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requests for any amendments to the terms of the project and the projected schedule for completion if different from that defined by this RFP. 2) Draft Final Report After completion of artifact processing and artifact analysis, the contractor shall prepare and submit to the OSA and the Orange County ERCD a complete double-spaced draft report summarizing the analysis and results by Friday, October 3, 2007. The contractor shall also, at this time, be prepared to conduct a short presentation (15-20 minutes) to the Orange County staff working on the project and, depending on the findings, to the design committee. The report shall include but not be limited to the following: (a) Abstract: containing summary information on the objectives and results of the project. (b) Introduction: including sponsorship of the project by Orange County, the funding sources (with specific reference to the U.S. Department of the Interior and the North Carolina Office of Archives and History), project personnel, and projects objectives. (c) Background: including a discussion of the background research conducted on the archaeological and historical context of the project, as appropriate. The report shall provide overviews of those portions of prehistory and history that are relevant to the New Hope community, set within the broader context of Orange and Durham counties and the Southeast. The report will also include detailed maps of any former locations of roads, historic structures, and any significant landscape alterations associated with those historic structures. This section should also contain references to any professional or local consultations contributing to the background research. (d) Field and Analytical Methods: including discussions or the research design, and all survey, testing and analytical methods and procedures. (e) Project results: including artifact analysis, discussions of the significant findings of the analyses and site-specific evaluations of research and National Register of Historic Places eligibility. (f) Conclusions, evaluations, and recommendations: including recommendations for future research, data collection and site-specific management and planning issues. The Contractor shall employ official State Archaeological Site number designations for all archaeological site references in the final report and data tables. The Contractor may obtain State Archaeological Site numbers for newly recorded sites prior to submission of site forms by sending a detailed location map (e.g., U.S.G.S. Topographic Map) for each site to the OSA. (See also Final Report, Section 4, below). 3) Final Report: Following submission of the draft final report by the Contractor, the OSA shall have thirty (30) days to review the report and communicate all necessary or recommended changes to the Contractor prior to preparation of the final project r M