SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- Bibliotheca Alexandrina - Expert Consultant
- Notice Date
- 1/13/2011
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541519
— Other Computer Related Services
- Contracting Office
- Library of Congress, Contracts Services, Contracts Section, 101 Independence Ave SE, LA-325, Washington, District of Columbia, 20540-9411
- ZIP Code
- 20540-9411
- Solicitation Number
- QS-LCLBN11R0032
- Archive Date
- 2/5/2011
- Point of Contact
- Absenia Johnson Jr., Phone: 202-707-9129
- E-Mail Address
-
abjo@loc.gov
(abjo@loc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Library of Congress Contracting Office intends to solicit under a sole sources bases under the authority of 41 U.S.C. § 5, and Library of Congress Regulation (LCR) 2110, FAR 6.302-1, which authorizes under certain conditions, contracting without providing for full and open competition for assisting the Library of Congress in the continuation of the development of the World Digital Library with two tasks to Bibliotheca Alexandrina, P.O. Box 138, 21526 El Shatby, Head of ICT Sector, Alexandrina, Egypt. Task 1 is to provide assistance with development of the Arabic language user interface; and task 2 is to provide assistance with development of the search function, with particular emphasis on full-text search in Arabic, English and French. Bibliotheca Alexandrina will carry out these tasks in furtherance of the objectives specified in the "Cooperative Agreement" between the Library of Congress and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina for the World Digital Library. This procurement is being conducted under Simplified Acquisition Procedures - only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Government intends to acquire a commercial service using FAR Part 12. Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact no later than Friday, 21 January 2011 - 5:00 P.M., EST. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. Interested parties may submit quotes for consideration by the Library of Congress to abjo@loc.gov. Please use solicitation number QS LCLBN11R0032 referenced in the subject line. Description of Services: Evaluate and consult with the Library of Congress on available search tools with multilingual capability. Develop a full text search module using the tool or tools selected, in three languages (Arabic, English, French). The search capability is to include both metadata and content. The search module is to include a simple search and advanced search capabilities. The returned results should be highlighted in the metadata and the content. The search module should return best fragments. The search module should use caching technique to maximize performance with large data sets. An integration between the book viewer and the search module is to be established in order to carry the search results within the viewer. Build search indexes based on the metadata and OCR'd text provided by the Library of Congress and the contractor on the selected objects. Deliver search indexes and computer code to the Library of Congress. Deliver the code that implements incremental indexing Travel by Contractor's staff to the Library of Congress for the purpose of facilitating this task; personnel, timing, and duration of travel to be worked out in consultation between the Library of Congress and Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Library of Congress & Alexandria Egypt, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Record
- SN02360082-W 20110115/110113234718-14e6d60981b28a97a2cbcec76b1f2893 (fbodaily.com)
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