Colorlab Corporation
Rockville, MD
- UEI
- ZWCEGH2GQ5H7
- CAGE
- 0E0F1
- Primary NAICS
- 512199 Other Motion Picture and Video Industries
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
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- 334610 Manufacturing and Reproducing Magnetic and Optical Media
- 512120 Motion Picture and Video Distribution
- 512191 Teleproduction and Other Postproduction Services
- 512290 Other Sound Recording Industries
- 518210 Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services
- 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 5708 Arundel Ave, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
- Website
- colorlab.com
- Founded
- 1972
- Employees
- 11-50
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1M-$10M
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Media
- Movies & Entertainment
- SIC code
- 78 Motion Pictures
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $15,950 |
| FY2025 | $269,003 |
| FY2024 | $72,542 |
| FY2023 | $338,054 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of the Interior | $16,415 |
Contract vehicles
Expired vehicles (2)
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
Colorlab Corporation, a for-profit Subchapter S corporation based in Rockville, Maryland, operates as a prime contractor delivering motion picture film preservation, digitization, processing, and archival scanning services to federal cultural and records-management agencies, competing predominantly under full-and-open and small-business set-aside solicitations.
Colorlab's customer base concentrates heavily on two anchor agencies that together account for 74% of recent awards and 88% of combined potential value. The National Archives and Records Administration leads by dollar value with 35 awards totaling $9.9 million in combined potential value, anchored by two indefinite-delivery contracts: a $604,500 IDIQ for motion picture color film processing services (16mm and 35mm) awarded in September 2021, and a $1.17 million preservation-duplication IDIQ for small-gauge films awarded in September 2020. Both IDIQs remain active and generate recurring delivery orders. The Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration ranks first by award count with 43 awards ($8.5 million combined potential value), drawing from an indefinite-delivery contract (DOLF124R24793) that has generated 36 task orders worth $6.2 million. The Smithsonian Institution follows with 21 awards ($651 thousand combined potential value), predominantly purchase orders for film digitization and archival preservation. The Department of the Army, the National Institutes of Health National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and GSA Federal Acquisition Service round out the active customer set.
Colorlab's capability portfolio centers on specialized motion picture and video formats. Recent representative work includes a $127,804 total-small-business definitive contract with the Bureau of Land Management (awarded September 2025) to digitize approximately 2,820 legacy media items from the National Training Center film and video library—16mm film prints, Betacam, U-matic, and DVCAM tapes—delivered as ProRes 4444 and ProRes 422 files from the North Bethesda processing facility through March 2028. A $99,815 purchase order from the Smithsonian Institution (May 2025) covered grant-funded digitization of collection films. A $16,414.50 total-small-business purchase order from the Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington Region (September 2026) digitized approximately 479 broadcast tapes, picture negatives, laserdiscs, VHS tapes, and other legacy media from the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center to 6.5k HDR ProRes 4444 files.
Colorlab holds positions on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (27 task orders, $6 million combined potential value) and Federal Supply Schedule GS00F1824A (9 task orders), and draws recurring work from five named indefinite-delivery contracts spanning NARA, MSHA, and GSA. Activity declined from four awards in 2022 to one award in 2026, with only three awards (combined potential value $244 thousand) reaching completion inside the next twenty-four months and thus facing recompete exposure. NAICS concentration splits between Office Machinery Manufacturing (62 awards, legacy coding artifact) and Other Motion Picture and Video Industries (42 awards), with PSC work predominantly coded under Photo/Map/Print/Publication film and video categories. Colorlab operates 100% as prime contractor with no identifiable subcontract footprint in the source data, directing all work through its Rockville and North Bethesda facilities.
SBA capabilities narrative
16mm, Super 16, & 35mm color neg & B/W neg/pos processing; fully timed liquid gate A/Ps & intermediates; digital intermediates; I/Ps for telecine; Hi-Def and SD telecine; Film-out; moving image preservation of all gauges; nitrate film preservation
Quick answers
Is Colorlab Corporation registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Colorlab Corporation's SAM.gov registration is active through September 2, 2027.
Which contract vehicles does Colorlab Corporation hold?
Colorlab Corporation holds a place on 3 federal contract vehicles, including MAS.
How much has Colorlab Corporation received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $269,003 to Colorlab Corporation in fiscal year 2025 and $695,549 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Colorlab Corporation rank among federal contractors?
Colorlab Corporation ranked #4 in NAICS 51219, #35 in NAICS 5121 and #37 in NAICS 512 in FY2025.
What is Colorlab Corporation's most recent federal award?
Colorlab Corporation's most recent federal contract award is Nhotic media digitization, baker city, or (140L4326P0126), from Oregon-Washington Region (BLM), on September 4, 2026.
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