Library of Congress awards $100M professional services contract
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By
Ross Wilkers
The Library set up this multiple-award contract as a way for components and sub-agencies to acquire collection and cataloging support, among other services.
The Library of Congress has awarded six positions on a five-year, $100 million contract for broad technical and support services to help its components and sub-agencies focus on core missions.
Known as FedLINK, the Federal Library and Information Network contract was set up to hire a group of companies that can perform both on-site and off-site services. Federal libraries and information centers can acquire collection and cataloging support through the contract.
Awardees announced Thursday are as follows:
- 22nd Century Technologies
- Eigennet
- FedWriters
- Library Associates of Maryland
- RieLes Group
- Zimmerman Associates
With six winners, FedLINK represents an expansion from the incumbent single-award contract captured by Backstage Library Works in 2021 at a $100 million ceiling. Task order spending data on that contract was not available at the time of publication.
Solicitation documents released in January break out the new contract’s requirements into two main categories, including on-site library support services and off-site technical services.
The on-site portion covers management, library systems, collection services, data services, public services and technical services. Off-site work includes cataloging services, metadata services and physical processing services.
In February 2025, the Library of Congress chose 10 companies for a potential $450 million contract vehicle covering technology modernization and agile development services over five years.