Procurement Summary
Country: USA
Summary: Oclc Bibliographic Services
Deadline: 03 Jun 2026
Posting Date: 29 May 2026
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Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 142264856
Document Ref. No.: 140G0126Q0144
Competition: ICB
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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The United States Geological Survey (USGS) Library in Reston, VA, requires packaged OCLC products to manage and maintain library records and services in support of establishing the best scientific foundation possible to help guide decisions and evaluate actions critical to the USGS mission. Comprehensive, accurate, and consistent access to bibliographic records, lending and borrowing options, seamless authentication, and access to peer-reviewed scientific literature is critical to fulfilling this mission. The total anticipated period of performance is as follows: FY26 Base Year: 07/01/2026 ¿ 06/30/2027FY27 Option Year 1: 07/01/2027 ¿ 06/30/2028FY28 Option Year 2: 07/01/2028 ¿ 06/30/2029FY29 Option Year 3: 07/01/2029 ¿ 06/30/2030FY30 Option Year 4: 07/01/2030 ¿ 06/30/2031The USGS is aware of no other source that can provide the above. Therefore, it intends to make an award to Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (dba. OCLC, Inc.) unless it is contacted by any vendor who believes they have similar technical expertise and can provide the same service(s). Vendors are invited to contact the Contract Specialist, Miranda Blankenship, via email at [email protected] no later than 1:00 PM EDT, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, with an affirmative answer. Sole Source Justification States the Following Parts:Contracting Agency and Activity. The Department of the Interior (DOI), United States Geological Survey (USGS) Library, plans to contract on a sole source basis.Nature of Action Being Approved. This action is to execute a 5-year (base and four option years) sole source Purchase Order to OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (dba. OCLC, Inc.)Description of Supplies or Services. The USGS Library has a continued need to purchase the following OCLC proprietary library technology services:¿ WorldCat Discovery & FirstSearch ¿ Cataloging & Metadata Subscription ¿ WorldShare Interlibrary Loan & Tipasa Upgrade (with IFM) ¿ EZproxy (Hosted) & EZproxy AnalyticsThese subscripti...
Notice ID: 140g0126q0144
Department/Ind. Agency: interior, department of the
Sub-tier: us geological survey
Office: ofc of acqusition grants-national
Product Service Code: da10 - it and telecom - business application/application development software as a service
NAICS Code: 518210 - Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services
Inactive Dates: jul 07, 2026
Inactive Policy: manual
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