Hardware & Equipment District of Columbia New Reviewed

Novel High-Density Optical Data Storage

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Library Of Congress

Washington, District of Columbia

Posted Sep 29, 2026
Due Oct 27, 2026
optical data storage high-density optical media digital data preservation $100K – $500K

About This Opportunity

The Library of Congress is assessing the feasibility of novel, high-density optical data storage for long-term preservation of a subset of its digital collections. The work includes writing 1 TB of video, audio, image, and text files to optical media; evaluating error detection and 100% data recovery; documenting processes and results; and recalling all encoded files, with a curated subset reserved for educational and artistic display.

This bid is 88% technology related

A strong match for technology vendors

Why we classified this as tech

This is a proof-of-concept for high-density digital data storage and retrieval, directly relevant to data-storage technology vendors. NAICS 518210 is a strong technology signal, and the work involves encoding, error detection, and recovery of digital data.

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Deadline: Oct 27, 2026 at 2:00 PM ET

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