Todd Blose

Todd Blose serves as a key procurement professional within the Contracts Services office of the Library of Congress, supporting the agency’s mission to preserve and expand public access to the nation’s cultural and intellectual heritage through strategic technology acquisitions. He specializes in managing complex contracts for information technology services, with a primary focus on digital preservation, metadata systems, and accessibility-enabled media platforms. His work ensures that the Library’s vast archival collections remain usable, searchable, and accessible across evolving digital environments, aligning procurement activities directly with long-term digital stewardship goals. Blose maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of specialized contractors, including the Cloverleaf Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Accessibility Services Inc., and the University of Washington, all of which bring deep expertise in accessible digital services and archival technology. His procurement approach emphasizes collaboration with organizations possessing proven capabilities in assistive technologies, digital conversion, and metadata standardization. These partnerships are built on sustained performance and technical alignment with the Library’s accessibility and preservation mandates, rather than transactional vendor relationships. Blose’s contracting activity shows no reliance on socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of acquisitions competed without restriction under full and open competition. This reflects a deliberate strategy to prioritize technical excellence and mission-critical capability over socioeconomic categorization, while still ensuring fair and transparent procurement practices. His approach underscores a commitment to selecting the most qualified performers based on demonstrated expertise in digital library systems. His procurement portfolio is exclusively focused on NAICS 541512 — Computer Systems Design Services — encompassing custom software development, digital asset management systems, accessibility compliance platforms, and integrated metadata architectures. He consistently engages vendors with specialized knowledge in digital preservation standards, such as PREMIS and OAIS, and services supporting large-scale digitization workflows for analog media and rare collections.