SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Library and Technical Information Services
- Notice Date
- 7/9/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 519120
— Libraries and Archives
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Region Acquisition Division, Norfolk Federal Building, 200 Granby Street, Norfolk, VA, 23510, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- EA133C-07-RQ-0455
- Response Due
- 7/19/2007
- Archive Date
- 8/3/2007
- Description
- The United States Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) intends to solicit and negotiate with only the College of Charleston, Office of Research and Grants Administration, 66 George Street, Charleston, SC on a sole source basis for library and technical information services for the NOAA Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecur Research (CCEHBR) Lab located in Charleston, South Carolina. Period of performance will be 15 August 2007 through 14 August 2008. The FSC for this is R605, the NAICS is 519120 and the small business size standard is $6.5 million. The resulting contract will be a firm-fixed price contract. The contractor shall provide scientific library and technical information services required to meet the programmatic responsibilities and assigned mission of the National Ocean Service (NOS) CCEHBR. The contractor shall perform the following tasks: accommodate, maintain, and make available to CCEHBR personnel and other authorized users, the current library holdings and future library acquisitions of CCEHBR; provide library services on a normal business schedule during which SCDNR/MRD library is staffed; provide 24/7 access to the reading and study areas; procure and renew annual subscriptions to journals and other periodical publications, provide an automated catalog system to identify all Government library materials separately and distinctly from other materials co-located at the SCDNR/MRD library; provide reference materials, interlibrary loans, document delivery, and bibliographic services including manual and on-line information retrieval searches; provide for delivery of documents to CCEHBR within the constraints of extant copyright law within 24-48 hours following a request from Government personnel. The statutory authority for other than full and open competition is 41 USC 253(c)(1), Only One Responsible Source. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement by July 19, 2007. Written requests for additional information may be faxed to (757) 664-3653. Telephone requests will not be accepted. Questions may be referred to Linda Stein at 757-441-6573 or e-mail Linda.c.stein@noaa.gov. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, the Government will consider all proposals received within ten days after publication of this notice. Evidence must be provided of the ability to provide required services. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. To be eligible for award, offerors must have a valid DUNS Number and be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. Sole Source Justification NOS CCEHBR has a science laboratory co-located in a community of marine science institutions. The Government seeks to ensure staff access in the Charleston, South Carolina area to a comprehensive, physical library collection while providing access for select personnel to more sophisticated or extensive library services, as needed. The CofC?s library is the only identifiable source that is able to provide the on-site facilities and meet the specified requirements of CCEHBR. Under a joint project agreement (JPA), NOAA is named one of five cooperators tasked with facilitating and collaborating research in an effort to provide science to sustain, protect, and restore coastal ecosystems, emphasizing links between environmental conditions and human health. Therefore, it is imperative that the scientific reference materials, research efforts and results generated from the collaboration of the cooperators under the JPA be centrally located and accessible to all parties on a 24 hour, 7 day per week basis. The CofC library is located within 600 yards from the CCEHBR?s facility and is readily accessible to CCEHBR scientific staff. The library also supports the College of Charleston Grice Marine Biology Laboratory and the NOAA Hollings Marine Laboratory, both of which are located on the SCDNR campus. Through frequent collaboration, CCEHBR, SCDNR, and MRD perform environmental research. Therefore, all reference, research material and peer reviews must be easily accessible and stored in a centrally located facility. The partnership between CCEHBR and these other on-site research institutions is strengthened by the library?s crucial role in meeting a common need for distributing and sharing of scientific and technical information.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Center for Coastal Environmental Health, 219 Ft. Johnson Road, Charleston, SC
- Zip Code: 29412
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 29412
- Record
- SN01336947-W 20070711/070709220324 (fbodaily.com)
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