Pre Solicitation Notice LCAP.pdf

Pre-Solicitation Notice for LCAP Dated 04/11/2022

PROPOSED SOLICITATION NUMBER: 030ADV22R0036

COMPETITION: Full and Open Competition

CONTRACT VEHICLE:

Seven-year IDIQ with one (1) Firm-fixed Price Task Order* *Future task orders will be awarded off the selected vendor’s IDIQ

TITLE:

Single-Award IDIQ and Task Order for LCAP

NAICS CODE:

519120 - Libraries and Archives

SET ASIDE:

N/A

PLACE OF CONTRACT PERFORMANCE:

Library of Congress 101 Independence Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20540

SUBMISSION:

Proposals and materials for this opportunity—when it is posted—must be submitted electronically.

Please submit your offer prior to the listed response date and time.

PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT:

Michael Schuman Contracting Officer mschuman@loc.gov

SECONDARY POINT OF CONTACT:

Sophie Chen Contract Specialist schen@loc.gov mailto:schen@loc.gov

DESCRIPTION:

The Library of Congress (the “Library”) is looking for a Library Collections Access Platform (LCAP) to support centralized management of the entire lifecycle of the Library’s acquisitions, bibliographic control and cataloging, collections management, inventory and circulation, discovery, and researcher management needs while providing the greatest efficiency and value to the Library's operations.

The Library of Congress is nation’s largest library and is an unparalleled world resource, with a collection of more than 171 million items including: more than 40 million cataloged books and other print materials in 470 languages; more than 74 million manuscripts; the largest rare book collection in North America; and the world's largest collection of legal materials, films, maps, sheet music and sound recordings.

The platform resulting from this contract will be responsible for managing the Library’s digitized materials and will replace the Library’s existing integrated library system (ILS) and Electronic Resource Management System.

PROCESS:

Please note this solicitation is not ready to be issued as of this date. The Library of Congress will launch the solicitation on SAM.gov when it is available.

The Government may award the contract based on the initial offer without discussion. The resultant contract will consist of an IDIQ contract and a task order. The anticipated ordering period for the IDIQ is for seven (7) years. The task order will have a period of performance up to approximately three (3) years.

All contractors have to be registered in the SAM (System for Award Management) Database https://www.sam.gov prior to proposal submission pursuant to FAR provision 52.204-7.

https://www.sam.gov/