Ceramics Phase Equilibria Diagram Evaluation and Revision Services

The purpose of this amendment is to:

(1) Change the contract type to Labor Hour. As a result of this change, the attached revised Synopsis/Solicitation document and revised Statement of Work are hereby incorporated into the solicitation. The verisons uploaded with this amendment take precedence over the previously released versions of these documents. Changes have been highlighted in yellow.

(2) Extend the quotation submission deadline in consideration of the above change to 11:00 AM ET on 7/31/2017. If any outstanding questions arise as a result of these changes, they must be submitted by 7/13/2017 to allow sufficient time for the Government to provide a response.

(3) Provide Statement of Work attachments which were inadvertantly omitted from the original posting of SB134117RQ0519.

(4) Provide answers to questions received in response to the original posting of SB134117RQ0519. The following questions were received:
QUESTION: Does NIST have any additional requirements for the structure of the quote in addition to FAR Clause 52.212-1 and the Contractor Instructions for Submission of Quotations in the Syn_Sol.docx document? For instance, should there be separate proposal volumes, should pricing be in a separate volume, or can everything be
provided for in one volume?
ANSWER: There are no additional submission requirements beyond those contained in FAR 52.212-1 and the instructions contained in the amended Synopsis/Solicitation document. The format of the quote is at the discretion of the Contractor.

QUESTION: Can NIST provide the following attachments for the SOW:
Attachment 1: Guidelines for Preparation of Commentaries
Attachment 2: Guidelines for Diagram Editing and Markup
Attachment 3: Sample PED Figure
ANSWER: Yes, these attachments have been uploaded to FBO with this posting.

All other terms and conditions of the previous posting remain unchanged.