Supply Operations, Purchase Branch, Box 500, Code 244, Bldg 87/2, Naval Submarine Support Facility New London, Groton, CT 06349-5000

70 -- DESKTOP NETWORK TO STORE HISTORICAL INFORMATION Due 051796, contact: Thomas J. Ott, Procurement Analyst (860) 449-4251 or Michael J. Konon, Contracting Officer, Phone (860) 449-2926 or Fax (860) 449-2840. The Naval Submarine Support Facility New London desires response from industry to identify alternative methods/systems to electronically catalog the existing collection and future acquisitions of books, magazines, documents, blueprints, photographs, motion pictures and video clips at the U.S. Navy Submarine Force Library and Museum into a database which will store, cross reference, update and print any and all portions of database and display database information for library visitors through a network of desktop workstations to be installed in the library building at Groton, Connecticut. The library's current collection is estimated to be five thousand books, fifteen hundred magazines, one thousand linear feet of documents, eight thousand blueprints, fifty thousand photographs, four hundred motion pictures and two hundred video clips. All proposed systems shall include all hardware, software, training materials and on-site training of government employees to allow the library staff to load selected information currently on a variety of media to the database. The system shall allow extreme ease of access to the information through desktop workstations using simplified search, scan, retrieve and print functions. The Navy anticipates that a majority of potential system users will have minimal knowledge of computers; therefore the library requires all hardware and software to be highly user friendly. The library currently envisions a system of five (5) desktop units consisting of: one (1) system administrator workstation, two (2) library staff workstations two (2) workstations for public access. Any proposed system must allow for expansion to a level of at least one and half times the number of records listed above and at least twice the number of workstations. System software shall allow: data input through document scanners, image and data manipulation, cataloging, indexing, search, retrieval and include security features to prevent unauthorized alteration of the database. The Navy requires a mandatory on-site visit for all sources submitting a proposal. All responsible sources may submit a proposal to the agency for consideration. Deadline for industry submission is 17 May 1996. All responses will be considered. A competitive procurement is planned for May/June 1996. (108)

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