Summary
The University at Buffalo Libraries is issuing this Request for Proposal (RFP) to identify a contractor for professional library collection moving services in support of the complete renovation of Lockwood Memorial Library, scheduled to begin in 2027. The contractor will be required to relocate approximately 650,000 items from Lockwood Library to up to five on- and off-campus locations, with the material double-barcoded and prepared for ingestion into the Libraries' Annex, a high-density off-site facility managed through the CaiaSoft library storage management system. Proposals are evaluated on four criteria: Cost (20 points), Technical (55 points), References (5 points), and Presentation (20 points), and must be submitted to Alexander Borichevskiy at aboriche@buffalo.edu by August 17, 2026.