Modification to GSA Award- Librarian

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Agricultural Library (NAL), intends to award a sole-source MODIFICATION to Library Associates of Maryland, LLC. (LAC) on GSA FSS award AG-32SB-D-17-0169. Extension would be for 6 months. Current contractor has developed specialized knowledge on the topic area and indexing technology over the past 4 months that will enable them to continue doing the work, thereby seeing the project through to completion on time. Bringing another contractor up to speed would cause unacceptable delays. The work was as follows: As a service providing access to information about the 3Rs and animal welfare, Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC) is in an ideal situation to assist in collecting, evaluating and synthesizing research results in a citation database. The AWIC staff's knowledge and experience are key to developing a focused topic-specific database for our primary customers, scientists using animals in research. Although many alternatives searches are so specific that they will never repeated, identifying citations that reference or infer 3Rs alternatives will improve implementation of the consideration of alternatives requirement in the federal Animal Welfare Act by making finding them easier. Updating the NAL thesaurus controlled vocabulary will expedite patron access to information and improve the specificity of indexing for 3Rs alternatives in NAL's databases. The contractor will facilitate improved indexing of scientific citations relevant to 3Rs alternatives and ingested into the NAL's databases and develop search strategies for the 3Rs that can be useful for identifying and tagging citations. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS . This notice is for informational purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. Vendors that believe they can provide the services listed above on GSA FSS are invited to submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination by the Government to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely at the discretion of the Government.