Master Synch
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The Library of Congress, through its National Audio-Visual Conservation Center in Culpeper, Virginia, seeks a contractor to replace the obsolete and damaged Master Sync Generator system in its Video Lab. This system is essential for synchronizing analog and digital video and audio signals during the digitization of legacy tape and disc formats, ensuring high-fidelity archival output by allowing video tape recorders to lock onto precise reference signals. The current system has suffered irreparable damage, particularly to the GPS antenna and cabling due to rodent infestation, necessitating a full replacement that includes new hardware, professional installation, and comprehensive documentation to support long-term operation and maintenance. The procurement is issued under solicitation number 030ADV26Q0068 with a response deadline of July 23, 2026, and is classified under NAICS code 512110 for motion picture and video production. The contract will be managed by the Library of Congress’s Contracts Services office in Washington, DC, with performance required at the Packard Campus in Culpeper, Virginia. Primary point of contact is Jesse Steinmetz, with Moji Adejuwon as the secondary contact, both reachable via their official LOC email addresses. The task requires a vendor capable of delivering a fully functional, modernized synchronization system designed to meet the rigorous technical standards of a professional audiovisual preservation environment.
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Culpeper, VA, 22701, USASet-Aside
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The National Audio-Visual Conservation Center (NAVCC) unit of the Library of Congress (LOC) is an audiovisual preservation and digitization facility located on the Packard Campus in Culpeper, VA.
The Video Lab at the NAVCC is tasked with the digitization of multiple tape and disc formats of analog and digital video. It was designed and built to substantially emulate a video production facility and uses an Evertz Master Sync Generator system. This system provides crucial reference video test signals for the video lab. It allows the VTR’s (video tape recorder) to lock on to a reference signal which provides the most optimal conditions for error free digitization of analog video and audio into the digital signal which is then used by the encoders to create archival files. The current system is obsolete and has been damaged beyond repair in certain areas such as the GPS antenna and cabling, which has suffered rodent damage.
The Library needs a contractor that will provide system hardware, installation and documentation for the replacement Master Sync system in the Video Lab at NAVCC.