General Technical Support for upgrade and initialization the NAL Thesaurus (NALT) for the Machine Age.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Agricultural Library (NAL) requires continuing support for the NAL Thesaurus (NALT) for the Machine Age Initiative (N4MA) onto a new platform and support to be provided by USDA ARS Partners in Data Innovations (PDI), that will allow wider accessibility for ARS staff.

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Please see Attachment 1 - Statement of Work.