SAM #2026-LGD-0139

Sole Source Web Harvesting Services for Library of Congress Election Archiving

This opportunity is a sole source procurement by the Library of Congress for web harvesting services to support digital archiving during the 2026 U.S. Elections. - Agency: Library of Congress, Library Collections and Services Group, Digital Collections Management and Services Division - Sole source contract to MirrorWeb for systematic web content harvesting - Services include capture, temporary access, crawl reports, hosting, storage, and transfer of up to 325 TB of web content - Specific requirements: 24 weekly crawls, 6 monthly crawls, 3 extended crawls, and 24 weekly crawls focused on U.S. Elections content - No option years; period of performance is July 1, 2026, to December 31, 2026 - No proposals solicited from other vendors; urgent need due to election coverage and protest-related delays - Contract value is below the simplified acquisition threshold - Primary OEM: MirrorWeb - Potential competitors: Archive-It (Internet Archive), Hanzo, Pagefreezer, Smarsh - Main product/service: Web harvesting and archiving services for large-scale digital collections - Estimated contract value: $100,000 to $250,000

Technical Details - Planned for 325 TB of harvested web content - Services include quality review access, reporting, hosting, and transfer for preservation and public access - Focused on systematic, scheduled crawls for election-related content

Description

This public notice is for the urgent acquisition of commercial services and prepared in accordance with FAR Part 5.2 - Synopsis of Proposed Contract Actions and FAR Part 6.2 - Other than Full and Open Competition. 

The Library of Congress (Library) requires contract support to enable the systematic harvesting of content from the web based on instructions from Library staff, to provide temporary access to the content and required crawl reports for quality review, and to enable transfer of content to the Library for preservation and public access. This contract shall cover a critical period including the 2026 U.S. Elections.

The current award is under a Stop Work Order due to a protest. See the attached J&A for more information regardig this.

This announcement constitutes the only public notice as proposals are not being requested from other parties and a written solicitation will not be issued. This notice accomplishes the following:

Publicizes the Library's intendt to sole source this requirement to the business listed in the Justification and Approval (JA).  Synopsizes the requirements in accordance with the FAR.  Publicly posts the approved JA to sole source in advance of award. As a result of this, a second posting is not required after the award is made. 

Please see the attachments for the full details of the JA and requirement. 

This is for an award for less than the simplified acquisition threshold. 

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