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B -- PROVIDE RESEARCH AND WRITING OF A SCHOLARLY HISTORY OF THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK IN A FORM SUITABLE FOR PUBLICATION. SOL EXIM-99-R-0003 DUE 043099 POC Tobin Gatto (202)565-3333 E-MAIL: tobin.gatto@exim.gov, tobin.gato@exim.gov. This is Amendment 0001 to Request for Proposal number EXIM-99-R-0003. Request for Proposal EXIM-99-R-0003 was issued via CBD on April 6, 1999 as a combined synopsis/solicitation for the services of a historian to provide research and writing of a scholarly history of the Export-Import Bank in a form suitable for publication. Several questions were submitted. The following questions and answers are hereby made a part of this Request for Proposal and any resultant contract. A). By incorporating the following questions and answers: 1) QUESTION: How extensive are the in-house archives and how well are they organized? ANSWER: The Bank recently retained a professional archivist to examine the Bank's records and other sources of information and records on the Bank and its activities. The archivist concluded that it appears that among the Bank, the National Archives, and the National Records Center the institution's records are as complete as one would need to conduct serious, scholarly historical research. 2)QUESTION: Does the Bank have an archivist on staff? ANSWER: No. We do have a central records branch which has extensive case files and manages the Bank's records retention policy. 3) QUESTION: What resources will be Government furnished? ANSWER: The Bank will provide a working space to include a desk, computer, and telephone for local calls only. 4) QUESTION: How will the awardee receive payment? ANSWER: Partial payments will be authorized based on work completed and/or deliverables. 5) QUESTION: Will there be a peer review process with the Export-Import Bank history manuscript? ANSWER: There will not be a peer review process as such with the Ex-Im Bank manuscript. The members of the Bank's History Committee will review it. 6) QUESTION: Who is on the History Committee and if differences of opinion arose between the historian and the committee on issues of fact or interpretation, how would they be resolved? ANSWER: At this time, the members of the Committee consist of the Chairman of the Bank, several senior officers and staff who have been with the Bank for 25-35 years, and a former Director of the Bank who served for over 16 years. We would expect that any differences of fact or interpretation between the historian and the Committee would be resolved through discussion. 7) QUESTION: Will the historian's name appear as author on this work, and will he/she hold the copyright to the work? ANSWER: We would expect that the historian's name would appear as author. The Bank would hold the copyright. 8). QUESTION: Is there any pressing need to have a book come out at the end of the year 2000? ANSWER: The history is being written concurrently with the Bank's 65th anniversary. The material needed as a basis for writing the history is virtually all located either at, or in close proximity to, the Bank's headquarters in Washington and is relatively easily available, and the Bank's activities are fairly narrowly focused on export trade finance. We want the history to be published as soon after the anniversary as possible. 9). QUESTION: Who exactly is going to publish the history? ANSWER: At this time, we do not have a particular publisher in mind. B). By including the following sentences to the combined synopsis/solicitation. The contracting officer reserves the right to request limited cost and pricing data if it becomes necessary. Offerors are requested to submit one original and 2 copies of their proposal. The Government may award a contract based on initial offers received without discussion of such offers. Accordingly, each initial offer should be submitted on the most favorable terms from a price and technical standpoint, which the offeror can submit to the government. However, if negotiations become necessary they will be conducted with only those offerors whose proposals fall within a competitive range both technically and with respect to cost. The hour and date for submission of proposal is not extended and remains at April 30, 1999, 4:30 p.m. Posted 04/16/99 (W-SN321255). (0106)

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