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This Government Contract opportunity from Library Of Congress was posted on May 10, 2012. The submission period has ended. Browse the details below for market research, or find similar active opportunities.

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Bibliographic Framework Transition

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LCLST12Q0023Federal

Submission Closed05/18/2012, 07:00:00 PM UTC

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Library Of Congress → Contracts Services

NAICS

521110 - Monetary Authorities-Central Bank

Place of Performance

Library of Congress Network Development and MARC Standards Office (NDMSO), WASHINGTON, DC, 20540, USA

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NONE

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PhaseClosed

PostedMay 10

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Response DeadlineMay 18

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Submission Closed

05/18/2012, 07:00:00 PM UTC

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AgencyLibrary Of Congress → Contracts Services

Contacts1 person available

OfficeWashington, DC, 20540, USA

Organization / AgencyLibrary Of Congress → Contracts Services

Office AddressWashington, DC, 20540, USA

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Arneen F DozierContract Specialist

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The Library of Congress intends to negotiate a sole source Firm-Fixed Unit Price contract for Zepheira LLC for Bibliographic Framework Transition. This will enable the Library of Congress to continue to lead in the advancement of data sharing in the bibliographic environment which includes development of a Linked Data information model and supporting open source translations and serializations for MARC that will provide a basis for grounding community discussion and framework to build upon. The contract will be awarded to: Zepheira LLC 1818 Library Street - Suite 500 Reston, VA 20190-6274 Market research was previously conducted and it has been determined this is a sole sourcerequirement FAR 6.302-1. This is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitiationis available. All interested sources must respond iin writing with clear and convincing evidence to support their ability to provide timely and effective services with five (5) days of this publication. A determination by the Government not to compete this action based on responses received is solely within the discretion of the Government.

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