GPO Request for Mass Digitization Services:
To assist in implementing this strategic goal, GPO will set up free or near-free partnerships with a variety of sources for the purpose of digitizing the legacy collection. These partnerships may include but are not limited to, Federal depository libraries, Federal agencies, and private organizations. Throughout these endeavors, GPO will ensure that these materials are available, in the public domain, for no-fee permanent public access through the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).
In support of this plan, GPO issued a Request for Information (RFI) for Mass Digitization Opportunities. This RFI was announced through Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) in January 2008. The responses to the announcement were analyzed and led to the development of an RFP for Mass Digitization which was also posted on FedBizOpps on August 12, 2008. The RFP can be found here.
GPO is requesting proposals from industry specific to the digitization of publications that are within scope of GPO’s dissemination programs. GPO envisions a cooperative, mutually beneficial relationship with a private or public sector participant(s) where the uncompressed, unaltered files created as a result of the conversion process are delivered to GPO at no cost to the Government. These files will serve as the digital master copies that will be preserved and used for the creation of access derivatives within FDsys. In exchange, the contractor or contractors shall be able to maintain a collection of files produced.