The purpose of this amendment is to clarify bid delivery instructions, and provide bid opening information. 1. Bid Mailing and Delivery Instructions: Bids shall be mailed or hand carried to National Imagery and Mapping Agency and shall be received on or before 2:00 p.m. on 12 September 02. Facsimile or electronic bids will not be accepted. Bids received after 2:00 p.m. on 12 September will be considered late and will be processed in accordance with FAR 52.214-7, Late Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawals of Bids. A. Mailed Bids: Bids shall be mailed to the address identified in Block 7 of the SF 1442. Attention is also drawn to IFB paragraph L-4, Marking of Envelopes Containing a Bid or Proposal. B. Hand carried Bids: Bids may be hand carried to NIMA and will be accepted until 2:00 p.m. on 12 September 02. Bids will only be accepted at the following address: National Imagery and Mapping Agency, Fremont Building, 6000 MacArthur Blvd, Bethesda, MD 20816. This is an access-controlled parking lot; therefore, couriers must allow time for registering their vehicle at the guard gate. Only contracting personnel are authorized to receive hand carried bids - NIMA security guards are not authorized to receive any hand carried packages, including bids. IMPORTANT: The hand carry address is NOT the same as the NIMA mailing address. 2. Bid Opening Attendance Bids will be opened at 2:30 p.m. on 12 September 02 at the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, Erskine Hall complex. Erskine Hall complex is located at the following address: National Imagery and Mapping Agency, Erskine Hall, 4600 Sangamore Road, Bethesda, MD 20816. This is also an access-controlled facility. Due to increased security procedures, bidders who will be attending the bid opening must submit their name(s) to Tamara Verdon,
[email protected], no later than 2:00 p.m. on 10 September 02. Due to limited parking, request that the each bidder organization bring only one vehicle. IMPORTANT: This is not the same location where bids can be hand carried. Bidders who plan on hand carrying their bid and will also attend the bid opening must first deliver the bid to the Fremont Building and then go to the Erskine Hall complex for bid opening.