MODIFICATION
B -- PATRON AND DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY
- Notice Date
- 8/1/2012
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541910
— Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling
- Contracting Office
- Library of Congress, Contracts Services, Contracts Section, 101 Independence Ave SE, LA-325, Washington, District of Columbia, 20540-9411
- ZIP Code
- 20540-9411
- Solicitation Number
- LCNLS12R0083
- Archive Date
- 9/4/2012
- Point of Contact
- Jonah Lerman, Phone: 2027070468, Vidya Vish, Phone: 2027079394
- E-Mail Address
-
jler@loc.gov, vvis@loc.gov
(jler@loc.gov, vvis@loc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- ***************************************************************** CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ***************************************************************** 1. WHAT IS THE CORRECT DATE FOR PROPOSALS TO BE SUBMITTED? THE CORRECT DATE IS 8/20/12 2. CAN YOU PLEASE INDICATE WHAT PERCENTAGES OF THE NLS PATRON SAMPLE LIST ARE MAIL, PHONE, AND EMAIL? NLS HAS MAILING ADDRESSES FOR MOST PATRONS AND HAS ACCESS TO PHONE NUMBERS FOR MOST PATRONS. NLS HAS EMAIL ADDRESSES FOR ABOUT 15 % OF PATRONS. AN ISSUE TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE SURVEY IS WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR PATRONS HAS ACCESS TO EMAIL AND THE INTERNET. 3. APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY NLS PATRONS ARE LOCATED OVERSEAS ON THE PATRON SAMPLE LIST? OF THOSE PATRONS LOCATED ABROAD, PLEASE LIST THE COUNTRIES IN WHICH THEY RESIDE. THIS PATRON POPULATION IS SMALL AND WE HAVE DETERMINED NOT TO INCLUDE IT IN THIS SURVEY. 4. THE RFP DOES PROVIDE SPECIFICATIONS OR DIRECTION FOR SAMPLE SIZE, AND, THEREFORE, IT DOES NOT PROVIDE A FIXED SCOPE OF WORK. PLEASE PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF PRECISION AND CONFIDENCE NLS WISHES TO ACHIEVE FOR THE SURVEY OF PATRONS AND THE SURVEY OF POTENTIAL PATRONS? NLS EXPECTS THE SOLICITATION RESPONSES TO RECOMMEND LEVELS OR RANGES OF PRECISION AND CONFIDENCE THAT COULD BE DRAWN FROM CERTAIN SAMPLE SIZES. NLS SEEKS A LEVEL OF PRECISION AND CONFIDENCE THAT CAN BE USED RELIABLY FOR MANAGERIAL DECISION MAKING. 5. ARE THERE SPECIFIC CLASSES OF PATRONS THAT NLS WANTS STATISTICALLY RELIABLE MEASURES? FOR EXAMPLE, SPECIFIC CLASSES OF PATRONS MAY BE BRAILLE USERS, DIGITAL PLAYBACK, MAGAZINE USERS, ETC. NLS EXPECTS THE SURVEY TO FOCUS ON THE FULL PATRON READERSHIP INCLUDING BRAILLE AND /OR AUDIO READERS OF BOOKS AND OR MAGAZINES IN PHYSICAL AND/OR ELECTRONIC FORMATS. 6. THE CMLS CONSISTS OF BOTH USERS AND NON-USERS. IS THE SURVEY OF POTENTIAL PATRONS TO BE SELECTED FROM NON-USERS IN THE CMLS DATABASE? CMLS IS PRIMARILY A USER DATABASE. NLS EXPECTS THE SOLICITATION RESPONSES TO RECOMMEND METHODOLOGIES TO BE USED TO IDENTIFY NON USERS WHO ARE POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE AND POTENTIAL USERS. THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS IS AUGUST 2, 2012
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/LOC/CS/CS1/LCNLS12R0083/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 101 Independence Ave SE, WASHINGTON, District of Columbia, 20450, United States
- Zip Code: 20450
- Zip Code: 20450
- Record
- SN02822766-W 20120803/120801235513-335e7e8224a69c062d82910a37402b2c (fbodaily.com)
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