Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)

Closed Special Notice Posted

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Solicitation number
W91QF4-20-Q-0036
Agency
MICC Fort Eustis Mission and Installation Contracting Command, Department of Defense
Responses due
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

NAICS code
519120 Libraries and Archives
PSC
7030 Information Technology Software
Place of performance
Fort Leavenworth KS 66027 USA

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

This Special Notice from the Mission Installation Contracting Command at Fort Leavenworth announces the agency's intent to award a sole-source contract to OCLC, Inc. The requirement is to provide OCLC cataloging subscription licenses and WorldShare Interlibrary Loan subscriptions for thirteen Army libraries under the Combined Arms Center.

The purpose of the Special Notice is to reduce administrative burden for the new Army University Library System consortium by maintaining existing OCLC holdings catalogs and integration with interlibrary loan networks through a sole-source award to the incumbent OCLC. Interested parties had until May 20, 2020 to provide a written response demonstrating a bona fide capability to fulfill the requirement, though the notice is not a request for competition due to disruption risks and proprietary nature of the required OCLC services. The NAICS code is 519120 for Libraries and Archives, with a size standard of $16.5 million applicable to potential competitors interested in responding.

Notice text

This is a Notice of Intent to award a sole-source contract and is not a request for competitive proposals.  The statutory authority for this sole source procurement is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c) (1) as prescribed by FAR 13.106-1(b).

Mission Installation Contracting Command (MICC) Fort Leavenworth, KS intends to issue a sole source, firm fixed price award to OCLC, Inc, Dublin, Ohio 43017-33315, to provide OCLC cataloging subscription license for 13 TRADOC Libraries to the Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, KS.  The NAICS code for this requirement 519120 – Libraries and Archives (Size Standard $16.5M).  This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all quotations/responses received within thirty (30) days of the issuance of this notice will be considered by the government.  Interested parties may identify their capability to respond to this requirement.  Interested parties must show clear and convincing evidence that competition of this requirement would be advantageous to the Government to garner further consideration by the government.  A determination by the government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Written responses to this Notice of Intent to Sole Source shall contain sufficient documentation to establish a bonafide capability to fulfill the requirement.  MICC Fort Leavenworth will not be responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties in responding to this notice.

Any quotation/response should be emailed to Robert M. Parvin at robert.m.parvin.civ@mail.milby 5:00 PM, CST, 20 May 2020.

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Notice history

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