SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- SER Periodicals
- Notice Date
- 7/21/2020 9:59:27 AM
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 519120
— Libraries and Archives
- Contracting Office
- CONTRACTS SERVICES Washington DC 20540 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20540
- Solicitation Number
- LSC20200073
- Response Due
- 8/7/2020 9:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 08/22/2020
- Point of Contact
- Monica Montague, James Robinson
- E-Mail Address
-
momo@loc.gov, jarobinson@loc.gov
(momo@loc.gov, jarobinson@loc.gov)
- Description
- This is considered to be a Simplified Acquisition in accordance with the procedures of FAR Parts 12 and 13. The Library of Congress (LOC) is the world�s largest library collection with more than 170 million items, including books, maps, photographs, audio-visual material, manuscripts and newspapers. LOC�s Serial and Government Publications Division (SER) is responsible for more than 49,000 current unbound periodical titles, 9000 US newspaper titles and 25,000 non-US titles, primarily in Roman and Greek alphabets. In addition, its custodial collections include more than 7,000 comic book titles, as well as over 1 million government documents in print. The services required under this contract pertain to serial items (loose, bundled, boxed, and/or binned) that have been delivered to the Division through mail services and internal processing divisions. Services to be performed involve moving interim transport equipment (e.g., tubs, cages) to sorting/staging area; unpacking, alphabetically and chronologically sorting and shelving of loose periodicals into pre-determined locations (approx. 82,000 items); unpacking and unbundling of loose newspaper issues, sorting and shelving them alphabetically and chronologically into pre-determined locations (approx. 800,000 items); unpacking, geographically and alphabetically sorting and shelving individually-boxed microfilm reels (approx. 3700 items); and removing plastic transport enclosures, sorting, alphabetizing and shelving loose comic book issues (approx. 26,000 items). Some materials are currently stored on upright shelving located throughout the Division�s collection storage areas. Some materials are currently stored in large wheeled tubs and/or mail carrier cages and in boxes on the floor in collection areas. Given recent events � including COVID-19�related hiatus of on-site processing, staff shortages and collection shifts - the Division requires contract services to support the sorting and shelving of loose periodicals; unpacking, unbundling, sorting and shelving of loose newspaper issues; and unpacking, sorting and shelving individually-boxed microfilm reels. These materials are considered National Heritage Collections and should be considered valuable, in many cases somewhat fragile, and irreplaceable.
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- Record
- SN05727573-F 20200723/200721230149 (samdaily.us)
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