Synopsis.pdf

SYNOPSIS

Library Staffing Services

SYNOPSIS:

This is a notice of intent to post a competitive woman-owned small business set-aside to the GPE. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Central and Regional Libraries (NCRL) Library Staffing Services requirement is hereby synopsized in accordance with FAR 5.207 Preparation and Transmittal of Synopses:

(1) Action Code: NRMA0000-20-00259

(2) Date: October 14

(3) Year: 2020

(4) Contracting Office ZIP Code: 80305

(5) Product or Service Code: U – Education and Training

(6) Contracting Office Address: 325 Broadway, DSRC, Boulder, CO 80305

(7) Subject: Library Staffing Services Requirement

(8) Proposed Solicitation Number: 1305M321RNRMA0002

(9) Closing Response Date: N/A

(10) Contact Point or Contracting Officer:

Contracting Officer: Kyle Shaffer Email: kyle.shaffer@noaa.gov Contract Specialist: Julia L. Hamilton Email: julia.l.hamilton@noaa.gov

(11) Contract Award and Solicitation Number:

Solicitation Number: 1305M321RNRMA0002 Contract Number: To be determined at time of award

(12) Contract Award Dollar Amount: N/A

(13) Line Item Number: N/A

(14) Contract Award Date: N/A

(15) Contractor: N/A

(16) Description:

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Central and Regional and Regional Libraries (NCRL) provide library services to NOAA staff. The NCRL operates the NOAA Central Library (NCL, Silver Spring, MD); the NOAA Miami Regional Library (Miami, FL) and the NOAA Seattle Regional Library (Seattle, WA).

The NCRL is part of a larger network of libraries throughout NOAA (“NOAA Library Network”) that comprise almost 20 libraries located throughout the country that are managed by a variety of line offices and laboratories.

The NCRL requires contract staffing in the NOAA Central Library in order to provide library services to NOAA staff. Other NOAA Library Network libraries also require

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

ACQUISITION AND GRANTS OFFICE

Western Acquisition Division – Boulder 325 Broadway, SOU6 Boulder, CO 80305 mailto:kyle.shaffer@noaa.gov mailto:julia.l.hamilton@noaa.gov contract staffing in order to provide library services to NOAA staff: currently NWS- NCEP Library at College Park, MD (e.g., Betty Petersen Library) and the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Library and Archives in Asheville.

Currently, no other libraries – neither in NCRL nor in the NOAA Library Network – require contract staffing, but that might change in the future.

(17) Place of Contract Performance: Multiple locations across the continental United States.

(18) Set-aside Status: Woman-Owned Small Business