Library of Congress - Commercial Binding services IDIQ

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation being issued under the authority of FAR Parts 12 and 13.5.

The Library of Congress (Library), one of the largest libraries in the world with over 150 million items, is seeking a single or multiple award IDIQ contract for general collections care in in the service area of commercial binding. Library binding is the most basic and universal form of preservation a library performs. Library bound books last longer and can be less expensive to maintain over time. Binding secures and protects softbound monograph and serial volumes, which may range in size from a few inches in both dimensions to large folios. The Library requires a contractor to provide commercial binding.

Please see the attached full solicitation and its attachments.

Offeror questions are due no later than 11/06/2024 at 12:00 PM EST. Responses to offeror questions will be posted as an amendment to the solicitation at the same page where the solicitation and attachments are located.

Proposals are due no later than 12/02/2024 at 12:00 PM EST. Samples are due no later than 11:59 PM EST on 12/16/2024.

Amendment 0001 contains a revision to Section L.4, Volume 2)...Delivery of Samples. This amendment adds the time by which samples are due to the Library on 12/16/2024. Samples are due no later than 11:59 PM EST on 12/16/2024.

Amendment 0002 provides Attachment J4 - Responses to Offeror Questions, revises the section L.4 samples requirements, and it revises section M.2 Evaluation Factor 2). The amended language has been italicized and underlined.