# Audio Over IP Network - Library of Congress

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/030adv25q0131

- Solicitation number: 030ADV25Q0131
- Notice type: Combined synopsis and solicitation
- Status: Closed. Deadline was May 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM EDT
- Department: Library of Congress
- Contracting office: Contracts Services (030ADV)
- NAICS: 541330 Engineering Services
- Product or service code: 5835 Sound Recording and Reproducing Equipment
- Place of performance: Culpeper, Virginia
- County: Culpeper County (FIPS 51047). https://abierto.us/counties/culpeper-county-va-51047
- City: Culpeper. https://abierto.us/cities/culpeper-va-5120752
- First posted: April 15, 2025
- Last posted: May 14, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/0e6958a62ff749fa992403cb8b858fca/view

## Description

**Amendment 1:** The purpose of this amendment is to:

1). Answer questions submitted by offerors and amend the requirements based on those answers; 2). Add new attachments and information. See the attached documents for more information.

**Amendment 1:** The purpose of this amendment is to:

1). Extend the offer submission deadline to:

05-23-2025 17:00 EDT; 2). Answer questions submitted by offerors and amend the requirements based on those answers; 3). Add new attachments and information; and, 4). Allow for one more additional site visit opportunity. See the attached documents for more information.

This public notice is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items, prepared in accordance with FAR Part 13. The solicitation is released as a firm-fixed-price contract competition with a Brand Name Justification for some supplies. The Library’s National Audiovisual Conservation Center (NAVCC) Audio Preservation Laboratory consists of 11 preservation studios, an immersive audio listening room, and three support rooms that serve them.

NAVCC purchased the Lawo HOME System triad of servers to handle all the audio routing and traffic between these rooms for a flexible, self-contained audio network. To finalize the Audio Over Internet Protocol (IP) Installation started with the purchase of the Lawo system, the Library must acquire the remaining network hardware for an the network and have it installed, configured, and integrated into the Lawo HOME System.

This hardware shall implement an AES67 Audio Over IP network compatible with the Lawo HOME System utilizing all existing network endpoints; Merging Pyramix workstations, HAPI, and HORUS. This system must follow the Library’s AOIP Network Concept and include a minimum 12-month warranty that ensures the new system is free from defects based on material, workmanship, and integration with new and existing Library components for the complete Audio Over IP network system.

Please see the below SF1449 Request for Quote (RFQ) solicitaiton document (030ADV25Q0131) for the full details of the requirement. Please see the Brand Name Justification (BNJ) for the brand name aspects of the requirement. Note, the Library of Congress is holding optional site visits during the solicitation period. See Section L of the RFQ for more information.

## Publications

- April 15, 2025: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due May 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice bc9da49e26c64f78a2d3025ed1150488. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/bc9da49e26c64f78a2d3025ed1150488/view
- May 8, 2025: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due May 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice 848e59387a61462680edc21107641a5a. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/848e59387a61462680edc21107641a5a/view
- May 14, 2025: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due May 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice 0e6958a62ff749fa992403cb8b858fca. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/0e6958a62ff749fa992403cb8b858fca/view

## Points of contact

- Colleen Daly, cdaly@loc.gov
- James Robinson, jarobinson@loc.gov

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