National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Contracts Operations Branch, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6100, MSC 7902, Bethesda, MD 20892

70 -- GENERAL PURPOSE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT SOL NHLBI-PS-98-342 DUE 091498 POC Deborah Coulter, Purchasing Agent (301) 435-0368 Fax (301) 480-3345 The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Innovative Interfaces Inc., 5850 Shellmound Street, Emeryville, Ca 94608, to purchase the Millennium Package which will include; (a) Software: Web Management reports, Web Acquisitions, Web Serials Processing, Web Circulation, Web Database Maintenance, Web OPAC interface to EB (library must acquire license to EB), automatic Authority Control, Advanced searching (Adjacency, Proximity, Relevance Ranking), Alphabetic sorting of locations, Location synchronization, Export bibliographies. (b) Services (For Database Upgrade) Reindexing of Authority Records, Reindexing of ISN index (normalization), Indexing of selected punctuation in phrase indexes, 125-character phrase indexing, Non-normalized browse displays, Conversion of hard-wired connections to network, if needed. (c) Options: Unlimited OPAC user license, ILL module unlimited ILL units, ISO and Email interfaces. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code3572, Size Standard is 1000 employees. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this requirement. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct future competitive procurement. Responses to this announcement, referencing synopsis number NHLBI-PS-98-342 may be submitted to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Contracts Operations Branch, Procurement Section, Building RKL2, Room 6143, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-7902, Attention Deborah Coulter, Purchasing Agent. All responsible sources may submit a quotation, which if timely received, shall be considered by the agency. Posted 08/28/98 (W-SN243309). (0240)

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