R -- FEDLINK INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SERVICES DELIVERY ORDERS FOR NEWSEDGE CORPORATION

Notice Date

August 30, 2000

Contracting Office

The Library Of Congress, Contracts And Logistics Service, FEDLINK Section, 101 Independence Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20540-9410

ZIP Code

20540-9410

Solicitation Number

01-DT-1

Point of Contact

Charles Wilson, Contract Specialist

Description

The Library of Congress intends to issue delivery orders against an existing Basic Ordering Agreement to renew subscriptions with NewsEdge Corporation for the continued use and access of their database system by the following FEDLINK members: OIRA, SSLV. NewsEDGE is a personal computer-based information gateway service that captures and combines different newswire services delivered by X.25 telephone lines, FM broadcast, or satellite transmission. NewsEDGE alerts users to important incoming stories that match multiple interest profiles created by the user, organizes the news on the user's PC for easy viewing and searching, and operates in the background on standalone or LAN based PC's, constantly delivering news to the user without tying up the PC. NewsEDGE works on standalone PCs, PCs connected to a LAN, and over many email systems. A recent addition is the "Reuters Business Information" products and updates to the COMTEX newswire."NewsEDGE/Web," an enterprise service that agencies can use to distribute a variety of news services. Service will be continued through September 30, 2001. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT EXISTS. No telephone calls will be accepted. WRITTEN RESPONSES SHOULD INCLUDE PRICES AND TECHNICAL DATA SUFFICIENT TO DETERMINE CAPABILITY. No award will be based on any offer or proposal received in response to this notice. (See Note 22). REF: 01-DT-1.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20000901/RSOL017.HTM (W-243 SN491927)