SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- DIGITAL PRESERVATION SOFTWARE SUPPORT
- Notice Date
- 8/20/2024 2:24:33 PM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 513210
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- Contracting Office
- USDA ARS AFM APD BELTSVILLE MD 20705 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20705
- Solicitation Number
- 1232SA24Q0151
- Response Due
- 8/22/2024 1:30:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 09/06/2024
- Point of Contact
- Angela B. Wingert, Phone: 3015041181
- E-Mail Address
-
angela.wingert@usda.gov
(angela.wingert@usda.gov)
- Description
- This Sources Sought Notice is being issued for informational purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS). ARS is conducting a Market Survey to identify the availability and interest of firms as potential sources for Digital Preservation Software Support for the National Agricultural Library (NAL), located in Beltsville, Maryland The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 513210 (Software Publishers) with a Size Standard of $47.0 million. Background: The National Agricultural Library�s (NAL) current technological infrastructure struggles to provide long-term preservation to match the rapid uptick in digital content creation, increased digitization efforts, and curation of complex research datasets. In addition to regular data back-ups, NAL should develop a long-term preservation strategy that addresses file and media formats, redundancy, software and hardware obsolescence, accessibility, migration, standards, security, authenticity, and integrity. Software and storage options suitable for the scale and nature of this activity should be deployed and the overall framework should be carefully planned, documented, and managed. Project Scope: NAL requires a digital preservation system that will ensure that the library�s digital collections and assets remain accessible in the long-term, supporting digital ways of working with staff and users, reducing, or eliminating potential risk of catastrophic data loss, and support key strategic priorities. NAL requires a long-term active digital preservation and secure access (backup, archiving, storage and content management) in a single, intuitive and fully supported application aligned to the OAIS ISO 14721 standard. The system will Safely store content, ensuring that it can be found and trusted, provide secure immediate access, and automatically update files to future-friendly formats. Archivematica currently meets the standards-based preservation needs and in-house as opposed to SaaS. Artefactual is the developer of the code base and the only company capable of providing support and patching of their software. The system must also provide configuration and development support, risk mitigation support, custom code, and patching of Archivematica in a timely fashion to meet USDA/Federal cybersecurity needs. The anticipated Period of Performance is for one base year and four, one-year options. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. Interested firms are invited to respond to this announcement by providing the following information: 1. Firm�s name, address, point of contact, phone number, and e-mail address. 2. Firm�s level of interest in competing on the solicitation when it is issued. 3. Firm�s Business Size. NO SOLICITATION EXISTS. THIS REQUEST IS INTENDED ONLY TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL SOURCES. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this sources sought announcement. The deadline to respond to this notice is August 22, 2024.� Requested information shall be limited to no more than 2 pages. Interested firms are instructed to submit written responses by e-mail to angela.wingert@usda.gov.� NO HARD COPY OR FACSIMILE SUBMISSION WILL BE ACCEPTED. Cover letters and extraneous materials (brochures, etc.) will not be considered. No reimbursement will be made for any cost associated with providing information in response to this announcement or any follow-up information provided. All interested sources must respond to future solicitation announcements separately from responses to this market survey.
- Web Link
-
SAM.gov Permalink
(https://sam.gov/opp/cf36ef5f7ad8405b8ce1c80897885de9/view)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
- Zip Code: 20705
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20705
- Record
- SN07178786-F 20240822/240820230128 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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