SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Libary Catalog and Interlibrary Loan Services
- Notice Date
- 6/16/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 519120
— Libraries and Archives
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Acquisition Division - Kansas City, 601 East 12th Street, Room 1756, Kansas City, Missouri, 64106, United States
- ZIP Code
- 64106
- Solicitation Number
- NRMA0000-17-00911
- Archive Date
- 7/8/2017
- Point of Contact
- Shelley Smith, Phone: 816-426-2066
- E-Mail Address
-
shelley.smith@noaa.gov
(shelley.smith@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Region Acquisitions Division-Kansas City office intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), Inc. in Dublin, OH, for catalog and interlibrary loan services for nine NOAA libraries for the catalog of electronic and print documents and the ability for NOAA librarians to access interlibrary loan through OCLC to obtain material not available within NOAA for NOAA researchers. These services are the the NOAA Library and Information Services Division in Silver Spring, MD. Sole Source Justification OCLC is a non-profit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world's information and reducing costs. It was founded in 1967 as Ohio College Library Center and has grown to include more than 72,000 libraries in 170 countries. OCLC and its member libraries cooperatively produce and maintain WorldCat, the largest online public access catalog in the world. WorldCat has holding records from public and private libraries worldwide. The OCLC database for cataloging and searching purposes uses the Connexion computer program. OCLC services are used to locate, acquire, catalog, lend, and preserve library materials. The OCLC database contains records in Machine Readable Cataloging (MARC) format contributed by library catalogers worldwide who use OCLC as a cataloging tool. These MARC format records are then downloaded into the libraries' local catalog systems. This allows libraries to find and download records for materials to add to their local catalog without the lengthy process of cataloging each individually. Titles not available in WorldCat can be added by member libraries for use by all in the system. The NOAA Library and Information Network which comprises of over 20 NOAA libraries around the country have been using OCLC and its services for over 40 years. The main OCLC services are cataloging and interlibrary loan. There is no other company that has the resources available to provide the services required by NOAA. Sources Sought This sources sought notice is not a request for competitive offers and no solicitation package is available. However, firms that believe they can provide the required services may submit substantiating documentation in writing within ten days of this notice. Responses can be sent via e-mail to shelley.smith@noaa.gov. Documentation will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to conduct a competitive procurement, based upon response to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. DOC, Eastern Region Acquisitions Division-Kansas City requires that all contractors doing business with this office be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM). No award can be made to a company not registered in SAM. For additional information and to register in SAM, please access the following web site: www.sam.gov. To register, all contractors must have a Dun and Bradstreet number. A Dun and Bradstreet number may be acquired free of charge by contacting Dun and Bradstreet on-line at http://www.dnb.com/eupdate or by telephone at (800)333-0505.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/CASC/NRMA0000-17-00911/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: NOAA Library and Information Services Division, 1315 East West highway, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, United States
- Zip Code: 20910
- Zip Code: 20910
- Record
- SN04547478-W 20170618/170616234423-73d997b3a15f9dd4c3c64b98b9937a74 (fbodaily.com)
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