The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) National Agricultural Library (NAL) awarded a $376,225.00 firm fixed-price purchase order to Digital Science & Research Solutions Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit company, to provide a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution for the Agricultural Research Data Catalog and Repository Service. This 5-year contract, which does not have a small business set-aside, will support the Ag Data Commons, a public catalog and...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Picturae Inc., a small disadvantaged business, to digitize 10 fragile bound herbarium volumes containing approximately 2,520 pages located at the USDA ARS Northeast Area in Washington, DC. The contract is valued at $10,989.20 and has a period of performance from September 19, 2024 to January 31, 2025. The award was made under a total small business set-aside...
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a $856,506 firm fixed price contract to Picturae Inc. to digitize approximately 800,000 herbarium specimens housed at the U.S. National Arboretum and develop a searchable website. Picturae will image the specimens onsite at a minimum resolution of 600 pixels per inch, transcribe label data, design the website, and manage digital assets over a two-year base period with four one-year options. The solicitation was set aside for...
This federal contract award is for ELECTRONIC ACCESS VIA IP AUTHENTICATION FOR ALL USDA USERS TO THE ASABE TECHNICAL LIBRARY, WITH PERPETUAL ACCESS TO SUBSCRIBED CONTENT. It was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Central Program Planning Coordination and Support to the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), a non-profit organization, on September 23, 2020. The contract has a ceiling value of $88,232.00 and a...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a $245,296.00 firm-fixed-price definitive contract to Digital Science & Research Solutions Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit organization, for annual access to the Symplectic Elements Core Solution with Discovery Impact and Assessment modules. This contract supports the USDA's National Agricultural Library (NAL) with subscription-based software and analytics services to manage researcher profiles, publications, and research data across diverse...
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a $9,045 firm fixed price purchase order to Center For Research Libraries to fund the organization's annual membership renewal from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021. As a non-profit library consortium, Center For Research Libraries provides its members access to hard-to-find, out of print, and expensive resources to support their research needs. This award continues the agency's support of Center For Research Libraries'...
The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $110,409.88 firm-fixed-price delivery order to Library Associates of Maryland, LLC (doing business as LAC Federal) to provide training and outreach support services to NIFA-funded grantees. The purpose is to increase awareness of USDA public access requirements and how to deposit research outputs to PubAg and AgData Commons. This delivery order was placed against LAC Federal's Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract...
The United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service awarded a $21,000 firm fixed price delivery order to Ithaka Harbors Inc., Division Jstor, for the National Agricultural Library's JSTOR subscription renewal. The delivery order, which has no set-aside designation, has a completion date of September 29, 2022 and was awarded on September 22, 2021. As the prime contractor, Ithaka Harbors Inc. will provide continued access to academic journal content through the JSTOR...
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service issued a $22,826 firm fixed price delivery order against its FEDLINK contract LCFDL19D0050 to renew a subscription for Sage Research Methods from Sage Publications, Inc. The delivery order follows on from order 12314420F0704 and has a completion date of September 29, 2022. The Agricultural Research Service supports the USDA through scientific research and information, including access to research methods resources, and this order will...
The United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service National Agricultural Library Knowledge Services Division seeks to update the technical platform for the Ag Data Commons, a public catalog and generalist. Funded by the USDA-ARS Central Program Planning Coordination and Support program, Digital Science & Research Solutions Inc. has been awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order valued at $198,795 to deliver these services from September 2022 through November 2023. As...