The requirement is to obtain a solution to complete digital images of 4.5 million microfilmed Immigration and Citizenship records, on or before March 31st, 2016. These records are comprised of 2 collections – Immigration records and Citizenship records, (see attached Appendices.)
For each record, the Contractor will be required to provide 2 copies of the following:
a) PDF/A image of each microfilmed record
b) associated metadata & index data, in Excel format (sample format to be provided by CIC)
One copy will be provided on a CIC IT Security-approved, encrypted device, supplied by CIC, and a 2nd copy will be provided on CD-R (with phthalocyanine dye and a gold metal reflective layer.)
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