Answers_to_Contractor_Final_Questions_7_7_17.pdf

US Army Women’s Museum Center for Military History

Answers to Questions

1. Asking if you are familiar with whether this solicitation will include window treatments (draperies, blinds, shades).

Answer: The gallery does not have any windows.

2. Is the fabrication Contractor to supply the flooring in the exhibit spaces?

Answer: The contractor would only supply the flooring if it was part of the exhibit that is scenic in nature - say the dirt and boards at the bottom of a world war one trench.

3. Is a payment schedule planned based on the cinc’s or shall we propose a payment schedule in our proposal? The responses have been confusing.

Answer: Payments are based on the CLINS.

4. Is the existing building contractor supplying track and fixtures I the new gallery?

Answer: Design of the track lighting system will be by the contractor. The track and fixtures will be purchased and installed by the government based on those designs.

5. Is the contractor responsible for removing and existing floor carpet and other flooring in the existing portion of the museum?

Answer: No. That will be done by the museum.

6. Is the Contractor responsible for providing and installing the floor carpeting throughout the 10,000 sq ft of the museum?

Answer: The contractor is only responsible for floor treatments that are part of a scenic effect such as dirt and boards at the bottom of a WWI trench. The remainder of the floor covering would be done by the museum.

7. Is the contractor responsible for removing the existing light track and fixtures in the existing museum?

Answer: No. That will be done by the museum.

8. Is the contractor responsible for providing and install new track and light fixtures for ambient lighting throughout the museum?

Answer: No. That will be purchased and installed by the museum. The contractor is only responsible for designing the system.

9. If so who is responsible for hard wiring the new lighting and control switches?

Answer: N/A

10. Please specify the quality of the diorama mannequins.

Answer: The mannequins in the dioramas should be of life formations, quality. The conservation forms should be Doorman.

11. Please specify the level of detail and nature of the model of the Women’s Army Corp Compound at Long Binh, Vietnam.

Answer: This item has been dropped.

12. What size monitor will be required for the “rotunda” presentation area?

Answer: This will need to be determined during the design.

13. Will any of the monitors in the museum need to be 4K resolution?

Answer: No

14. In the Children’s Learning Area description, Page 12 Item 8, there is a requirement for reproduction uniforms and weapons. Are these provided by the Government or are they to be supplied by the contractor?

Answer: The reproduction uniforms and weapons will be provided by the government.