SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- Web Collecting and Archiving Services
- Notice Date
- 12/22/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 519120
— Libraries and Archives
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, 6707 Democracy Blvd., Suite 105, Bethesda, Maryland, 20894, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20894
- Solicitation Number
- NLM-11-032-KDB
- Archive Date
- 1/20/2011
- Point of Contact
- Keturah D. Busey, Phone: 3014966546, Erin - Goldstein, Phone: 301-496-6546
- E-Mail Address
-
buseyk@mail.nlm.nih.gov, egoldstein@nih.gov
(buseyk@mail.nlm.nih.gov, egoldstein@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought This Sources Sought Notice is for informational and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation or commitment by the Government. This notice is intended strictly for market research. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM) is conducting a market survey to help determine the availability and technical capability of qualified small businesses, veteran-owned small businesses and/or HUBZone small businesses capable of serving the needs identified below. This is a Small Business Sources Sought Notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified small business sources; (2) whether they are small businesses; HUBZone small businesses; service- disabled, veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. An organization that is not considered a small business under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 519120. Background In order to fulfill NLM's mandate to collect, preserve and make accessible the scholarly and professional literature in the biomedical sciences, irrespective of format, it is essential that the Library investigate methods to collect born digital web materials. NLM also collects popular literature, in a highly selective manner, with an emphasis on works impacting public policy, individual behavior or demonstrating perspectives not found in the technical literature. New forms of publication on the web, such as blogs, may be of interest to historians in the future, in the same way that the popular print literature has in the past. A number of NLM program areas need to build web-based digital collections to support their missions. Objective NLM is seeking a web application service to provide web collecting and archiving capabilities. NLM intends to continue building three collections of born digital websites and web pages. Project Requirements • Service should be designed for institutions interested in archiving, accessing and managing web content without needing specific technical expertise. • The service should allow users to log in and create web collections, manage the frequency and scope of collection crawls, catalog the websites associated with a collection, monitor the archiving process, search and browse the collections when complete and administer access to these collections. • The service should also allow for remote hosting and managing of the collections, as well as the ability to make the collections publicly accessible. • The collections should be accessible via a text search engine and a tool to render the archived web pages from their original, unaltered form. • All data and information collected through the service shall be stored at a remote data center. • NLM shall have the ability to obtain copies of its data via hard drive or Internet transfer. Anticipated Period of Performance It is anticipated that the period of performance shall be between twelve (12) months from the date of award plus four (4) option years. Other Important Considerations The proposed acquisition will be procured in accordance with the policies and procedures under FAR 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement which will be considered by the National Library of Medicine. This Sources Sought Notice is not a Request for Quotes (RFQ), nor is an RFQ currently available. Interested firms responding to this Sources Sought Notice must adhere to the following: (a) Provide a capability statement demonstrating relevant experience, skills and ability to fulfill the Government's requirements for the above. The capability statement should contain sufficient detail for the Government to make an informed decision regarding your capabilities; however, the statement should not exceed 10 pages. (b) The capability statement must identify the responder's: small business type and size; DUNS number; NAICS code; and technical and administrative points of contact, including names, titles, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses. (c) All capability statements must be submitted electronically no later than 2:00pm eastern standard time on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 to Keturah Busey, buseyk@mail.nlm.nih.gov. Disclaimer and Important Notes: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. Confidentiality: No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/OAM/NLM-11-032-KDB/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: TBD, United States
- Record
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