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

D -- DATA ENTRY SOL NLM/RFQ 98-003/LTN DUE 111497 POC Liem T. Nguyen, (301) 496-6546 The Research Documentation Section, Information Systems Branch, Division of Research Documentation (DRD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), carries out programs and administrative functions which require that source documents be converted to machine readable form. The data entry function will be recurring in nature. Each source documents will be batched by the Government in units of 25 per batch. Each source document is a scientific description of work that will be done by the grant recipient. While the number of characters per source document will vary, the "average" document will consist of approximately 2,700 characters. The contractor will be responsible for providing a mechanism for quality control that insures accurate transfer of data, correct spelling, elimination of duplicates, and other error-checking protocols as needed. The Project Officer and the contractor will agree upon a single fixed day of the week and time of day for pick up of source documents and delivery of completed work by the contractor. The location for pick up and delivery will be provided within the Statement of Work. The number of batches per week for pick up will normally be eight, but the Government may raise the number of batches per week as needed. The contractor will be required to have completed data entry and data verification within 7 calendar days of pick up, for conversion to ASCII text or MS Word, at which time the contractor must deliver to the Program Manager, electronicaly via file transfer protocol (FTP) to the NIH on a chosen day after the award made. The contractor will convert on average eight (8) batches per week (200 documents/week). The period of performance will be for one year from date of award with two successive one year option periods. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the DRD. Note: This procurement is a Small Business Set-Aside. Requests for the solicitation must be in writing stating solicitation number, complete name, address, area code and phone number. Mail requests to the National Library of Medicine, Office of Acquisitions Management, Building 38A, Room B1N17, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894 or fax requests to (301) 402-0642. ***** (0296)

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