SPECIAL NOTICE
D -- Food Science & Technology Database
- Notice Date
- 12/22/2010
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 511120
— Periodical Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Acquisition and Property Division, Acquisition Branch (MD), 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Building 3, Mailstop: 5116, Beltsville, Maryland, 20705
- ZIP Code
- 20705
- Solicitation Number
- 101-8201-932-00012
- Archive Date
- 1/15/2011
- Point of Contact
- Marcos A. Ocadiz, Phone: 301-504-1749
- E-Mail Address
-
marcos.ocadiz@ars.usda.gov
(marcos.ocadiz@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Agricultural Library (NAL) intends to award a sole source contract to International Food Information Service (IFIS Publishing) to provide all USDA researchers with electronic access via the internet to the Food Science and Technology (FSTA) database by purchasing a weekly datafeed of updated FSTA records. The National Agricultural Library (NAL) is mandated (7 U.S.C. 3101) to serve as the primary agricultural information resource of the United States. One of its functions in that role is the acquisition of information in all aspects of agriculture and allied sciences. In support of this function, the NAL acquires databases in electronic format from publishers and makes the databases accessible to USDA employees and library patrons via the internet. In keeping with its charge to collect agricultural and related information, it seeks to maintain a collection of publications in various formats from a variety of publishers and sources. FSTA is a specialist abstracts database that, since 1969, has been the essential source of information on food science, food technology and human nutrition for anyone working in the food sector at any stage of the food manufacturing cycle. A wide range of food-related topics are covered in FSTA, including the chemistry and biotechnology of food, dietary information, food safety, public health issues, packaging, engineering and economics. FSTA contains more than 800,000 references; annual updates add approximately 18,000 references per year. Some 4600 publications in more than 40 languages are scanned regularly, including journals, reviews, standards, legislation, patents, books, theses, and conference proceedings. Abstracts with complete bibliographic details are produced from these original sources. Sources of all the materials abstracted are listed together with instructions for full text document delivery. IFIS, the owner of the FSTA database, is the only vendor that can meet NAL's requirement for timely, ongoing delivery of FSTA database records in a format that will allow NAL to make the database records accessible on its own platform. Anticipated Award Date: January 5, 2011
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- Record
- SN02349508-W 20101224/101222234510-30c327275d4f150f189a719162242003 (fbodaily.com)
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