SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- Information Technology Services - Education Digital Library Initiatives
- Notice Date
- 10/31/2001
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Education, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Contracts and Purchasing Operations, 7th and D Streets, S.W., Regional Office Building, Room 3600, Washington, DC, 20202-4249
- ZIP Code
- 20202-4249
- Solicitation Number
- ED-02-R-0002
- Response Due
- 12/17/2001
- Point of Contact
- Victor Cairo, Contract Specialist, Phone 202-708-5925, Fax 202-708-9964, - James Hairfield, Contracting Officer, Phone 202-708-8529, Fax 202-708-9964,
- E-Mail Address
-
Victor.Cairo@ed.gov, James.Hairfield@ed.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Department of Education seeks contractor support to maintain and upgrade Internet based Information Resources. The Information Resources-Gateway to Educational Materials (http://thegateway.org/) and Virtual Reference Desk (http://www.vrd.org/)enables educators, parents, students, researchers and policy-makers to find resources they need to meet their specific needs from among a wealth of education resources on the Internet. The support is necessary to consolidate, coordinate and focus ED?s efforts to establish technical standards for describing and finding Internet educational materials, coordinating digital reference services, and developing compelling portal gateways to a broad range of online education resources. Activities to be performed shall include: -Project Management and Technical Oversight.-Maintain and enhance the current GEM technical systems, metadata elements and vocabularies, convene focus groups, and grow the consortium user group, etc. -Develop, maintain, and enhance the current functionality of the VRD technical system, serve as a clearinghouse for VRD standards, and formalize consortium structure and membership criteria, etc. -ED Web Metadata Support. -Reporting All activities shall be performed in accordance with all departmental policies, procedures, guidelines and Federal Regulations. The solicitation will be available on-line at this site. Requests for a hard copy of the solicitation may be made by telephone, mail, internet, or in person. All requests shall reference RFP number, ED-02-R-0002, and the title, Education Digital Library Initiatives. Telephone requests may be placed by calling 202-708-6498. Mail requests shall be sent to the following address, U.S. Department of Education/CPO, ATTN: Yolanda Abney, Room 3616, 7th & D Streets, SW, Washington, DC 20202-4443. (Please note mail requests may be delayed due to the current situation with the USPS) E-mail requests may be sent to Yolanda.Abney@ed.gov. Copies of the RFP may be picked up in person on the issuing date at the above address, Room 3616. The issue date is November 15, 2001 and closing date is December 17, 2000 (10:00AM EST). All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered. The dates listed herein are subject to change. * * * * * NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS.GOV ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (31-OCT-2001). IT ACTUALLY FIRST APPEARED ON THE FEDBIZOPPS SYSTEM ON 01-JUL-2002. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
- Web Link
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Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.eps.gov/spg/ED/OCFO/CPO/ED-02-R-0002/listing.html)
- Record
- SN00103754-F 20020703/020701215021 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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