Installation Business Office -, Contracting, Drawer 70120, Fort Bragg, NC 28307-0120

R -- OMB CIRCULAR A-76 COST COMPARISON STUDY TO PROVIDE LIBRARY SERVICES AT FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA SOL DAKF40-99-R-0506 POC Dale Boyd, Contract Specialist (910) 396-4362, extension 215 WEB: Click here to view solicitation documents, www.bragg.army.mil/www-doc/solicit.htm. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via, boydd@bragg.army.mil. FINAL NOTICE. The Installation Business Office Contracting, Fort Bragg, NC is soliciting proposals for an OMB Circular A-76 Cost Comparison Study to provide library services for the Community Activities and Services Business Center (CASBC). The requirement for Library Services includes providing all resources and management necessary to perform information resource services to the Fort Bragg Community, including reference, inter-library loan, children's, microforms, troop support and lending library. Major task areas include administration, automation and technology, collection management, technical services (ordering, cataloging, and processing), reference and reader's advisory services, and library marketing and instruction. The performance period includes a base year and four one-year option periods. A separate phase-in period is required. The anticipated contract type is Firm-Fixed Price. The solicitation is 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code applicableto the solicitation is 8231. The size standard is $5 million. The FSC/Service Code is R605. Proposal evaluation will be in accordance with the procedures set forth in OMB Circular A-76, Army Regulation 5-20, Department of the Army Pamphlet 5-20, the Source Selection Evaluation Plan, and Section M of the Request for Proposals. In accordance with OMB Circular A-76, the proposal deemed to represent the best value to the government will be compared to the government's proposal to perform said services. The solicitation will not result in contract award if the Government performance is determined to be more advantageous. The study will determine if it is more economical to contract out the functions to a commercial activity or retain the functions within the federal workforce. This notice does not constitute a commitment by the Government. The Government will issue the solicitation and amendments (if any) electronically via the internet. Potential offerors may obtain the solicitation and amendments at http://www.bragg.army.mil/www-doc/solicit.htm or http://acquisition.army.mil. We anticipate posting the solicitation electronically 4 May 00, with proposals due 5 Jun 00. The solicitation will only be issued electronically and is not available in hard copy. See Numbered Notes 1 and 26. Posted 05/04/00 (W-SN451260). (0125)

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