76- BOOK, MAPS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS 17. Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Washington, DC intends to award a Purchase Order on a sole-source basis to Bell and Howell ProQuest Information and Learning, for ProQuest General Periodical Database subscription libraries, in both full text and image. The estimated dollar value is $79,790 for this one-year firm fixed price order. Authority 10 U.S.C. 2304 (C)(1). Justification -- Only one responsible source will satisfy the US Marine Corps requirements. The minimum needs for the sixteen U.S. Marine Corps Command Libraries is: ProQuest Periodical Abstracts Research II (a general reference and academic database that contains over 1900 journals, which are indexed and abstracted); ProQuest Direct Military data (contains 78 military journals (72 in full text)) and the National Newspapers, in full text (including Wall Street Journal). The database subscription service shall commence on September 14, 2000 for one-year. This purchase order is being issued to Bell & Howell because they are the only known source that can provide comprehensive coverage of general reference, scholarly and military journals, along with full text newspapers. No special hardware will be required because ProQuest Direct allows the user to access databases via the Internet. It provides a monthly user count to each of the subscribing libraries. It further allows printing, displaying, downloading, marking and e-mailing of articles. Additionally, the journals are on-line by 10:00 a.m., the same day. Due to limitations on the Internet, this database saves valuable time in research. This award shall be made using simplified acquisition procedures. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT EXISTS. Request for information should be addressed to Mrs. Kathleen Carney, Headquarters, USMC, Code LBC, 2 Navy Annex, Washington, DC 20380-1775, PHONE #703-695-6225, EXT 2528 OR FAX # 703-695-6382.**** E-MAIL: carneykm@hqmc.usmc.mil, carneykm@hqmc.usmc.mil. Posted 07/27/00 (W-SN479629).

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