8/24/2020 Correction made to information provided in the Disclaimer. No other changes have been made to this notice as of this date including the due date and time for receipt of offers.

8/28/2020 Responses to questions have been uploaded to the attachment section. A copy of the Revised Statement of Work is also added to the attachments section.  The response due date and time has not changed. 

8/31/2020 Questions and Answers revised and added to attachments.  Sample Metadata (Film and Video) added to attachments.  The response due date and time has not changed. 

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) of the National Institutes of Health has a requirement to establish one or more competitive Blanket Purchase Agreements for the digitization and preservation of various types of film and tape media.  The focus of this procurement is to engage the services of a a vendor or vendors to digitize film of various guages and magnetic media  including video, audio, and tape in various formats.  These must be transferred to high-quality digital formats for both preservation and patron access purposes.  The NLM does not have the in-house capacity to clean, treat, repair, or digitally  preserve the range of audiovisual formats held at the Library. 

This notice invites all small business offerors with experience in audiovisual media preservation (cleaning, repair, digitization, developing masters) to view the documents attached to this notice and respond with an offer that meets the guidelines specified in the Instructions to Offerors by the closing due date and time.

Please note that the NLM requires all offers to be submitted via the NIH Electronic Contract Proposal System (eCPS).

For directions on using eCPS, go to https://ecps.nih.gov and click on "How to Submit."

If you have questions regarding this requirement, please submit your inquiries via email to [email protected] no later than Thursday, August 27, 2020 at 12:00pm, local prevailing time. Please reference the solicitation number in your email correspondence.  Be advised that the Government reserves the right to transmit those questions and answers of a common interest to all prospective Offerors.

Disclaimer and Important Notes: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. 

Confidentiality: No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).