SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Professional Indexing Services
- Notice Date
- 6/7/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD, 20894
- ZIP Code
- 20894
- Solicitation Number
- NLM-02-150-UHP
- Response Due
- 6/26/2002
- Archive Date
- 7/11/2002
- Point of Contact
- Uyen Phuong, Lead Purchasing Agent, Phone 301 496-6127, Fax 301 402-8169, - Karen Riggs, Contracting Officer, Phone 301 496-6546, Fax 301 402-0642,
- E-Mail Address
-
PHUONGU@mail.nlm.nih.gov, RIGGSK@mail.nlm.nih.gov
- Description
- It is the intent of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to procure professional indexing services on a sole source basis from The British Library, United Kingdom, for a continuation of existing services for the on-line indexing services using NLM's web-based indexing system. The Index Section of the National Library of Medicine is responsible for the indexing of life science journals for Index Medicus and MEDLINE. Since the 1980s indexing has been obtained for certain journals published in Great Britain from the international MEDLARS partner, the British Library at Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, UK. The indexing policies and procedures used at NLM are given in the NLM Indexing Manual, supplemented by technical memoranda and other indexing aids. The major effort required by indexing is the analysis of journal articles for subject matter and the application of appropriate subject headings, drawn from Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), NLM's controlled vocabulary. Indexers will use NLM's web-based online indexing system to add subject headings to the online record for each article. Indexers will access the online record for each article and review the descriptive data that has been provided for each one (pagination, language, authors, author affiliation and title). The online indexing system contains many validation programs to detect real or potential errors. Indexers will respond to "Error" or "Warning" messages generated by the system. NLM will provide access to the NLM Indexing Manual, MeSH and standard NLM-generated indexing aids. Some of these may be available in electronic format on the Web; when they are available in print format, NLM will provide sufficient quantities for each indexer. NLM will supply URLs and necessary passwords to access Web-based journals. The British Library will subscribe to an agreed-upon list of journals published in the United Kingdom. NLM will provide access to the online indexing system, seven days a week and almost 24 hours per day. Occasionally weekend availability will be interrupted for scheduled maintenance to the NLM computer system. NLM will notify the indexing center as soon as journal issues have had descriptive information entered into the online indexing system. Indexing services will be provided at the rate of approximately 1,625 articles per month, or 19,500 articles for twelve (12) months period. The period of performance is anticipated for a period of twelve (12) months with two (2) one-year option periods. The proposed acquisition will be procured under FAR Part 12 - Acquisition of Commercial Items. This is not a Request for Quotation (RFQ), nor is an RFQ available, however, all responsive sources may submit a proposal in a timely manner, which will be considered by NLM. Firms interested in responding to the notice must be able to provide the services as specified above. Responses must be in writing and must be received in the office within fifteen (15) calendar days from the publication date of this notice. Proposal must include pricing information and staffing criteria. Inquires regarding this procurement may be made to the National Library of Medicine, Office of Acquisitions Management, 8600 Rockville Pike, Building 38A, Room B1N20, Bethesda, Maryland 20894, Attention: Uyen H. Phuong, Lead Purchasing Agent, on (301) 496-6127. Fax requests WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
- Record
- SN00089940-W 20020609/020607213115 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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