B--contextual History Study for Civilian Conservationview on SAM.gov

THIS AMENDMENT IS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS RECEIVED AND EXTEND THE SOLICTATION PERIOD. ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS REMAIN THE SAME. Q. Has the Government commissioned earlier versions of this work or portions of this work before from Contractor(s) or had this or similar work done by Government employees? If so, please explain. If some portion of the work was performed by some contractors, please provide the contract numbers associated with those portions of work. A) There is a good discussion of the CCC work completed in the park in the Cultural Landscape Report for Vicksburg National Military Park. The intent of this contract is to use the CLR as a foundation and supplement it with a thorough level (not exhaustive level) of research in archives to fill in gaps. Q) PWS Part 2(B): Does the Government have a specific list of non-Park repositories (beyond NARA or local/state archives) that the contractor is expected to visit, or should the contractor assume full identification and scoping of all off-site repositories? A) No, the contractor should identify and scope these. However, the contractor may find that NARA and state archives are sufficient. 3) PWS Part 2(B): Will Park staff provide any introductory letters or assistance for accessing privately held archives or special collections, or should the contractor budget time and effort for gaining access independently? A) No, the contractor should gain independent access. The park can make an e-introduction to Taylor Hegler, the former VICK employee who conducted her master's thesis if need be. Please note that the budget for this project is limited, so the contractor will need to balance budget constraints with thorough-level research; again, it is anticipated that most of the needed information is already included in the CLR and can be used as a foundation for this report. Q) PWS Part 3(A): For the multi-chapter study, is there a preferred approximate word count or page count for the final narrative, or will the Government accept any length that sufficiently covers the required topics? A) No, this is up to the contractor to decide length based on information in the CLR and found in other archives. Q) PWS Part 4(A): Does the Government have any preferred design templates or formatting guidelines for the waysides beyond text/image content (e.g., required color palettes, layout dimensions), or does ¿design¿ simply refer to suggested textual and visual content? A) NPS uses standard waysides templates with an NPS arrowhead and black banner. These templates can be found on the NPS Harpers Ferry Design Center website and will be provided to the contractor by the park after contract award. Q) PWS ¿Submittals & Reviews¿: Does the Government have any target range for length or word count so that contractor and Government expectations can be aligned with respect to thoroughness, etc.? A) No, the government does not have a target range for length. Q) Price Schedule: Is there a recommended format or template to …