Amd01-AttachmentA-MSGQproject.doc

ATTACHMENT A

Amendment 01 To Solicitation No. S-WHARC-09-R-0005 Renovation & Expansion of Marine Security Guard Quarters

La Reina District – Santiago, Chile The solicitation is hereby amended as follows:

A. The Due Date for proposals has been revised to June 24, 2009. As stated in Section L in the solicitation, the following additional instructions are applicable for the submission of proposals:

The complete offer shall be submitted to one of the addresses listed below, and by the date and time as specified for each address:

Address #1:

Regional Procurement Support Office

4000 N. Andrews Avenue

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309

Proposals submitted to the above address must be submitted in a sealed envelope marked "Proposal Enclosed", and must include the project name and location, and the company’s name. Proposals should be addressed to Mr. Robert Lindquist, and must arrive at the Regional Procurement Support Office, 4000 N. Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309, on or before June 24, 2009. Proposals must be received by 4:00 P.M. local (Fort Lauderdale) time. No proposal will be accepted at our Florida office after this time.

Address #2: (Hand Deliveries Only!!)

United States Embassy

AV. Andres Bello 2800

Las Condes, Santiago Chile

The Embassy will only accept proposals if hand delivered. Any proposals delivered to the Embassy must be received by the Embassy no later than 3:00 p.m. local (Santiago) time on June 24, 2009. No proposal will be accepted by the Embassy after this time. Proposals submitted to the Embassy must be in a sealed envelope and marked “Attn: Facilities Manager – Proposal Enclosed.”

Any deviations, exceptions, or conditional assumptions taken with respect to any of the instructions or requirements of this solicitation shall be identified and explained/justified in the appropriate volume of the offer.

For any proposals which are hand-delivered to the Embassy, offerors must keep in mind that proposals must be received by the Embassy no later than 3:00 p.m. on the day they are due, and no proposals received by Embassy staff after this time will be accepted. Therefore, offerors are advised to arrive earlier than necessary and to allow for additional time to contact the appropriate Embassy staff to receive proposals. The point of contact at the Embassy for hand delivered proposals is the Facilities Manager. He can be contacted at telephone number 330-3360.

B. Solicitation Attachment #3 (Price Proposal Format) is replaced by attached Microsoft Excel version of the Price Proposal Format (file name “Attachment3-PriceProposalFormat.xls”). The attached Excel version is to be used for proposal submissions.

NOTE: The quantities in the spreadsheet are estimates only, and it’s up to each offeror to verify the quantities. This will be a firm fixed price contract, and no additional sums will be payable for any escalation in the cost of materials, equipment or labor, or because of the offeror’s failure to properly estimate or accurately predict the cost or difficulty of achieving the results required.

C. Pre-Proposal Site Visit:

A pre-proposal site visit will be held at the project site, Loreley 1592, in Santiago on Tuesday, June 2, 2009.

Due to space limitations, it is requested that no more than four representatives per company attend the site visit.

Companies which are planning to participate must submit the following information for each of those (up to 4) who will be attending:

Company name, complete name of person attending and identification (ID) number.

The above information must be provided to Robert Lindquist no later than 12:00 PM (Fort Lauderdale, Florida Time) on Monday, June 1, 2009. The information may be submitted by fax (954-630-1165) or by e-mail (LindquistRA@state.gov). E-mails are preferred.

Below is the proposed agenda for the site visit:

Pre-Proposal Site Visit For

Solicitation No. S-WHARC-09-R-0005 Renovation & Expansion of MSGQ U.S. Embassy Santiago

TUESDAY – JUNE 2, 2009

Location & General Instructions:

The project site is located at the following address:

Loreley 1592 La Reina, Santiago Chile

POC: Facilities Manager Therman C. Campbell Parking is available on the street near the project site.

Note: Contractor’s attending the site visit are encouraged to bring any questions they may have to the site visit in written form. This will facilitate the process of addressing those questions during the walkthrough of the site. Contractors will, however, be allowed to submit additional questions in writing following the site visit.

Proposed Agenda:

The site visit will begin at 9:30 a.m. Please arrive early enough to allow time for parking so that the site visit can begin promptly at the scheduled time.

Before walking the site, some time will be allotted for a general discussion of the project and design documents. Following a walkthrough of the site, some additional time will be allotted for any follow up questions.

Attachment A – Solicitation Amendment 01 – RFP No. S-WHARC-09-R-0005