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T -- QUADRUPLEX VIDEO RECORDING DUPLICATION SOL N00600-97-I-2712 DUE 072197 POC 11. To make requests for a copy of the Draft RFI, contact FISC Norfolk Detachment Washington Customer Service Center by fax at (202) 433-9569. For additional questions contact Mr. Courtney J. Edmonds, Contract Specialist, Code 02W1.7F at (202) 433-6383 The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Norfolk, Detachment Washington intends to issue a Request for Information (RFI) for industry comment, RFI N00600-97-I-2712, in support of the National Archives and Records Administration. A request for proposal will be issued at a later date. The government intends to award a firm fixed price, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity type contract. The government reserves the right to award more than one contract for this requirement. Past performance will be a key evaluation factor. The government intends to have oral presentations and only Contractor personnel shall participate in the presentation. This requirement is for a base year and two option years. Comments are encouraged on the draft Statement of Work and are due no later than 21 July 1997. This requirement will not be restricted, full and open competition is encouraged. Fax all comments to Mr. Courtney Edmonds, Code 02W1.7F at (202) 433-2401. The SIC code for this requirement is 7819. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) would like to establish a contract for the preservation duplication of 2", high band/low band, Quadruplex format video recordings. There is a total of 229 recordings. The National Archives anticipates that approximately 76 Quadruplex video recordings shall be rerecorded per year and offers a guaranteed minimum of 8 recordings per year. NARA requires the services of a contractor(s) to produce new digital D-2 format video recordings from the Quadruplex recordings. The overall objective of this contract is to obtain quality video recordings on a modern format, retaining complete visual/audio content and character of the original recordings. The video recordings to be rereocorded under this contract were produced or acquired by the agencies of the US Federal Government, primarily during the 1960s and 1970s, and transferred to NARA as permanently valuable records. Documentary in character, the recordings relate to contemporary American History and are in the public domain. All work shall be performed at the contractor(s) work site, the contractor(s) shall be responsible for providing all supplies, equipment and labor to produce the new digital video recordings. The contractor(s) shall inspect the original videotapes in preparation for rerecording, shall clean the originals if needed, and shall bake the tapes to compensate for binder deterioration if needed. The overall objective is not to "restore" the video recordings. But to make clear, accurate copies of the originals. Only in cases where obvious technical problems exist shall the contractor(s) utilize selective filtering or noise suppression to improve the quality of intelligibility of the recordings, such techniques shall be used in moderation. The contractor(s) shall apply full time-base correction and dropout compensation. The contractor(s) shall ensure that all rerecordings are accurate, complete, in sync, and adjusted to reflect a consistent and intelligible signal. The D-2 format digital video recordings shall be producedusing new, previously unrecorded video cassettes made by recognized brand-name manufacturers. SMPTE time codes shall be recorded on all copies and the audio shall be recorded on at least two of the four channels. The contractor(s) shall add two slates, of ten seconds each, at the beginning of each recording. One slate shall identify the recording and the other shall be of the National Archives Logo. All D-2 video recordings shall meet the appropriate standards for D-2 format video as specified by SMPTE. The contractor(s) shall provide storage containers for each cassette and label the containers with specified information. The contractor(s) shall maintain a listing of information relating to the recordings. The contractor(s) shall initiate, document, and maintain a quality control program to ensure the quality of the video recordings produced. (0177)

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