R--Special Notice of Intent to Sole Source Award

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) intends to award a sole source contract to OCLC, Inc. for the provision of the Integrated Library System (ILS) called WorldShare Management Services (WMS) for library cataloging and resource sharing utilities. The contract will be a firm fixed price base plus four option year contract. The USFWS Library requires continued access to the OCLC ILS platform, which is integrated with a union catalog called WorldCat. This platform provides access to data and records in member libraries worldwide, which is essential for the USFWS Library due to its relatively small collection. • The contract is for the provision of the WorldShare Management Services (WMS) ILS platform. • The platform is integrated with a union catalog called WorldCat. • The contract will be a firm fixed price base plus four option year contract. • The USFWS Library requires continued access to the OCLC ILS platform due to its relatively small collection. • OCLC is the sole seller of this specific ILS platform, and no other vendor is authorized as a reseller of this product.