Amendment 3: to

Request for Proposal for Modification

No. RFP-2026-10245()

Amendment No. 03

ISSUED BY:

National- Laboratory of the Rockies
15013 Denver West Parkway
Golden, CO 80401

Date: 11/02/2026

PROJECT NAME:

Building America Subject Matter Expert Technical Support

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth below. The hour and date specified for receipt of offers [X] is not extended.

[ ] is extended to

FAILURE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AMENDMENT MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED HEREIN, ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SOLICITATION DOCUMENT REMAIN UNCHANGED AND IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT. ACKNOWLEDGDGMENT SHOULD BE IN PROPOSAL COVER LETTER. Subcontract Administrator: Kim Tangler

Amendment No. 03 is hereby issued in response to questions received regarding the subject Request for Proposal (RFP) No. RFP-2026-10245(). Please note that some questions may have been edited to address duplicate questions or to protect business-sensitive information provided in the original question(s). The essences of the original questions are not affected. Questions are in no particular order.

The below questions and answers are a continuation of Amendment 2 posted on 10/30/26.

QUESTION 53

Number of Examples: For Criteria 6.1-6.3, please clarify whether the requested one to three examples apply to each individual sub-requirement within a criterion or to the criterion as a whole. Additionally, may a single project/example be used to demonstrate compliance with multiple requirements within the same criterion and/or across multiple criteria?

ANSWER 53

Criterion can be addressed individually. In your response indicate which specific criterion is being addressed. A single project can be used to demonstrate compliance with multiple requirements.

QUESTION 54

Facilities, Equipment, and Resources: For Criterion 6.2, may offerors demonstrate sufficiency through access to relevant personnel, analytical/modeling software, field instrumentation, partner or third-party facilities, and other technical resources, or is NLR specifically seeking evidence of offeror-owned laboratory/testing facilities and equipment?

ANSWER 54

Yes.

QUESTION 55

Evaluation Methodology: Sections 5-8 describe a Best Value Selection process in which combined qualitative merit is substantially more important than price, while Section 9 describes award to the lowest-priced, technically acceptable offer. Please clarify which evaluation methodology will govern proposal evaluation and contract award.

ANSWER 55

Please see Amendment 1, dated 10/15/2026, to RFP-2026-10245().