Assessment and Trustworthy Digital Repository Certification

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) seeks other than full and open competition to conduct a sole source procurement to the Center for Research Libraries located at 6050 South Kenwood Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637 to provide an assessment and Trustworthy Digital Repository Certification (audit) of the GPO Federal Digital Systems (FDsys) using CRL proprietary Trustworthy Repositories Audit and Certification Criteria Checklist (TRAC) audit methodology. Under the authority of USC 2304(c)(1) pursuant to MMAR 6.302.1(a)(2)(ii)(A) for the GPO, an assessment and Trustworthy Digital Repository Certification (audit) of the FDsys is deemed to be available only from the developer of the proprietary metrics for auditing digital library repositories when it is likely if awarded to any other source, it would result in: (A) Substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition. This notice is neither a request for proposals nor a solicitation of offers. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Send all questions and/or comments regarding this requirement to: bmckoy@gpo.gov referencing #GPO-19471BM on or before August 22, 12. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests for information will not be honored. No extensions will be granted.