R -- FEDLINK INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SERVICES DELIVERY ORDER

Notice Date

November 29, 2000

Contracting Office

USDA, ARS, PPD, Contracts Branch, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 3-2126-C, Beltsville, MD 20775-5100

ZIP Code

20775-5100

E-Mail Address

R -- FEDLINK Information Retrieval Services Delivery (aallen@ars.usda.gov)

Description

USDA, ARS, AFM, PPD, Contracts Branch intends to issue a delivery order against an existing Basic Ordering Agreement with the Library of Congress for a FEDLINK subscription with Dialog Corp. The delivery order will be awarded with one line item. That line item will be for Dialog Services for Fiscal Year 2001. The services required include the ability to perform stored searches on a weekly, biweekly, or monthly basis, or at other regular intervals against specific databases in the areas of agriculture, biological sciences, and health. The specific database must include: AGRICOLA, Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts, Government Reports Announcements, Life Sciences Collection, Water Resources Abstracts, World Textiles, and Zoological Record. In addition, there must be the ability to search major domestic daily newspapers from least half of the 50 states and access to databases containing legal and Congressional material. There must be the ability to distribute the results of these searches electronically or by mail at the frequency that each database is updated. For additional information, contact Anita Allen, Contract Specialist, on 301-504-1732.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001201/SPMSC004.HTM (W-334 SN5076K3)