Rehouse and 100% Inventory of Museum Property for GUCO

Scope of Work

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

REHOUSE AND 100% INVENTORY OF GUCO MUSEUM COLLECTION

GUILFORD COURTHOUSE NATIONAL MILITARY PARK

PMIS# 327131

CONFIDENTIALITY

The information developed under this Contract is the property of the U. S. government and shall be kept in strict confidence.

I. INTRODUCTION

The National Park Service (NPS) is requesting a quote for the completion of a rehousing and 100% inventory of the museum collection located at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park.

This contract shall be Best Value for the Park and the National Park Service, not low bid.

Guilford Courthouse National Military Park protects the site of the largest, most hotly contested battle of the Revolutionary War’s climactic Southern Campaign. At the small North Carolina backcountry hamlet of Guilford Courthouse on Thursday, March 15, 1781, Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene and his army of almost 4,500 American militia and Continentals were tactically defeated by a smaller British army of about 1,900 veteran regulars and German allies commanded by Gen. Lord Charles Cornwallis. Guilford Courthouse proved to be the high watermark of British military operations in the Revolutionary War. Substantially weakened by his fruitless campaign against Greene, Cornwallis abandoned the Carolinas hoping for success in Virginia. At Yorktown, seven months after his victory at Guilford Courthouse, Lord Cornwallis would surrender to the combined American and French forces under Gen. George Washington.

Established in 1917, Guilford Courthouse National Military Park was the first revolutionary war site designated by the federal government. The Park received national historic landmark status in 2000. Guilford Courthouse National Military Park protects 250 acres of the approximately 1,000 acres of the actual battlefield. Within the park boundary are locations of the American First, Second, and Third lines, the probable site of Guilford Courthouse, and portions of the New Garden Road, the region’s main transportation corridor at the time of the battle. The Park also protects the Hoskins Farm site, where Cornwallis deployed his troops into battle lines to commence the attack on the American forces.

Visitors can explore the park on the 2 1/4-mile self-guided automobile tour or hike the park on nearly 4 miles of foot trails. The Park features a film on the history of the battle and the Southern Campaign and also offers interpretive programs. The museum collection contains nearly 170,000 artifacts, including American Revolutionary War weapons, equipment, and other archeological and historical artifacts.

GENERAL:

RESPONSIBILITY: The Contractor shall furnish sufficient technical, supervisory, and administrative personnel to ensure the expeditious accomplishment of the work specified in this Statement of Work (SOW). Additionally, the Contractor shall furnish all services, materials, supplies, equipment, investigations, studies, and travel required in connection with this SOW.

An inventory is the process of physically locating all museum objects and verifying information in the related catalog or accession records. The process of inventorying museum collections must be consistent with 411 DM and IPMD 114-60.3. The inventory of museum collections will include the location and verification of all accessioned https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/uploads/411dm1_museum_property_policy.pdf https://www.doi.gov/pam/programs/property_management/114-60-Personal-Property-Management-Program

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PERSONNEL:

The Contractor shall provide qualified personnel, equipment and time needed to complete the tasks and chapters identified under Project Specifications below.

II. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Approximately 3,000 cataloged objects are located at GUCO in their collection storage as well as roughly 323 cataloged objects on exhibit in the GUCO Visitor Center. In addition, there is a small amount of uncataloged material located at GUCO that will also be included in the 100% inventory.

Archeological materials and associated records are curated at the Southeast Archeological Center (SEAC, approximately 10,000-12,000 catalog records) in Tallahassee, Florida. Contractor will need to verify GUCO’s collections located at SEAC in conjunction with SEAC personnel but will not be required to travel to SEAC.

Most of GUCO’s archival materials have been sent to the Federal Records Center (FRC, 898 catalog records) located in Ellenwood, Georgia. Contractor will verify materials sent to the FRC but will not be required to travel there.

Additional collections are curated at Mammoth Cave National Park (MACA, 407 objects), North Carolina Museum of Natural Science (21 objects), University of North Carolina Wilmington (2 objects) and North Carolina State University (NCSU, 119 objects). Contractor will need to travel to and coordinate with NCSU and NC Museum of Natural Science to physically inventory objects on loan. Items at MACA and UNC Wilmington will need be verified with the assistance of museum personnel at each site, but the contractor is not required to travel there.

During the 100% inventory, collections may be discovered at additional non-federal locations not mentioned above.

Contractor will be required to coordinate with those institutions to verify collections.

The number of objects outlined above are not inclusive of all the objects required to be surveyed during this project.

This represents what has been added to the Interior Museum Collection System (ICMS) as of December 2024 and numbers outside of ICMS gathered by the COR in anticipation of this contract. There are numerous cataloged accessions that have not been added to ICMS as well as uncataloged objects which will also need to be inventoried.

Any collections not physically curated at GUCO will not be included in the rehousing phase of this project.

III. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS

This project will be completed in two phases, Phase 1: 100% inventory and Phase 2: rehousing and reorganization of collections located at GUCO.

Phase 1 will consist of a 100% inventory of all GUCO collections, including objects on loan to other institutions.

Contractor will need to verify objects located at NPS repositories, SEAC and MACA, but will not be required to physically visit these units. This is due to the presence of skilled NPS museum personnel stationed at these locations who will be able to assist with inventory. Contractor will be required to visit the NC Museum of Natural Science and NCSU to inventory objects on loan.

The inventory of museum collections project will include the physical inspection of the museum collections located GUCO, NCSU, NC Museum of Natural Science as well as a verification inventory of collections located at MACA, SEAC, and other non-federal repositories. The museum collections are defined as any “material thing possessing functional, aesthetic, cultural, symbolic, and/or scientific value, usually movable by nature or design”, and that fit within the Scope of Collections Statement for the park. This may include prehistoric and historic objects, artifacts, and works of art. The inventory should include:

• accessioned collections

• unaccessioned collections

• Some photographs are individually cataloged and are included in the inventory

The Contractor will assemble the project team of museum professional(s) with suitable, proven experience in collections inventories, object handling, and photography. The Contractor will conduct a preliminary site visit to the park to understand the complexity and extent of the work. Subsequently, the Contractor and team will complete the inventory and photography of the museum collections. Collections to be inventoried first are stored at the GUCO collections storage located in the GUCO Visitor Center.

All collections must be physically inspected by the contractor or museum personnel located at a non-GUCO location working with the contractor. The following data must be collected and/or verified during the inventory:

• Object(s) found. An object’s presence is verified by comparing the catalog number on the catalog record (or accession number when inventorying accessioned but not cataloged objects) with the number on the object or its associated tag or label. If the object is missing, that information must also be recorded.

• Item count. The number of objects indicated in the accession or catalog record is verified by comparing it with the physical count.

• Location. The location of the object as recorded in the catalog or accession record is verified by comparing it with the actual physical location.

• Condition. The physical state of the object is examined to determine if the condition of the object has changed when compared to the information in the catalog or accession record.

• Rehousing needs: Any objects needing rehousing should be flagged for phase 2 of this contract.

Needs may include archival storage materials that are beyond their 25-year lifespan and determined to be acidic, are discolored, or lack structural integrity as well as objects lacking proper storage techniques according to accepted best practices.

• Any objects that may be outside the park’s Scope of Collections Statement (SOCS) should be flagged so that the park’s Collection Advisory Committee can review for potential deaccession.

• Date of Inventory. The date the object was inventoried is recorded. This is required when the capability to record it is available in the Museum Collection Management System (MCMS).

• If the object is not accessioned, the above data should be recorded as new information.

• If objects are not labeled, or the bag/container is not labeled, those will be documented as well as possible with input from the park contact and COR.

• Individually cataloged items subsumed into the archival collections: The new locations for subsumed items are listed in the description field for the catalog entry and the accession entry when applicable (only included on the accession page when the whole accession was subsumed.

Accession and catalog data, as well as any necessary documentation, such as GUCO’s SOCS, will be provided post-award for the Contractor to develop an inventory strategy and any forms or worksheets, as needed to complete the project. Access to the park’s collection database will be made available while the project is being completed. The National Park Service may provide examples of forms used on other inventory projects.

For objects, or group of objects, that may be accessioned only (no catalog number) or not accessioned (identified for possible inclusion in the collection but has no accession or catalog number), the above process applies.

Inventory Report

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All the inventory data should be formatted and organized into an Excel spreadsheet that exactly uses ICMS naming and formatting conventions. More information can be found in the NPS Museum Handbook. When creating the spreadsheet, the Contractor should start with an ICMS export spreadsheet that will contain accession number, catalog number, object title, and current location in ICMS. This will be provided by GUCO. It is not expected that data for all fields in this spreadsheet will be collected, however this will provide the Contractor a template that already contains the fields as identified in ICMS. Examples of types of data that will have specific formatting requirements and are required fields are:

• Accession number

• Catalog number

• Item Count/Quantity

• Condition

• Location

In addition to the Excel spreadsheet containing all inventory data, a separate report should be completed that lists and describes all the objects that are missing. Before an object is listed as missing, a physical search should be completed, as well as a thorough review of all documentation associated with the object. If the Contractor can find any information as to a possible location or explanation for the missing object, it should be included in the report.

Inventory Photography

In addition, each object, or group of objects (if same catalog number) located at GUCO which has been flagged as potentially out of scope and/or in need of rehousing should be photographed during Phase 1. Objects should be photographed following the guidelines as described in the NPS Museum Handbook, Part II, Appendix K:

Photography, with the exception that the photographs should be digital as opposed to film.

All objects should be photographed individually, with the exceptions of logical groupings and archives. If objects are lot cataloged, a representative sample may be photographed. The photographs must be taken with appropriate equipment to include, but not limited to; a high-quality digital camera, background paper (light gray and dark gray), identification stand, meter scale, color control card, and object support materials. NOTE: THIS EQUIPMENT

MUST BE PROVIDED BY THE CONTRACTOR.

The photographs should be created as TIFF (.tif) files and be of sufficient pixel dimensions as to deliver a minimum 300 pixels per inch. In addition, the Contractor will provide a JPEG (.jpg) copy of each image. Each image should be uniquely identified with a consistent naming convention and contains the object catalog number or other unique number. The Contractor will provide the digital images to GUCO on an external hard drive of appropriate size.

Images will be listed in a logical order, e.g., catalog number order, or if no catalog number, then accession number order. For objects with no identifying numbers, the Contractor will work with GUCO staff on an acceptable format.

Rehousing

Phase 2 of the contract will consist of rehousing of objects stored on site at GUCO. Following the acceptance of the 100% inventory by the COR and the park contact, the contractor will then begin rehousing objects flagged during the inventory. As part of this work, the contractor will perform routine rehousing treatment on objects including but not limited to basic object cleaning, stabilization support for fragile objects, and reorganization of storage space as recommended in the park’s Collection Storage Plan (CSP). Contractor should begin with objects flagged for rehousing but not flagged for potentially being out of scope. GUCO’s CAC will review all objects flagged as out of scope prior to the end of the contract and these objects may be included in the rehousing efforts pending the CAC’s decision. Rehousing supplies will be provided by the NPS after a list has been created by the contractor and submitted to the COR.

A CSP for GUCO was completed in FY24 and includes recommendations on storage and rehousing improvements.

The contractor should review the CSP prior to commencing Phase 2 and work should be consistent with the recommendations made in this document. A copy of the CSP and other related documentation requested will be provided to the contractor when the contract has been awarded.

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As part of the deliverables, a Rehousing Report should be submitted to the COR and park contract by the contractor.

This report should outline the methods and outcomes of work completed and include photographs of a selection of objects before and after rehousing work has been completed.

IV. ONSITE VISIT

The Contractor is responsible for contacting the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) to coordinate the onsite visit dates.

The contractor shall work with the park’s hours of operation, and park staff schedules. Park staff shall not incur overtime because of this project.

Independently, the contractor shall provide the NPS with all labor, materials, and travel necessary to complete the 100% inventory and all labor and travel necessary for the rehousing efforts.

The contractor shall treat all objects with the utmost care, conforming to NPS standards of object handling. All cabinets and cases must be closed and locked immediately upon completion of that cabinet/case’s inventory.

The contractor shall have an approved park staff member with them while in museum storage or accessing exhibit cases. For offsite locations, appropriate staff members of that organization should accompany the contractor while in museum storage.

The bid shall include all travel expenses.

V. SCHEDULE:

• The work shall begin with a conference call within 30 days following the contract award.

• The government requires completion of this contract by 365 days from contract award.

• All parties shall be in communication and shall coordinate work schedules.

VI. MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES:

A. The Contractor or his/her representative(s) shall participate in all conferences pertinent to the work under this

SOW.

B. The Contractor will schedule regular check-ins with the COR and park contract to outline work accomplished, work remaining, and discuss any questions that may arise during the contract work. The frequency of these check-ins will be determined by the contractor and NPS personnel during the kick-off conference call but can be adjusted as needed throughout the life of the contract.

VII. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED MATERIALS:

A. Access to NPS museum collection storage rooms and areas, exhibits, and other locations containing museum collections.

B. Access to NPS resource management records, planning documents, and other data mentioned above under Project Specifications.

C. Access to NPS print and electronic copies (via the NPS Museum Management web page) of the NPS

Museum Handbooks. Links provided below.

D. Clean workspace as outlined by the contractor during the initial site visit.

E. Materials for object rehousing

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F. Provenance data of objects if exists through access to all accession and catalog information GUCO has, both digital and hardcopy.

G. ICMS/MCMS export spreadsheet that contains the list of objects arranged by accession number then catalog number that includes current location information.

H. The National Park Service may provide examples of forms used on other 100% inventory projects.

I. Other information as reasonably may be needed.

VIII. CONTRACTOR FURNISHED MATERIALS:

A. The contractor is responsible for contacting the COR to coordinate the on-site visits and work. This initial site visit and/or initial meeting (via conference call or in person) with the park curatorial staff and COR shall occur within 30 days from award of the contract, at a time agreeable to the contractor and park staff.

B. The Contractor shall provide all equipment and supplies needed to complete the tasks listed above including photographic equipment.

C. The Contractor is responsible for work lights that may include magnification, UV, flashlights, headlamps, etc.

D. The Contractor shall provide their own safety equipment, including, but not limited to face masks, steel-toed boots, gloves, work gloves, nitrile gloves, lab coats, bug spray (e.g. Deep Woods Off™), etc.

E. Two external hard drives - Final external hard drive and one backup external hard drive with all deliverables and photographs OR NPS secure file transfer.

IX. DELIVERABLES AND PAYMENT SCHEDULE

1. Prior to conclusion of the project, a briefing shall be presented to management and museum staff at GUCO to discuss the final inventory and findings.

2. Contractor shall prepare and submit written deliverables and submit draft reports to the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) according to the schedule below. Reports shall be reviewed by GUCO within 30 days and returned with comments. Contractor shall be expected to incorporate each comment into the reports or be prepared to explain why doing so is not appropriate.

3. Talk with the Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COR) or a designated representative prior to submitting the final reports to discuss format, findings, and finalization.

4. Submit final reports, any supporting documentation, external hard drive with photographs, and any other information to the COR.

Payment shall be made in four (4) installments as follows:

A. Payment 1: 25% upon completion of the inventory at GUCO including off site storage locations.

B. Payment 2: 25% of the total to be paid after the inventory is complete and submittal and acceptance of

Inventory Report review draft.

C. Payment 3: 25% of the total to be paid once rehousing of objects is complete and submittal and acceptance of a Rehousing Report review draft.

D. Payment 4: 25% of the total to be paid after submittal and acceptance of Final Document(s) and external hard drive(s), OR NPS secure file transfer, with photographs and digital files.

X. SELECTION AND ACCEPTANCE OF CONTRACTOR

A. SELECTION CRITERIA

Selection shall be based on qualifications and best value for the project.

It shall not be based on the low bid.

Selection of the most technically qualified consultant shall be based on the criteria defined below. Weights are presented in parentheses.

1. Specialized experience – Museum Curator

EDUCATION: an undergraduate university degree in archaeology, history, historic preservation, or a related field, leading to a graduate degree in museum studies.

EXPERIENCE: The applicant is required to have three years of full-time work or its part-time equivalent in museum curation and collection management. Program training internships may not be counted toward this requirement. In addition, the museum professionals, as part of the experience noted above, shall have verifiable experience managing and documenting museum collections

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS: Applicants must demonstrate ability to adhere to the AAM Code of Ethics for Museums (https://www.aam-us.org/programs/ethics-standards-and-professional-practices/code-of-ethics-for-museums/).

2. Relevant Experience - Provide a list and description of at least three (3), but no more than five (5), of the most relevant contracts performed for Federal agencies and commercial customers within the last five (5) years from the date of issuance of this RFP. The offeror’s and/or its sub-contractors’ experience in consultation and construction of projects that are similar and scope and complexity to the services described in the project specifications. The number of similar projects may be considered more favorably. Similar experience performed by the prime contractor may be considered more favorably. (20%)

2. Key personnel – Experience of the offeror’s proposed project manager and quality control supervisor for conducting work similar in scope and complexity to the services described in the project specifications shall be evaluated. Key Personnel that demonstrate the most similar project experience may be rated more favorably.

Similar projects shall include but are not limited to museum collection inventory documentation projects, collections management to include accountability, collection move projects that include inventory and accountability.

Key Personnel that have successfully worked together and with subcontractors may be rated more favorably. Key personnel are hereby defined as those employees whose estimated labor hours represent more than 15% of the total labor hour estimate. (30%)

3. Past performance – The Government shall assess the relevancy and quality of the offeror’s past performance on submitted projects by comparing the projects to this project and determining how well the contractor has performed on those contracts. Documented results from other past performance questionnaires, PIPRS, FAPIIS and other sources may also be used as the basis for the assessment. Past Performance that is considered relevant and of higher quality may be rated more favorably. Client points of contact shall be provided to serve as references. (20%)

4.5. The work of this project shall be accomplished by a company that possesses a minimum of ten (10) years of experience in work of professional museum collection management. Descriptions of at least 3 similar projects and explanation of the roles the previously identified key personnel fulfilled in these projects. Client points of contact shall be provided to serve as references. (20%)

5.6. Availability of resources – Ability of consultant to provide the resources necessary to meet the deliverables schedule. (10%)

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XI. DESIGN CRITERIA:

Using the most recent edition of The Chicago Manual of Style or another mutually agreed upon reference, edit and format the text per the following:

Standardization within the document of:

• Grammar and spelling

• Fonts and format

• Table of contents

• Forms, charts and tables

• Section introductions and headings

• Headers, footers, photo caption and footnotes

XII. RIGHTS IN DATA - SPECIAL WORKS

(FAR 52.227-17) (DEC 2007)

A. Definitions. As used in this clause—

“Data” means recorded information, regardless of form or the media on which it may be recorded.

The term includes technical data and computer software. The term does not include information incidental to contract administration, such as financial, administrative, cost or pricing, or management information.

“Unlimited rights” means the rights of the Government to use, disclose, reproduce, prepare derivative works, distribute copies to the public, and perform publicly and display publicly, in any manner and for any purpose, and to have or permit others to do so.

B. Allocation of Rights.

(1) The Government shall have—

(i) Unlimited rights in all data delivered under this contract, and in all data first produced in the performance of this contract, except as provided in paragraph (c) of this clause.

(ii) The right to limit assertion of copyright in data first produced in the performance of this contract, and to obtain assignment of copyright in that data, in accordance with paragraph (c)(1) of this clause.

(iii) The right to limit the release and use of certain data in accordance with paragraph (d) of this clause.

(2) The Contractor shall have, to the extent permission is granted in accordance with paragraph (c)(1) of this clause, the right to assert claim to copyright subsisting in data first produced in the performance of this contract.

C. Copyright.

(1) Data first produced in the performance of this contract.

(i) The Contractor shall not assert or authorize others to assert any claim to copyright subsisting in any data first produced in the performance of this contract without prior written permission of the Contracting Officer. When copyright is asserted, the Contractor shall affix the appropriate copyright notice of 17 U.S.C. 401 or 402 and acknowledgment of Government sponsorship (including contract number) to the data when delivered to the Government, as well as when the data are published or deposited for registration as a published work in the U.S. Copyright Office. The Contractor grants to the Government, and others acting on its behalf, a paid-up, nonexclusive, irrevocable, worldwide license for all delivered data to reproduce, prepare derivative works, distribute copies to the public, and perform publicly and display publicly, by or on behalf of the Government.

(ii) If the Government desires to obtain copyright in data first produced in the performance of this contract and permission has not been granted as set forth in paragraph (c)(1)(i) of this clause, the Contracting Officer shall direct the Contractor to assign (with or without registration), or obtain the assignment of, the copyright to the Government or its designated assignee.

(2) Data not first produced in the performance of this contract. The Contractor shall not, without prior written permission of the Contracting Officer, incorporate in data delivered under this contract any data not first produced in the performance of this contract and that contain the copyright notice of 17 U.S.C. 401 or 402, unless the Contractor identifies such data and grants to the Government, or acquires on its behalf, a license of the same scope as set forth in paragraph (c)(1) of this clause.

D. Release and use restrictions. Except as otherwise specifically provided for in this contract, the Contractor shall not use, release, reproduce, distribute, or publish any data first produced in the performance of this contract, nor authorize others to do so, without written permission of the Contracting Officer.

E. Indemnity. The Contractor shall indemnify the Government and its officers, agents, and employees acting for the Government against any liability, including costs and expenses, incurred as the result of the violation of trade secrets, copyrights, or right of privacy or publicity, arising out of the creation, delivery, publication, or use of any data furnished under this contract; or any libelous or other unlawful matter contained in such data.

The provisions of this paragraph do not apply unless the Government provides notice to the Contractor as soon as practicable of any claim or suit, affords the Contractor an opportunity under applicable laws, rules, or regulations to participate in the defense of the claim or suit, and obtains the Contractor’s consent to the settlement of any claim or suit other than as required by final decree of a court of competent jurisdiction; and these provisions do not apply to material furnished to the Contractor by the Government and incorporated in data to which this clause applies.

XIII. REFERENCE WEBSITES

1) NPS Museum Handbooks

2) Directors Orders

3) Departmental Manual Part 411

XIV. POINTS OF CONTACT:

Contracting Officer TBD Contracting Officer East Major Acquisition Buying Office 100 Alabama St SW SNAFC 1924 Bldg. 5th floor Atlanta, GA 30303

Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COR):

Elanor Sonderman, PhD.

Staff Curator Southeast Regional Office 100 Alabama St. SW Atlanta, GA 30303 Phone: (470) 990-0055 Email: Elanor_Sonderman@nps.gov http://www.nps.gov/museum/publications/index.htm http://www.nps.gov/applications/npspolicy/DOrders.cfm https://www.doi.gov/museum/policy

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Park Contact Cameron Munley-Connolly Interdisciplinary Chief of Resources Guilford Courthouse National Military Park National Park Service Phone: (336) 645-8481 Email: cameron_munleyconnolly@nps.gov

Subject Matter Expert Coquelicot Shirey Museum Curator Blue Ridge Parkway National Park Service Phone: (828) 348-3436 Email: coquelicot_shirey@nps.gov

XVI. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE (POP): Date of Contract Award – 365 Days after Contract Award

Protection of Information

All documents and other work developed in the performance of this contract, shall be and remain the sole property of the Government and may be used on any other work without additional compensation to the Contractor, with respect, thereto, the Contractor agrees not to assert any rights and not to establish any claim under the patent or copyright laws.

The Contractor, for a period of three (3) years after final payment under this contract, agrees to furnish and provide access to all retained materials on the request of the Contracting Officer. Unless otherwise provided in this contract, the Contractor shall have the right to retain copies of all such materials beyond such period.

If the Government uses any of the above-mentioned materials for purposes other than those covered under this contract or other than for which it was provided, the Contractor shall not be held liable for any personal or property damage arising from such use.

XVII. CONTRACTING OFFICER’S AUTHORITY:

The Contracting Officer is the only person with the authority to act as agent of the Government under this contract.

Only the Contracting Officer has authority to:

(1) direct or negotiate any changes in the Statement of Work or specifications;

(2) modify or extend the period of performance;

(3) change the delivery schedule; or

(4) otherwise change any terms and conditions of this contract.

The Contracting Officer is the only person authorized to make or approve any changes in any of the requirements of this contract and not withstanding any provisions contained elsewhere in this contract, the said authority remains solely in the Contracting Officer. In the event the Contractor makes any changes at the direction of any person other than the Contracting Officer, the change shall be considered to have been made without authority and no adjustment shall be made in the contract price to cover any increase in costs incurred as a result thereof.

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