SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Scientific/ Medical Library Services
- Notice Date
- 11/1/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Division of Construction and Agency Support Contracting, 5630 Fishers Lane, Room 2129, Rockville, MD, 20857-0001
- ZIP Code
- 20857-0001
- Solicitation Number
- 223-03-9853
- Archive Date
- 1/21/2003
- Point of Contact
- Ronald Loube, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 827-7185, Fax (301) 827-7101, - Glenda Barfell, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 827-7042, Fax (301) 827-7101,
- E-Mail Address
-
RLoube@oc.fda.gov, gbarfell@oc.fda.gov
- Description
- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will compete under the terms of OMB Circular No. A-76, a Contractor versus Government Performance Study to determine if the in-house FDA scientific/medical research library services should be converted to a commercial service. This procurement is designated as a full and open competition. It is anticipated that if a contract is awarded it will reflect a base period of one year with four one-year option periods. A fixed price award fee type contract with indefinite-quantity provisions is anticipated. The RFP will only be available on the FedBizOpps web page at http://www:fedbizopps.gov/. Prospective offerors are responsible for downloading the RFP and all attachments. It is the offerors? responsibility to monitor the FedBizOpps web page for the release of the solicitation and any amendments. The RFP should be available for downloading on or about fifteen (15) days after the publication of this announcement. The NAICS code for this requirement is 514120 and the size standard is 6 million in average annual receipts for the previous three (3) years. This requirement is for the performance of scientific/medical research library services for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) staff located across the country from government-furnished facilities in the Washington-Metro area and Jefferson, AK. Scientific/medical library services includes providing biomedical, scientific, and technical research services, and other information services to the FDA community to ensure that they have the information needed to make well informed, timely, and science-based regulatory decisions. The libraries provide FDA staff with extensive literature search and research support services; conduct individual and group training on the use of library and information resources; and provide staff with library materials (both hard copy and electronic) such as journals, books, and databases. Tasks include reference and research services, instructional services, collection development and acquisition, cataloging, collection management, circulation, document delivery and interlibrary loan services, content development for library intranet pages, and library facilities management.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Washington-Metro area and Jefferson, AK
- Record
- SN00197788-W 20021103/021102095033 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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