SPECIAL NOTICE
76 -- Publication of a new veterinary manual
- Notice Date
- 2/28/2012
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 511130
— Book Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, Acquisition Management Division, Contracts Operations Branch, 1280 Maryland Avenue, SW, Portals Bldg., Room 508A, Washington, District of Columbia, 20250-0567
- ZIP Code
- 20250-0567
- Solicitation Number
- AG-3151-S-12-0033
- Archive Date
- 3/2/2012
- Point of Contact
- Aubrey McKinney,
- E-Mail Address
-
aubrey.mckinney@wdc.usda.gov
(aubrey.mckinney@wdc.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- INTENT TO AWARD NOTICE The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service, Office of Capacity Building and Development intends to award a sole source contract to Boca Publishing Group, Inc for publishing 3000 copies of "A Field Manual for Collection of Specimens to Enhance Diagnosis of Animal Diseases." This award will be issued to Boca Publishing Group, Inc due to Boca Publications receiving copyright authorization from author, Dr. Corrie Brown (University of Georgia's College of Veterinary Medicine) to publish this text to be used by Veterinarians in Iraq and other developing countries. This publishing company is the only publisher of such a text which was originally published for Afghanistan in 2008 and now with the author's permission and efforts has been modified for Iraq and other countries. Dr. Corrie Brown and Boca Publishing group Inc, under contract with USDA, when they originally published a similar text for Afghanistan in 2008. With permission and efforts of Dr. Brown and the Publisher that text has now been modified for use in Iraq and other countries. This text is unique in that it is the only one of its kind with many illustrations and text to be used to support training in the surveillance, diagnosis and control of animal diseases. Dr. Corrie Brown has copyright protection of the 2008 manual which was used to write this new manual. Boca Publications Group Inc. has obtained ISBN # 978-0-9659583-9-4 and Library of Congress Control Numbers. Authority for this sole source procurement is under 10 U.S.C.2403 (c) (1) as implemented in FAR 6.302-1(iii), only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Firms based on the description above recognize that they can provide this manual are encouraged to indentify themselves, give written notification to the Contract Specialist, and provide supporting evidence to the Contract Specialist within two (2) calendar days after the date of publication. The final determination by the information provided is solely within the discretion of the government. All responsible sources will be given full consideration. Only written responses will be considered. If applicable, please email those responses to Aubrey J. McKinney at Aubrey.mckinney@wdc.usda.gov by 3:00pm EST Thursday, March 1, 2012. If you have any questions, please email Aubrey J. McKinney.
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