National Library of Medicine, Office of Acquisitions Management, 8600 Rockville Pike, Building 38A, Room B1N17, Bethesda, MD 20894

R -- RARE BOOK CONSERVATION SOL RFQ NLM 97-074/MDW DUE 081197 POC MoniQue D. Woodard, Contract Specialist (301) 496-6546 It is the intent of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to procure professional services to perform hand conservation work for early printed books, manuscripts, and graphic materials on paper. The successful offeror will be required to perform paper repair and cleaning, deacidification, resewing, rebinding, repair of original binding, and construction of boxes for the protection of volumes. Demonstrated training, experience, and facilities for complex hand conservation treatments are required. The basic term of the resulting purchase order will be one (1) year with an additional option for a one (1) year period. The Request for Quotations (RFQ) will be available approximately fifteen calendar days from publication of this announcement. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the National Library of Medicine, Office of Acquisitions Management, 8600 Rockville Pike, Building 38A, Room B1N17, Bethesda, Maryland 20894, Attention: MoniQue D. Woodard, Contract Specialist. Telephone and fax requests will not be accepted. See Note 1 (0203)

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