SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Indexing of Journal Articles for MEDLINE
- Notice Date
- 10/6/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 519120
— Libraries and Archives
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, 6707 Democracy Blvd., Suite 105, Bethesda, Maryland, 20894, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20894
- Solicitation Number
- NLM-10-001-UHP
- Archive Date
- 10/30/2009
- Point of Contact
- Uyen H Phuong, Phone: 301-496-6127
- E-Mail Address
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phuongu@mail.nih.gov
(phuongu@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- This Sources Sought Notice is for informational and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation or commitment by the Government. This notice is intended strictly for Market Research. National Library of Medicine (NLM) is conducting a market survey to help determine the availability and technical capability of qualified small businesses, veteran-owned small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses and/or HUBZone small businesses capable of serving the needs identified below. The Index Section of the National Library of Medicine is responsible for the indexing of life sciences journals for MEDLINE. Information pertaining to MEDLINE is available at the NLM Web site: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/medline.html. The indexing policies and procedures used at NLM are detailed in the NLM Indexing Manual, which is 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), the NLM controlled vocabulary. Access to MeSH is available via the NLM MeSH Browser at: www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html. See also the NLM fact sheet on MeSH at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/mesh.html. The purpose of this contract is to obtain indexing of approximately 640,000 biomedical journal articles for MEDLINE and creating approximately 78,000 gene links per year. Indexing is also sought for up to 8,200 chemical queries per year by chemical specialists, and for up to 1,500 records per year for the HSRProj database. These quantities are for the base year of a contract that is expected to have multiple annual options with the rate of growth being approximately 4% for journal articles and a proportional number of gene links. The duration of this contract will consist of a one-year base period, followed by one Option Year and three Award Terms for a total of five years. The MEDLINE indexing work in this contract will be performed using the NLM current online Web-based indexing system, the Data Citation Creation and Maintenance System (hereto referred to as DCMS). During the course of this contract, it is possible that this system will be either modified, or replaced with a more efficient production system. Access to the DCMS is restricted to authorized users. For further information on DCMS see the NLM fact sheet http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/online_indexing_system.html. The nature of scientific journal publishing is in a state of change; journals traditionally published in print format are being published online on the Internet. Many of the journals currently indexed for MEDLINE are published exclusively on the Internet, with no print counterpart. An increasing number of journals are anticipated to be published solely online during the life of this contract, and when print and online versions both exist, the online version will be used for MEDLINE indexing whenever possible. It is expected that only a small proportion of print journals will be used for MEDLINE indexing. The fact that a journal is published online rather than in print will not affect the assignment, configuration of subject headings, check tags, and such that an indexer must apply to a journal article when performing the indexing operation. The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) was established at NLM in 1988. NCBI serves as a national resource for molecular biology information by creating public databases, conducting research in computational biology, developing software tools for analyzing genome data, and disseminating biomedical information - all for the better understanding of molecular processes affecting human health and disease (see http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/ncbi.html). In 2001, MEDLINE indexers began to perform gene indexing using LocusLink, an NCBI database and single query interface to curate sequence and descriptive information about genetic loci. LocusLink presented information on official nomenclature, aliases, sequence accessions, phenotypes, EC numbers, MIM numbers, UniGene clusters, homology, map locations, and related web sites. Sequence accessions include a subset of GenBank accessions for a locus, as well as a new type, the NCBI Reference Sequence (RefSeq). In 2004, this database system was phased into Entrez Gene, which represented an upgrade in functionality and searchability. Gene indexing consists of creating an annotated link between a record in Entrez Gene and a MEDLINE citation. As MEDLINE indexers perform subject analysis and indexing of a journal article, and following NLM guidelines, they must recognize that an article requires gene indexing because the main point is basic genetic, chemical, or functional information about a gene or protein. The indexer must then identify the appropriate record in Entrez Gene by searching for the organism and the gene or protein, and then create a link between the Entrez Gene record and the MEDLINE citation. The indexer must also create a short statement (usually a sentence fragment, often extracted directly from the abstract or article text) that describes the new information about the gene or protein that is reported in the article. DCMS is programmed to interact with Entrez Gene so that gene indexing may be performed as efficiently and accurately as possible. The contractor shall furnish services, qualified personnel, materials, equipment, and facilities, not otherwise provided by the Government under the terms of this contract, as needed to perform the work. This Sources Sought notice is not a Request for Proposals (RFP), nor is an RFP available. Interested firms responding to this sources sought notice must adhere to the following: (a) Provide a capability statement demonstrating relevant experience, skills and ability to fulfill the Government's requirements for the above. The capability statement should contain enough sufficient detail for the Government to make an informed decision regarding your capabilities; however, the statement should not exceed 10 pages. (b) The capability statement must identify the responder's small business type and size. (c) All capability statements must be submitted electronically no later than 3:00pm eastern standard time on Thursday October 15, 2009 Uyen Phuong at phuongu@mail.nih.gov.
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