Secured Media Destruction and Disposal   2

Background
The Library of Congress requires contract support to dispose of a wide variety of moving image and audiovisual material from the collection when decay, format obsolescence, or excessive copies make retaining them impractical or detrimental to the rest of the collection. The Moving Image Section seeks recycling and environmentally responsible bonded disposal of media housing and support structures, including metal and plastic film reels, metal and plastic motion picture film cans, plastic film cores, and videotape cassette and DVD cases. The contractor shall recover silver by recycling from the scrap film. Nitrate film will NOT be included in this contract.

Work Details
The Contractor shall provide secure bonded destruction, recycling and/or refurbishment of moving image media that has been deaccessioned or otherwise not selected for retention in the Moving Image Collections of the Library. The Contractor shall destroy collection materials in a manner that protects the privacy of the Library of Congress and its collection donors. The Contractor shall provide bonded destruction, including recycling and refurbishment of component materials (such as plastics, silver, etc.) where possible.

The Contractor shall provide this service for all moving image and sound recording formats. The Contractor shall purchase the scrap film at a fixed cost per pound and provide a Certificate of Destruction for the scrap film.

Period of Performance
The contract consists of a five-year ordering period with a base period beginning on 08-12-2023 and ending on 06-29-2028.

Place of Performance
The main pickup location is the Packard Campus in Culpeper, VA (19053 Mt. Pony Rd., Culpeper, VA); but other Library facilities may require occasional pickups. These locations include: Library of Congress Cabin Branch Annex, Hyattsville, MD; Ft. Meade Facility, Ft. Meade, MD; Madison Building, Washington, DC.