NIGP 98555: Microfiche/Microfilm Equipment and Accessory Rental or Lease

NIGP 98555 Microfiche/Microfilm Equipment And Accessory Rental Or Lease is an Item code under which state and local governments lease or rent microfilm and microfiche equipment and related accessories for document storage, retrieval, and archival purposes. The code captures rental and leasing arrangements for readers, scanners, duplicators, and associated hardware used to manage legacy document systems, particularly in records management, legal filing, and municipal archive operations where organizations maintain or transition from film-based storage infrastructure.

No recent state or local contract opportunities under this code appear in the current procurement record. The absence of activity reflects the mature lifecycle of microfilm technology in government procurement — while some jurisdictions maintain existing microfilm systems, new rental or lease solicitations for this equipment are infrequent as agencies migrate to digital document management platforms and cloud-based archival systems.