Notice of Intent to Sole Source Award to OCLC

The US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) in Shepherdstown, WV intends to award a purchase order to OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc of Dublin, OH for annual license subscriptions to Worldshare Management Service providing an integrated network solution to manage the NCTC¿s library collection for circulation, acquisitions, interlibrary lending/borrowing, vendor management, and integration with image collections. The bibliographic utility provides cataloging, resource sharing, managing interlibrary loans, and digital asset management software that is interoperable with WorldCat, the current library catalog system used by the USFWS, and is the only source for upgrades and extensions to ContentDM software. The period of performance for the proposed contract is 12/01/2018 through 11/30/2019. The proposed contract is for supplies and services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b). This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals, however, all proposals received within 15 days of November 8, 2018 will be considered by the USFWS. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses with this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.