SPECIAL NOTICE
76 -- Commercially Recorded Copyrighted Audiobooks - SOW - J&A
- Notice Date
- 10/31/2017
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 512290
— Other Sound Recording Industries
- Contracting Office
- Library of Congress, Contracts Services, Contracts Services, 101 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC, 20540-9411
- ZIP Code
- 20540-9411
- Solicitation Number
- NLS20180037
- Archive Date
- 11/18/2017
- Point of Contact
- James C. Graham, Phone: 2027070734, Jake von Reyn, Phone: 202-707-0589
- E-Mail Address
-
jgraha@loc.gov, jare@loc.gov
(jgraha@loc.gov, jare@loc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- J&A SOW The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) of the Library of Congress administers a free library service to eligible residents of the United States and citizens living abroad who cannot hold, handle, or read traditional print media because of visual or physical disabilities. Under a special exemption of the U.S. copyright law and with the cooperation of authors and publishers who grant permission to use noncovered copyrighted works NLS annually selects, purchases, and produces (using federal funds) about 4,000 full-length books and 77 magazines in braille and protected digital audio formats. The NLS Union Catalog provides access to more than 235,100 titles in alternate formats, most of them produced by NLS and its affiliated network libraries. Anticipated reader demand determines the number of copies produced for any title. Once a title has been created, digital cartridges are mass produced under contract and distributed to 100 regional and subregional libraries across the United States. NLS also makes more than 98,000 audio and electronic braille publications available for download on its protected website, BARD. The proposed vendor, Blackstone Audio, will provide proprietary commercial audiobooks to the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped under this agreement and pursuant to individual orders placed by authorized personnel. Books will be provided on an as-needed basis for a yearly period of performance. Books are selected by professional staff of the NLS Collection Development Section and assigned to NLS contractors to NLS that supply introductory and closing announcements and to bring the books into conformity with NLS specifications. The Library intends to fulfill this requirement by issuing a sole source contract award to Blackstone Audio. Any firm that wishes to be considered for this requirement must submit a capability statement that demonstrates its ability to meet all the requirements described in the attached draft Statement of Work. The capability statement must not exceed five (5) double-spaced pages and shall include the following information: 1) Company name, DUNS number, address, point of contact, phone number, and e-mail address 2) Corporate structure (corporation, LLC, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability partnership, professional corporation, etc.) 3) References, including name, phone number, and e-mail address of individuals who can verify the demonstrated capabilities indicated in the statement and 4) Resumes for key personnel who would work on the contract for those individuals with knowledge and experience relevant to the requirement described in the draft Statement of Work. (Resumes are not counted as part of the 5-page limit for capability statements.) In accordance with LC06.305, Availability of the Justification, the Justification and Approval to issue a sole-source contract to Blackstone Audio is posted with this notice.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/LOC/CS/CS/NLS20180037/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 101 Independence Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, 20540, United States
- Zip Code: 20540
- Zip Code: 20540
- Record
- SN04727588-W 20171102/171031231111-030aa68048445fa66d48f74441d9b245 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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