RFI-Museum Conservation.docx

Center of Military History – 3D Object and Textiles Conservation

1. Market Survey Request. Army Contracting Command – Detroit Arsenal (ACC-DTA) is releasing this Market Survey to identify prospective sources capable of assessment, documentation and conservation treatment of three-dimensional (3D) and textile historic artifacts. The Army is searching for a conservator to transport artifacts from various Center of Military History (CMH) museums to the vendor studio and return to CMH locations. The vendor must also be able to provide condition assessment, proposal for treatment, cost estimates, and documentation of tests on each artifact.

2. Clarification of this action. This request is for a market survey. It is an inquiry intended to measure the level of industry interest and capabilities for competing potential Government contracts. Responses to this survey may affirm the Government’s decision to issue the subject contracts for full and open competition. This is not a pre-solicitation notice or Request for Proposal (RFP), nor will any contracts be awarded from this announcement. Information regarding the potential solicitation, as presented in this market survey, is subject to change. Participation in this survey from a potential offeror is solely voluntary; no reimbursements will be made for costs associated with participation in this survey. Data submitted to the government will not be returned, but will remain archived as part of historical records. Lastly, participation in this market survey, while important to Army acquisition planners, is neither mandatory nor is it requisite for future participation by the potential offeror in forthcoming Government solicitations.

3. Questionnaire. Offerors who are able to meet the requirements of this survey, and who would be interested in competing for any potential contracts, please take the time to respond to the questionnaire below.

Instructions for Completing the Questionnaire: Interested offerors are asked to complete the following questionnaire and provide answers back electronically to Ms. Tori Coon, Contract Specialist, at Victoria.l.coon4.civ@army.mil.

Response Format: Electronic responses are required. It is requested that electronic responses be provided in any 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 3D and Textiles Conservation Services”

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 per the guidance of paragraphs 3 and 4 above. Respondents to this questionnaire may be contacted directly in the future for additional comments and information as potential requirements develop.

1) Company Name, Location, CAGE Code:

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2) Small Business Status?

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3) Are you a small business capable of following the 50% guidance in accordance with FAR 52.219-14?

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4) Describe any current or prior contract efforts with the U.S. Army, other military organizations, or the Federal Government related to historical artifact restoration and conservation:

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5) Can your company comply with U.S. Army Regulation 870-20 Army Museums, Historical Artifacts and Art? See the following link for details: https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/pdf/web/r870_20.pdf Click or tap here to enter text.

6) Based on your experience, what makes you highly qualified to meet this requirement?

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GENERAL INFORMATION

The Government appreciates the time and effort taken to respond to this survey. The Government acknowledges its obligations under 18 U.S.C. §1905 to protect information qualifying as “CONFIDENTIAL” under this statute. Pursuant to this statute, the Government is willing to accept any trade secret or confidential restrictions placed on qualifying data forwarded in response to the survey questions and to protect it from unauthorized disclosure subject to the following:

1. Clearly and conspicuously mark qualifying data as trade secret or confidential with the restrictive legend (all caps) “CONFIDENTIAL” with any explanatory text, so that the Government is clearly notified of what data needs to be appropriately protected.

2. In marking such data, please take care to mark only those portions of the data or materials that are truly trade secret or confidential (over breadth in marking inappropriate data as “CONFIDENTIAL” may diminish or eliminate the usefulness of your response - see item 6 below). Use circling, underscoring, highlighting or any other appropriate means to indicate those portions of a single page which are to be protected.

3. The Government is not obligated to protect unmarked data. Additionally, marked data that is already in the public domain or in the possession of the Government or third parties, or is afterward placed into the public domain by the owner or another party through no fault of the Government will not be protected once in the public domain. Data already in the possession of the Government will be protected in accordance with the Government's rights in the data.

4. Confidential data transmitted electronically, whether by physical media or not, whether by the respondent or by the government, shall contain any restrictive legend, with any explanatory text, on both the cover of the transmittal e-mail and at the beginning of the file itself. Where appropriate for portions only of an electronic file, use the restrictive legends “CONFIDENTIAL DATA BEGINS” and “CONFIDENTIAL PORTION ENDS.”

5. In any reproductions of technical data or any portions thereof subject to asserted restrictions, the government will also reproduce the asserted restriction legend and any explanatory text.

6. The Government sometimes uses support contractors in evaluating responses. Consequently, responses that contain confidential information may receive only limited or no consideration since the Respondent’s marking of data as “CONFIDENTIAL” will preclude disclosure of same outside the Government and therefore will preclude disclosure to these support contractors assisting the evaluation effort.