This AMENDMENT to the SOURCE SOUGHT NOTICE responds to vendor questions and extends the RESPONSE DATE. Indian Baskets Museum Exhibition NBCWZ900441Vendor Questions and Government Responses 1. Is this ongoing care of the exhibit or a project to ready it for display? ANSWER: Care is required to ready an exhibit for display 2. Whether ongoing or not, what contract duration do you have in mind? ANSWER: The period of performance is from date of award to September 30, 2009. 3. You listed the activities as: cleaning, conservation, photography, and mount making. Would you please explain the extent of each? (e.g. how much cleaning? Making a mount for each basket?) ANSWER: Cleaning & Conservation - All proposed treatments shall follow the recommendations stated in the Ramer Report located at http://www.doi.gov/interiormuseum/collection/indianbaskets.html. An estimated 250 baskets will require conservation and all of the baskets require cleaning. Pre-treatment and post-treatment, each basket shall be condition reported and photographed. Photography - each basket shall be professionally photographed, in color, with images provided as digital files on CD or DVD. Images must be edited and publication ready, camera raw must be provided as well. Mount making - Each basket will require a supporting mount constructed following the guidelines stated in the Ramer Report but must be constructed of non-reactive and non-abrasive materials. SOURCES SOUGHT: The National Business Center is seeking to identify small businesses who are interested in providing complete care for 818 Indian Baskets in the collection of the Department of the Interior Museum. Tasks would include cleaning, conservation, photography, and mount making. Contract performance would take place in Landover. Maryland. This Sources Sought notice is not an issuance of a solicitation or a request for proposal and the information presented in this announcement will not obligate the National Business Center in any manner. This procurement is being considered for 100 percent set-aside with a preference for certified HUBZone small businesses and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs). If adequate interest or sufficient supporting documentation is not received, the solicitation may be issued as an unrestrictive procurement without further notice. The NAICS for this procurement is 712110 - Museums. CONTRACTOR SUBMISSIONS Interested parties should submit the following information in their Statement of Qualifications (SOQs): 1) Business name, address, DUNS, cage code, phone number, email address, and socioeconomic classification including a copy of the certificate issued by the SBA on qualifications as a certified HUBZone. 2) Clear evidence of the firm's experience (no more than 3 projects please) performing work of a similar type, scope, and nature. The experience should be identified by: contract numbers, government agency/organization issuing the contract, project titles, dollar amounts, current status (completed or in progress with start and completion dates), and points of contacts (both contractor and customer) with telephone numbers, emails, addresses, etc. Indicate if the firm was a prime or subcontractor (if subcontractor on the project, provide prime contractor information). Description of items/services provided under the contract. 3) A positive statement of their intention to submit an offer for the solicitation (if issued) as a prime contractor. 4) Has your firm ever been terminated for cause or default from a contractual arrangement, whether Federal or private sector, as a result of failure to perform, poor quality and workmanship provided, etc.? If so, please provide the specifics. 5) Has your firm, or any firm that you would potentially joint venture or team with for any acquisition ever bid on a Federal acquisition and been determined non-responsible by the Contracting Officer, and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) failed to issue a Certificate of Competency to your firm or teaming partners when the matter was referred to SBA for review and consideration? If so, please provide the specifics. Firms are reminded of the requirement to register in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database (http://www.ccr.gov) and the Annual Representations and Certifications (http://orca.bpn.gov) as required by FAR Subparts 4.11 and 4.12. Interested parties must respond to this notice no later than 3:00PM EST on February 9, 2009 via email to
[email protected] and the email should be entitled "Indian Baskets Museum Exhibition- Sources Sought". Responses submitted by a method other than electronic mail shall not be accepted and shall not be answered. DO NOT SEND GENERIC HARD COPY ADVERTISING OR PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS AS THEY WILL BE DISCARDED. If you have responded to any previous email messages or had other communications with our office regarding preliminary market research for this project, please be advised that it will be necessary for you to respond to this Sources Sought request and the items contained herein. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS SUCH. All information is to be provided on a voluntary basis at no charge to the Government. There is no entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs related to or arising out of responses received by the Government from interested contractors. All information/materials provided to the government will become the property of the Government and will not be returned. There is no guarantee, expressed or implicit, that the market research for this acquisition will result in a set-aside either competitive or sole source, or of any guarantee of award or particular acquisition strategy developed.