscripts.

5) Please describe the author’s educational background in the history field, to include degrees obtained, the schools where they were obtained, grade point averages, and fields of study. Offerors must have at least a Masters Degree in history to meet minimum qualifications. An emphasis on the study of military history is strongly preferred.

6) Please describe the author’s experience conducting archival research into Army records, specifying all archives where the author has conducted this research. Also address the author’s experience working in digital archival collections, since the primary records for this conflict are digital only.

7) Please list any experience the author has obtaining and conducting oral history interviews with Army leaders.

8) Please describe the author’s background in teaching, presenting, and publishing materials relating to Army history specifically. Identify works the author has presented at academic conferences or published with regard to Army history specifically.

9) Please describe any military experience the author has in the Army, and how the author would be able to leverage that experience for this manuscript.

10) Is the author available to dedicate one year full time researching and writing this manuscript utilizing resources primarily available at the Center of Military History?