NLM Discovery and Delivery Platform

THE RFQ RESPONSE TIME WILL BE EXTENDED TO FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 2015 AT 3:00 PM EST. In accordance with FAR Part 12 and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition procedures, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to procure the acquisition of of web-based discovery and delivery software as well as the technical, management, and support services for implementing and maintaining the platform. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541511. The anticipated base year period of performance is FEBRUARY 2, 2015 - FEBRUARY 1, 2016 with four 12-month option years. NLM is issuing this Statement of Work (SOW) for purchasing web-based discovery and delivery software. The Library seeks to acquire the software hosted by a vendor with the technical expertise, resources, and experience to provide NLM with an industry-leading search platform. The scope of this procurement is the acquisition of web-based discovery and delivery software as well as the technical, management, and support services for implementing and maintaining the platform. The vendor shall host discovery and delivery software that provides a single, modern, and intuitive search platform for NLM's physical, electronic, and digital resources. It must interoperate with the library's ILS to enable users to remain in the search platform for research and traditional OPAC functionality such as requests for physical materials in the NLM collections. The software architecture should be open and extensively configurable, customizable, and expandable for incorporation of additional collection resources and for further NLM development in response to future needs. The vendor must establish security policies, procedures, and practices that meet the relevant security requirements set forth by the U.S. Federal Government. All of the mandatory requirements have to be fulfilled by the vendor's solution. For those desirable requirements that the vendor's software cannot currently meet, the vendor may opt to propose an alternative approach or method. Contract Type: This is a fixed price contract. The Statement of Work and Request for Quotations are attached. All interested parties shall submit electronic responses to Ryan Singletary at ryan.singletary@nih.gov. Responses must be received no later than 3:00 PM EST on FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 2015. Questions and inquiries regarding this notice may be sent to ryan.singletary@nih.gov until WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2015. The following clauses apply: FAR Clause 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors Commercial; As stated in FAR Clause 52.212-2 (a), FAR Clause 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items; FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statues or Executive Orders Commercial Items, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items; and FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items Deviation for Simplified Acquisitions