MODIFICATION
R -- Cataloging Assistance
- Notice Date
- 3/22/2010
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, 6707 Democracy Blvd., Suite 105, Bethesda, Maryland, 20894, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20894
- Solicitation Number
- NLM-10-104-SV
- Archive Date
- 4/8/2010
- Point of Contact
- Suet Y Vu, Phone: 301-496-6546
- E-Mail Address
-
sv32d@nih.gov
(sv32d@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This Sources Sought Notice is for informational and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation or commitment by the Government. This notice is intended strictly for Market Research. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM) is conducting a market survey to help determine the availability and technical capability of qualified small businesses, veteran-owned small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses and/or HUBZone small businesses capable of serving the needs identified below. Background The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is mandated to catalog its serials and to make this cataloging available to the biomedical library community in NLM Locatorplus, NLM's online public access catalog and the NLM Catalog under Entrez, both available via the Internet. NLM is also responsible for distributing the bibliographic records to other bibliographic utilities and library service agencies. As a CONSER participant, NLM shares in the cooperative cataloging and updating of serial records on the OCLC WorldCAT (OCLC) database. NLM has an inventory of over 290 serials titles in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish on preservation microfilm in the General Collection. Task It is the intent of the National Library of Medicine to procure professional services for: a) searching an outside bibliographic source (i.e., the OCLC WorldCAT) a minimum of 100 titles and a maximum of 175 serial titles in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish; b) providing copy cataloging records for approximately 40-70 serial titles in the above languages where copy is available in the OCLC WorldCAT; and c) providing original CONSER Standard level serial cataloging records for approximately 60-105 English language serial titles for cases where no OCLC copy is found. The services will include applying the latest update of the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, (AACR2), the Library of Congress Rule Interpretations (LCRIs), and the CONSER Standard Record Guidelines to the preparation of serials cataloging records, including descriptive cataloging and verification of name/series access points in the online authority file; assigning NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) descriptors and transcribing class numbers for each serial. The proposed acquisition will be procured under FAR Part 12 in accordance with the policies and procedures under FAR Part 13- Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The period of performance will be for twelve months and one option year from the date of the award. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement which will be considered by the National Library of Medicine. This Sources Sought notice is not a Request for Quotes (RFQ), nor is an RFQ available. Interested firms responding to this sources sought notice must adhere to the following: (a) Provide a capability statement demonstrating relevant experience, skills and ability to fulfill the Government's requirements for the above. The capability statement should contain enough sufficient detail for the Government to make an informed decision regarding your capabilities; however, the statement should not exceed 10 pages. (b) The capability statement must identify the responder's small business type and size. (c) All capability statements must be submitted electronically no later than 1:00pm eastern standard time on March 24, 2010 to Suet Vu vus@mail.nih.gov.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/OAM/NLM-10-104-SV/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Bethesda, Maryland, 20894, United States
- Zip Code: 20894
- Zip Code: 20894
- Record
- SN02099120-W 20100324/100322234736-c01731304e79f6087537e7f444abdd93 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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