SPECIAL NOTICE
R -- LC/FEDLINK contract with HathiTrust at University of Michigan
- Notice Date
- 6/20/2011
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 519120
— Libraries and Archives
- Contracting Office
- Library of Congress, Contracts Services, Fedlink Section, 101 Independence Ave SE, LA-318, Washington, District of Columbia, 20540-9414
- ZIP Code
- 20540-9414
- Solicitation Number
- LCFDL2000
- Archive Date
- 6/28/2011
- Point of Contact
- Joan M Fitts,
- E-Mail Address
-
jfitts@loc.gov
(jfitts@loc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Library of Congress/FEDLINK intends to negotiate a sole source contract with the HathiTrust, managed by the University of Michigan, a non-profit educational organization located in Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109. To support its research community and collection development activities in the digital arena, Libraries require participation in a digital repository that aggregates the Library's digital collections with the digital content of the nation's other largest research libraries. The digital repository must use high quality metadata created and implemented according to accepted library preservation standards (for example, PREMIS), providing researchers the powerful, multifaceted discovery and analysis capabilities they need when accessing digital content. The Library also requires that the digital repository provide long-term storage and maintenance of the Library's digital materials as well as the digital collections of the nation's largest research libraries in perpetuity at the lowest possible cost and with the public good as the primary intent. A digital repository storing Library materials must have the capacity to maintain its collections over the long-term, conforming to established digital preservation and audit standards, guidelines, and best practices such as the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) Reference Model, the Preservation Metadata Implementation Strategies (PREMIS), the Digital Repository Audit Method Based on Risk Assessment (DRAMBORA) framework, and the Trustworthy Repositories Audit & Certification (TRAC). HathiTrust is the only established service that conforms to these standards and provides the aforementioned access, discovery, and analysis capabilities. FEDLINK member libraries seek to join a cooperative public interest venture to support the American research library community in its effort to establish and develop a sustainable digital book preservation repository. As a member of the HathiTrust consortium, the Libraries will be positioned to encourage the growth and development of Hathi and successor entities as repositories of the nation's digital heritage. Response to this notice must include technical capabilities, pricing, and other information that demonstrates ability to meet the stated requirements. Detailed capabilities must be submitted to the Contracting Officer as specified. This synopsis is NOT to be considered a request for quotations or proposals. No solicitation document is available. No contract will be awarded based on offers received in response to this notice. Responses will be used to determine if a comparable source is available and more advantageous to the government.
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