SOURCES SOUGHT
70 -- Sources sought- OCLC subscription
- Notice Date
- 2/20/2024 11:53:11 AM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 519210
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- Contracting Office
- W6QM MICC-WEST POINT WEST POINT NY 10996-1514 USA
- ZIP Code
- 10996-1514
- Solicitation Number
- W911SD24R0065
- Response Due
- 2/23/2024 12:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 02/24/2024
- Point of Contact
- shawn valastro, Phone: 8459385858
- E-Mail Address
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shawn.m.valastro.civ@army.mil
(shawn.m.valastro.civ@army.mil)
- Description
- OCLC provides integrated software and data in support of our essential mission functions for accounting for library materials, interlibrary loans, bibliographic control, and digital preservation as prescribed by AR 25-97, The Army Library Program, 8 December 2014. Specific components included are: � WorldCat Resource Sharing, Tipasa-OCLC Hosted Server, and Tipasa Annual License in support of interlibrary loan. � Annual Access Subscription, Cataloging Subscription, and FirstSearch WorldCat Discovery in support of bibliographic control. Our cataloging subscription includes the following: o Access to over 1 billion catalog records from libraries, publishers, vendors, and other content providers. These records form the basis for accounting for library materials as well as providing description and access to the materials. o Connexion software: Includes a robust search capability to find bibliographic and authority records; allows for faster creation, and editing of both bibliographic and authority records; includes many features for validating both the content and coding; records can be easily exported from Connexion into our local ILS, Ex Libris. o Our holdings are included in WorldCat, making our library content visible to our users, and the public at large. o Access to the WorldCat Cataloging Partners program which allows for the automatic delivery of records from WorldCat for titles purchased from selected vendors. o Access to the WorldCat knowledge base for managing and accessing records for electronic resource collections. � CONTENTdm License and Hosting in support of digital preservation. � EZProxy to maintain access to products and materials Each of the three product areas are interlinked to provide maximum interoperability among these related functions. OCLC is a worldwide cooperative with over 70,000 member libraries and is the sole source of these services on the scale required. This Sources Sought Notice is to see if their are vendors capable of fufilling the requirement of providing access to the OCLC. The intent is to Sole Source IAW Far 13-106-l(b)� This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. However, any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency, only if received by the closing date and time of this notice. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Responses to this notice are due on or before 23 February 2024 by 03:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) by email to�Shawn.m.valastro.civ@army.mil.
- Web Link
-
SAM.gov Permalink
(https://sam.gov/opp/f9a197cfa882498d8dd60cef1fa0fc18/view)
- Place of Performance
- Address: West Point, NY 10996, USA
- Zip Code: 10996
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 10996
- Record
- SN06971280-F 20240222/240220230049 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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