Library of Congress - Shelving and Binding

The Library of Congress seeks contractor assistance to provide collection maintenance, preservation, and inventory services under solicitation 030ADV26R0022, including reshelving, shifting, shelving, binding preparation, and inventory management (PRESSI services) for its collections. Services must comply with the highest professional standards and guidelines, including the ability to handle materials in 19 foreign languages and maintain quality standards of less than 1% critical error rate and 5% significant error rate. Evaluation will be based on technical approach and project management plan, corporate experience with similar library projects, management and staffing qualifications, past performance feedback from customer references, and price reasonableness. The contract is an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) award with a firm-fixed price structure, requiring unit pricing for nine service categories across a five-year period. Critical deadlines include a mandatory site visit on April 7, 2026, a question submission deadline of April 10, 2026, and proposal due date of April 20, 2026, at 12:00 PM EST. Amendment 0001, issued April 14, 2026, addressed offeror questions regarding billable units and key personnel requirements; all offerors must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to submission.

This procurement includes no set-aside designations and carries a contract value range of $50,000 minimum to $5,000,000 maximum over five one-year ordering periods beginning August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2031. The contractor will manage annual service volumes including 25,000 reshelving units, 270,000 shifting units, 40,000 newspaper shelving items, 25,000 periodicals shelving items, 20,280 binding preparation units across English/Romance and foreign language materials, 93,000 inventory volumes, 1,000 microfilm units, and 30,000 digitization units. Work will be performed at the Library of Congress Capitol Hill Campus in Washington, DC during standard operating hours (8:30 AM-5:30 PM Monday-Friday), with the Project Manager required on-site full-time. Contractor personnel must obtain Library-issued photo identification badges, complete mandatory IT security training, and submit to background investigations. Prevailing wage requirements under Service Contract Act Wage Determination 2015-4281 Revision 35 apply, with hourly rates ranging from $15.11 to $60.66 depending on occupational classification, plus fringe benefits including health and welfare at $5.55 per hour and paid vacation and holidays.