Digital Preservation & Archiving Services

The contract seeks to ensure the long-term preservation of published scholarly articles alongside their associated code and data through automated submission to trusted digital archives including CLOCKSS, LOCKSS, PubMed, and PubMed Central. It is structured as a subcontract under a Total Small Business Set-Aside, designated for small businesses as defined by the SBA, and falls under NAICS code 519130 for other information services. The work must be performed in Bethesda, Maryland, with a posting date of July 9, 2026, and a mandatory response deadline of July 20, 2026. The procuring entity is the National Institutes of Health Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, operating under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, with the focus on sustaining accessibility and integrity of research outputs for future use and compliance with federal preservation standards.