Digital File Format Expert Analysis for the Sustainability of Digital Formats
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General Information
- Contract Opportunity Type: Solicitation (Updated)
- Updated Published Date: Apr 12, 2023 11:25 am EDT
- Original Published Date: Jan 30, 2023 03:29 pm EST
- Updated Date Offers Due: Mar 02, 2023 10:00 am EST
- Original Date Offers Due: Mar 02, 2023 10:00 am EST
- Inactive Policy: 15 days after date offers due
- Updated Inactive Date: Mar 17, 2023
- Original Inactive Date: Mar 17, 2023
- Initiative:
- None
Classification
- Original Set Aside:
- Product Service Code: DF01 - IT AND TELECOM - IT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES (LABOR)
- NAICS Code:
- 541519 - Other Computer Related Services
- Place of Performance: Washington , DC 20540USA
Description
The purpose of Amendment 0001 to this solicitation is to: Add attachment J2-30ADV23R0025 Questions and Answers. See full details in attachments.
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The Library of Congress (Library) requires contract support to carry out activities related to digital formats that require specialized expertise. The Library's well-known and highly regarded Web site on the Sustainability of Digital Formats (http://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/index.html) supports the Library's digital preservation and digital acquisition planning. The Formats Web site contains information on more than 530 formats, and information about many more formats is needed to fill in the set, with the focus on formats listed in the Recommended Formats Statement and those of special interest to evolving workflows for eDeposit especially formats supporting mobile devices; packaging, software and installation; 3D, Virtual Reality and animation; audiovisual content; forensics and disc imaging; email and PIM; imaging; text; datasets and databases; and, miscellaneous formats. The documents, called Format Description Documents or FDDs, are drafted in XML format and then converted to HTML for online display. Both versions are available for public use.
Contractor shall provide expert digital format advice, analysis and reports based on expert experience and research.
See attachments for full details and instructions.
Attachments/Links
Contact Information
Contracting Office Address
- 101 Independence Ave SE LA 325
- Washington , DC 20540
- USA
Primary Point of Contact
- Riley Leonhardt
- rleonhardt@loc.gov
- Phone Number 2029406833
Secondary Point of Contact
- Veronica Price
- vprice@loc.gov
- Phone Number 2023743046
History
- Apr 12, 2023 11:58 pm EDTSolicitation (Updated)
- Apr 12, 2023 11:25 am EDTSolicitation (Updated)
- Mar 17, 2023 11:59 pm EDTSolicitation (Updated)
- Jan 30, 2023 03:29 pm ESTSolicitation (Original)