NIGP 57533: Microfiche and Microfilm Duplicators

NIGP 57533 Microfiche and Microfilm Duplicators is an Item code describing the purchase or lease of equipment and related services for duplicating microfilm and microfiche media. State and local governments soliciting under this code are acquiring duplicators themselves or contracting for duplicating and related media-management services — typically used by county records offices, archives, and document-management operations to preserve and distribute paper-based records in microform. The issuing bodies include county governments and special-purpose districts. The scope of work encompasses both equipment procurement and the operational services surrounding microfilm and microfiche preservation, duplication, and retrieval.

The source material provides no recent state or local contract opportunities matching NIGP 57533 Microfiche and Microfilm Duplicators. The single recent-opportunity block references County of Bucks, Pennsylvania solicitations, but those opportunities span forensic crime lab operation, HVAC systems, behavioral health accounting and consulting, laundry equipment, janitorial supplies, trash compaction, pool restoration, chiller replacement, portable toilets, and water-proofing — none of which fall under microfilm or microfiche duplication. Without recent posted opportunities in the source, no geographic concentration, repeat-buyer pattern, or representative procurement activity can be characterized for this Item code at this time.