SOLICITATION NOTICE
58 -- Radio Frequencey Identification System
- Notice Date
- 5/7/2008
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 519120
— Libraries and Archives
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Office of Administration, 6011 Executive Blvd, Rm 538, Rockville, Maryland, 20892-7663
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7663
- Solicitation Number
- NIHOD2008064
- Point of Contact
- Doris M Vaughn,, Phone: 301-402-3351
- E-Mail Address
-
vaughn@od.nih.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. (ii) The purchase request number is NIHOD2008064 and the solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). The National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Office of Research Services (ORS), Division of Library Services (DLS) is seeking a Small Business Set A-Side that can provide a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system that will make it possible to identify and track the Library’s collection of more than 185,000 books, journals and audiovisual materials; ensure security of library materials; efficiently inventory the collection; allow Library users to self-check out books automatically; provide ADA compliant sensor security gates: one double aisle and one single aisle; and provide excellent control of non-returns and misfiling of the books on the shelves. The RFID system shall include the following features to meet the NIH Library’s needs: (1) read-write, ISO standard compliant tag with memory chip that identifies and tracks books; (2) security chip added to the tag to protect the books from theft; (3) conversion station, that converts IDs from bar code labels to item identifiers on RFID tags, automatically dispenses tags, allows programming and reprogramming tag information; (4) staff pad workstation that allows staff to check-out/check-in books for library users and functions as conversion station; (5) ADA compliant RFID sensor security gates: one dual aisle and one single aisle, including software to identify unauthorized items leaving the library; (6) hand held reader for inventory control that can be moved rapidly across a shelf of books and journals to shelf read all the unique identification information, sort data, locate misplaced books and journals, and download data into the Millennium integrated library system; (7) SIP2 compatible patron self-check kiosks with touch screen computer, built-in RFID tag reader, and built-in receipt printer; (8) book drop that turns on security bit, removes the item from patron’s account, and returns item to circulation. In order for the Millennium integrated library system to read item identifiers from RFID tags to access the associated record in Millennium (for example, by a staff member using Millennium Circulation at the information service desk, or by a patron using Millennium’s Graphical Patron Self Check-Out software), and to maintain the “security bit”, the RFID system shall provide the following functionality: -Presents individual access to each workstation’s RFID read or write hardware as a TCP/IP accessible Web Service -Presents such individualized access either by offering a unique IP address for each workstation’s RFID read or write hardware, or by hosting the software implementing the Web Service for a particular workstation’s RFID read or write hardware on the same workstation as the Millennium client application so that the TCP/IP loopback facility may be used for communication -Support in the above described Web Service to deliver, in response to a request from Millennium, a list of individual item identifiers from RFID tags which are considered at the time of the request to be “in range” of the RFID hardware, for example, in the case of a typical RFID “pad” enclosure, the items which are currently atop the pad. Additionally: -Repeated requests to the Web Service should deliver the same data on subsequent requests if the same items remain in range -Web Service should support (at a minimum) one request per second -Web Service should be non blocking, providing an error response if it is unable to respond immediately to a request -Support in the above described Web Service to accept “circulation status change” events from Millennium which provide the item identifier and the then current circulation status, and take the following actions: -Upon receipt of status change to “checked out” for an item currently in range of the RFID hardware, clear the security bit -Upon receipt of status change to “checked in” for an item currently in range of the RFID hardware, set the security bit -Upon receipt of status change for an item no longer in range of the RFID hardware, return an error indication The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors--Commercial, applies to this solicitation. (ix) The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation--Commercial Items, applies to this solicitation. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. Evaluation procedures outlined in FAR Part 12 and 13.5 shall apply to this acquisition. The following factor shall be used to evaluate offers: (1) price. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes for the total price of the requirement. The contractor shall provide references or documents to verify their workers meet all requirements of the solicitation. The contractor certifies that it can meet period of performance by submitting a quotation. Important to understand: “Funds are not presently available for this contract. The Government's obligation under this contract is contingent upon availability of appropriated funds from which payment for contract purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for this contract and until the Contractor receives notice of such availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Items applies to this solicitation. The contractor shall be registered in the online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) at https://orca.bpn.gov/. (xi) The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Items (Feb 2007) applies to this acquisition. (xii) The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders – Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The government intends to solicit this requirement as a 100% small business set aside. The NAICS code is 519120. All prospective offerors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) in order to eligible for award. Quotations will be due thirty (30) calendar days from the publication date of the synopsis. Address responses to the attention of Doris Vaughn at 6011 Executive Blvd., Room 539-B MSC 7663, Rockville, MD 20852.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Bethesda, Md 20892, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN01568190-W 20080509/080507215527-5d0749f6961a17d9f4a969fa1815f74a (fbodaily.com)
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