NHOTIC Media Digitization, Baker City, OR

The Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington seeks digitization of legacy media from the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center in Baker City, Oregon, with quotations due August 19. The procurement is set aside for Women-Owned Small Businesses.

Place of performance is Baker City, Oregon. The contractor must digitize approximately 479 Broadcast Tape C reels, FOTO-Kem picture negatives (16mm x 400 ft.), 8 Pioneer laserdiscs, 60 VHS tapes (approximately 40 hours total), 1 AMPEX reel-to-reel tape, 5 MBR 60 Master Broadcast Videocassettes (5.5 hours), 20 audio cassettes (up to 20 hours), and 12 DVDs (estimated 30–90 minutes each) to 6.5k HDR ProRes 4444 digital files or higher, consistent with industry standards. The contractor arranges and covers transportation costs to and from the processing facility, assumes liability for material safekeeping during transport, and delivers files on two government-provided hard drives. Performance runs from September 1, 2026 to January 2, 2027.

The NAICS code is 512191, Teleproduction and Other Postproduction Services, with a size standard of $39 million. The PSC is T005, Photo/Map/Print/Publication—Film Processing. Service Contract Labor Standards apply; the Archivist wage standard is $29.57 per hour plus fringe benefits (health and welfare, paid vacation, and paid holidays per wage determination 2015-5589, Revision 31).

Evaluation factors are Technical Approach, Relevant Experience (minimum three similar projects completed as Prime Contractor within five years), and Price, using best value determination. Quotations are submitted electronically in two parts: non-price and price sections.