SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Foreign Center Indexing Sweden
- Notice Date
- 12/17/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 611310
— Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- 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-11-035
- Archive Date
- 1/7/2011
- Point of Contact
- Suet Vu, Phone: 301-496-6546
- E-Mail Address
-
vus@mail.nih.gov
(vus@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. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), 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. Background The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is responsible for indexing life science journals for MEDLINE/PubMed. Indexing policies & procedures used at NLM are in the NLM Indexing Manual, supplemented by technical memoranda, email, online resources, and other indexing aids. Objectives The contractor will: Contractor will index life science journal articles by applying Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) describing the content of each article, following procedures and policies contained in established NLM guidelines, including the NLM indexing Manual, MeSH annotations, and other NLM generated indexing aids such as Technical Memoranda. Indexers will use the NLM web-based online indexing system (DCMS) 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 provided for each one (pagination, language, authors, author affiliation and title). The major effort involves the intellectual analysis of the article for subject content and the application of appropriate subject headings, publication types, and qualifiers drawn from MeSH. 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. The proposed acquisition will be procured under FAR Part 12 in accordance with the policies and procedures under FAR Part 13- Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The period of performance will be for twelve months from the date of the award and two (2) option years. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement which will be considered by the National Library of Medicine. This Sources Sought notice is not a Request for Quotes (RFQ), nor is an RFQ 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 1:00pm eastern standard time on December 23, 2010 to Ms. Suet Vu vus@mail.nih.gov.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/OAM/NLM-11-035/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Bethesda, Maryland, 20894, United States
- Zip Code: 20894
- Zip Code: 20894
- Record
- SN02346800-W 20101219/101217234302-6bca82f2596372d80a3bbfdd50b4b701 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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