42d Contracting Squadron/LGC, 50 Lemay Plaza South, Bldg 804, Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6334

76 -- PROVIDE LIBRARY BOOKS SOL F01600-98-R0002 DUE 111897 POC Mary E. Peters/334-953-3529; MSgt Ossandon/334-953-7212 This is a solicitation market survey to obtain commercial information in connection with providing library books in three different ways (on approval, on firm order and on standing order) to the the Air University Library, Maxwell AFB AL. 42 Contracting Squadron, Maxwell AFB AL, is conducting market research only. No award will be made as a result of this synopsis; nor is any solicitation material available. Information requested includes the commercial availability of providing library services as stated above. The Air University Library, serves as a professional military education organization, and has a collection of approximately 429,225 books and bound periodicals. They are interested in finding vendor(s) who supply a full range of library books. Vendors will be expected to deveop a profile of materials appropriate to the Air University Library's collection based on a contractor furnished extensive subject terminology of at least 6,000 subject terms in hierarchical format. Having developed the profile, the vendor will review newly published books and select a wide range of titles appropriate to the library's collection. These books will then be shipped to the Air University Library on an approval basis. Those approved are purchased by the Library, totaling approximately $30,000.00 per year. Those not approved are returned to the vendor. The Library annually purchases approximately $30,000.00 worth of titles which are on standing order. In addition to the approval and standing order materials, the Library, places firm orders for approximately $80,000.00 worth of books selected by the Library staff. These books are from a wide range of sources, large and small commercial publishers, university presses, as well as association publishers, and not-for-profit organizations. A substantial percentage of approval and firm order publications should be readily from stock. Using an Integrated Library System, the Library has an interest in all processes which can streamline the Technical Services functions of acquisitions and cataloging, as well as an interest in vendors currently engaged in working partnerships with cataloging services such as OCLC, or with large commercial library system vendors. If your company is capable of providing the requirement described above, please submit your information to: Mary Peters/42 CONS/LGCS/50 LeMay Plaza South/Bldg 804/Maxwell AFB AL 36112-6334. Only written submissions, mailed or faxed will be accepted. POC for this market research is Mary Peters; Telephone: 334-953-3529; Fax: 334-953-6792. Closing date for submitting information is 18 November 1997. (0283)

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