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76 -- FDA LIBRARIES SERIALS (SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES) SOL 223-00-3000 DUE 090499 POC Patricia Wright, Contract Specialist (301) 827-7163/M. Deborah Smith-Castle, Contracting Officer (301) 827-7160 WEB: click here to download a copy of the RFP, http://www.fda.gov/oc/ofacs/contracts. E-MAIL: Contracting Specialist, pwright@oc.fda.gov. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), and the FDA Medical Libraries has a requirement for a serials vendor to handle the consolidated serials acquisition contract. The requirement shall include the placement of new and renewal subscriptions to single or multiple addressees for domestic and foreign serials in electronic and print formats. The Request for Proposal (RFP) will specify requirements and deliverables expected from a vendor to handle a serials contract with more than 2,500 titles including electronic access to serials titles when available. The solicitation will only be available on the FDA web page at http://www.fda.gov/oc/ofacs/contracts. Prospective offers are responsible for downloading the solicitation and amendments. These documents will be in portable document format (pdf). A link to the free downloadable Adobe Acrobat Reader software will be available at the same site. RFP shall be available on or about August 5, 1999. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the FDA web page for the release of the solicitation and amendments. The FDA has the right to make an award without discussions. Technical questions shall be received not later than twelve (12) days after release of RFP. Posted 07/19/99 (W-SN356063). (0200)

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