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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 5,1997 PSA#1924National Library of Medicine, Office of Acquisitions Management,
Building 38A, Room B1N17, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland
20894 D -- COMPARE HAND SEARCHING WITH ELECTRONIC SEARCHING FOR US GENERAL
MEDICAL JOURNALS SOL NLM-SP 97-089/UHP DUE 091897 POC Uyen H. Phuong,
Purchasing Agent, (301) 496-6127 E-MAIL: professional service,
uyen_phuong@nlm.nih.gov. It is the intent of the National Library of
Medicine to procure on a sole source basic with The Baltimore Cochrane
Center (BCC), UMBC School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology &
Preventive Medicine, 506 West Fayette Street, Baltimore, Maryland,
21201-1715 to provide professional services covering the period of
performance 09/20/97 through 09/19/98 for the following service: a)
conducting a study to compare hand searching with electronic searching
for select United States general medical journals from beginning to
end for RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL(s)(RCT) and CONTROLLED CLINICAL
TRAIL(s)(CCT); b) evaluate the sensitivity of electronic searching; and
c) produce an electronic re-tagging request file. The Baltimore
Cochrane Center with others in the Cochrane Collaboration, has
developed a three-stage strategy for searching MEDLINE, designed to be
sensitive rather than precise in retrieving reports of RCTs. This
strategy has been tested extensively and is being used to develop
systematic registers of trails. The NLM requires a consistency of
strategy in this project. Firms interested in responding to this notice
must be able to provide professional service as specified and listed
above. Responses should sufficiently demonstrate the firm's ability to
meet the government's requirements. This is not a request for
quotations, however, all responsible sources may submit a proposal
which will be considered by the National Library of Medicine. Responses
are required within fifteen (15) calendar days from the publication
date of this notice. NLM synopsis No. NLM-SP 97-089/UHP. Inquires
regarding this procurement may be made to Uyen H. Phuong, Purchasing
Agent, National Library of Medicine on (301) 496-6127. See Number Note
22.***** (0246) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0039 19970905\D-0013.SOL)
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