face recent public statement of the Chilean Book Chamber, which made various criticisms and objections to Briefcase Literary Program and, in particular, the process of acquisition of books for the year 2009, Nivia Palma, director the Dibam, as a duty to deliver to the public the following statement
1 .- The books that comprise the 2009 Literary Briefcase have been acquired through a competitive bidding process, pursuant to the Framework Convention for "Purchase of books, CD, DVD, Magazines, Newspapers and Subscriptions No. ID 2239-65-LP07" of the Public Procurement and Procurement, which actively participated publishing and bookseller in the country, including international companies. Within that the Directorate of Libraries, Archives and Museums (DIBAM) conducted the "Call for Proposal, Technical and Economic Contribution mode under Major Procurement through framework agreement for the supply of books to Briefcase Literary Program (Phase II)."
2 .- Once the deadline, any company participating in the call made by the DIBAM to supply this Book Briefcase Literary Program, has filed complaint with the Court of Purchasing and Procurement. This means that all suppliers of this process, even those who were not selected, estimated that the procurement process was set to Law, the Framework Convention cited above, the precepts of "Call for Proposal" that made the DIBAM. Therefore, all claims made by class entities does not constitute an objection founded the procedure, but just an opinion.
3 .- From the first days of February and to date, several companies have asked the bidders DIBAM by the outcome of their assessment, all of which have been attended by personnel from the Directorate of Administration and Finance. This information, in detail is still available for any company Offeror and therefore is entirely public.
4 .- As indicated by the Chilean Chamber Book in its statement, the Director received on several occasions the Board of the Chilean Book Chamber, and also met with the Board of the Association of Editors of Chile, to hear their proposals and suggestions. He then proceeded to perform the "Call for Proposal, Technical and Economic Contribution mode under Major Procurement through framework agreement for the supply of books to Briefcase Literary Program (Phase II), consistent with law and relevant suggestions and welcoming not considering other legally not feasible. In fact, not for the DIBAM distinguish between public domain and those with payment of copyrights, therefore not under the said Framework Agreement and on the other hand, almost all of the titles summoned are subject to payment of copyright. Similarly, under the "Framework Agreement" and "Call for Proposal" was only possible to distinguish between titles by category (Encyclopedic Dictionary, Universal atlas, poetry-books-defined content authors, poetry books author-defined and undefined content - Poetry-books by various authors and content is not defined, "Stories by Chilean authors, Chilean author Novels, Comics, Universal Narrative, Fiction Children and Young People, Stories by Latin American authors, Playwriting.)
5 .- On the application of Models for Technical Assessment, it was referred to the "Framework Agreement" and "Call for Proposal" above. Moreover, 92% of the offers postulated met the minimum requirements, only exceptionally, some works could not be considered technically not be presented properly. In this regard, the DIBAM has acted with great responsibility because it must ensure that books will eventually reach families that benefited from the Literary Briefcase, are of quality not only in its content, which previously defined the jury, but also in materiality. This was important to assess since, as is evident to the world of publishing and educational books offered for this "Call for Proposal" of the DIBAM not necessarily have the same technical features that offered in public libraries, at a higher price up to 500%.
6 .- We appreciate the support that the Chilean Book Chamber granted the work DIBAM 2008, including the implementation of Agenda Literary Briefcase. We regret that this year, the same procedure for the definition of books by an external jury, and Purchase by Public Call Wholesale Purchase of Books, according to the agreement signed by the Chilean publishing world, and with similar criteria for technical and financial evaluation, not of total satisfaction of this professional body.
Nivia Palma MANRIQUEZ DIRECTOR DIBAM
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