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B -- HISTORICAL PROJECT SOL IN99C-004 POC Ruth Nelson, Contracting Officer, (202) 707-8610 The Library of Congress (LOC) intends to negotiate on a sole-source basis with the Lincoln Studies Center at Knox College in Galesburg, IL, let by noted Lincoln scholars Dr. Rodney O. Davis and Dr. Douglas L. Wilson. These scholars will be required to oversee and participate in a project to select historically significant handwritten correspondence in the Library of Congress Lincoln manuscript collection and to transcribe the selected items into machine readable form, using appropriate conventions from the field of documentary editing for later presentation to researchers. Selection of correspondence will be based upon a thorough historical understanding of the Civil War period and the life and work of Abraham Lincoln. The project will also require specialized historical expertise to correct errors in the Library's inventory of documents, and to use experience in the field of documentary editing to provide contextualizing annotations for selected documents. The LOC inteds to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. Any other persons desiring consideration are requested to fully identify their interests and capabilities to fulfil this requirement within 15 days of the publication of this synopsis to the point of contact above. No solicitation exists. No telephone requests will be accepted. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. See Note 22. Posted 01/25/99 (W-SN290914). (0025)

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