SPECIAL NOTICE
R -- Library Catalog and Interbrary Loan Services
- Notice Date
- 6/26/2017
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- 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
- 7/10/2017
- 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 award, 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. A Sources Sought notice was posted to the Federal Business Opportunities website on June 16, 2017 and closed on June 23, 2017. No response was received. 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.
- 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
- SN04557715-W 20170628/170626234851-a8231ea0498295ef81b77427417ac933 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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