The holdings of the German National Library must be stored optimally so that they can be permanently preserved in accordance with the legal mandate. They must also be kept in the original, ie in their usual market form. In order to guarantee this, appropriate packaging is required that meets both conservation and archive-specific requirements.

The award process includes the procurement of archive cardboard boxes of different designs and formats and is divided into 11 lots.

Archive boxes are required according to the following list:

- Lot 1: Production and supply of archive boxes for magazines

- Lot 2: Production and delivery of JURIS folders

- Lot 3: Production and supply of folding folders with tuck-in flap

- Lot 4: Production and supply of binding covers

- Lot 5: Production and supply of CD boxes

- Lot 6: Production and supply of floppy boxes

- Lot 7: Production and supply of tubular binders

- Lot 8: Production and supply of archival boxes for supplements

- Lot 9: Production and supply of archive bags

- Lot 10: Production and supply of inner sleeves for vinyl records

- Lot 11: Production and supply of archive boxes for collections of the German Exile Archive.

The archive boxes are required for professional and permanent archiving of unbound media works. When filled, they should be closed with the slide (lid), moved to the magazine and permanently archived vertically on the narrow side.

The archive box is made of corrugated cardboard with a thickness of 1.6 - 1.7 mm. A tolerance of 10% is allowed. The colour of the material should be grey-blue on the outside.

The dimensions specify height x depth x width as the external dimensions to be observed. The archive box should be assembled using a plug-in technology (tab and slot), no use of metal parts. The erection is done by folding, folding and plugging - no gluing.

It should stand upright and the slider / lid should open towards the front (towards the shelf aisle).

The direction of travel of the corrugated board should be oriented in such a way that in the case of the cardboard body, in the initial cut, the tube opening points forward in the direction of the closure lid and the direction of travel of the lid is transverse to the grooves.

The slider/lid is pushed in. The rear inserted part extends to the bottom of the archive box. The tuck-in flap of the slider/lid must be able to be inserted into the folded cardboard body over a length of at least 25 mm. In addition, there must be a semi-circular opening with a tab for engagement in order to open the lid. So that the slider/lid does not slip into the cardboard body, it must correspond in the visible region to the height a - the outer dimensions of the box. The lid must not open again on its own when closed.

The archive boxes must not be sharp-edged. The surfaces of the corrugated cardboard must be free of stains. The corrugated cardboard must not break open when the boxes are erected.

After folding, all sides must be flush. It should be possible to erect the box in 1 minute without instructions and with few tools.

The material used must meet the archive quality according to DIN ISO 16245-A. The materials must have a total basis weight of at least 500g/m² +/- 5% (measurement tolerance) for a 1.6 mm thick cardboard (correspondingly higher for thicker cardboard). The material must be wet resistant for 24 hours (test by the client is carried out on the basis of the samples). The top layer should be colored as thoroughly as possible. The information on the total basis weight as well as the wet strength and top layer must be included in the offer. A certificate for complying with the respective DIN/parameters must be included.

The German National Library has an extensive collection of vinyl records. This collection of the German Music Archive is constantly being expanded.

The sleeves are required to archive newly received or insufficiently packaged vinyl records in inventory.

The inner sleeves serve to protect the boards from mechanical damage.

The paper sleeves are to be made from white paper in 80 g/m². The case has a centered center hole with a diameter of 80 mm and should be closed on 3 sides (U-shape). The edges of the bond should be on the outside of the shell.

The covers are required in 2 different sizes for 8 and 12 records.

The record sleeves must not be sharp-edged. The surface of the paper must be stain-free.

All pages should be flush.

The material used must meet the archive quality in accordance with DIN ISO 9706 and the requirements for archiving sound recordings.

The holdings of the German National Library must be optimally stored so that they can be preserved permanently in accordance with the legal mandate. They must also be kept in their original form, i.e. in their usual form on the market. To ensure this, appropriate packaging is required that meets both conservation and archive-specific requirements. The archive boxes are required for the proper archiving of archive materials from the German Exile Archive.

The archive boxes consist of an outer part and a removable insert. They must be robust and stackable. The purpose of connecting elements is to prevent the stacked boxes from slipping.

The side walls of the outer part should be made of solid board or chipboard (formaldehyde-free) if possible. The outer part should be covered with a paper cover in black or dark grey. The archive box should be stored horizontally with the narrow side facing forward. It has a flap on the front with a handle or recessed grip (preferably made of stainless steel) and can be opened upwards.

A label frame is to be attached to the outside of the front flap in order to insert the inscription. The labelling device should be approximately 10 cm wide x 2.2 cm high.

The internal, three-sided slipcase is to be made of sturdy solid board with a thickness of 1.6 mm to 1.8 mm. It should be open towards the front (narrow side) and extendable (pulled out through a tab, preferably made of stainless steel). The pull-out tab is also intended to serve as a closure for the archive box. The upper front corners should be rounded.

The material used for the internal slipcase is archival quality in accordance with DIN ISO 16245-A and/or DIN ISO 9706 or equivalent. This must be proven with a declaration or a certificate. It must also be proven that the chipboard is formaldehyde-free.

The archive boxes are to be delivered erected and assembled.

The material used must correspond to the archive quality according to DIN ISO 16245-A.

The custom-made folders are required to archive various media.

The JURIS folders are to be manufactured from light grey archive cardboard, with three flaps and a possible filling height of 30 mm. The thickness of the cardboard is 240 or 330 g/m2, depending on the size of the folder. The respective grammage can be found in the table below.

The creases at 5 mm spacing allow flexible filling up to the maximum filling height. All flaps should be beveled after the last groove, so that no buckling of the flaps occurs when the folder is closed. When filled to the maximum, the flaps should cover a third of the folder's height or width. In the unfilled state, however, they may collide to the maximum, but not overlap.

All corners should be rounded. The direction of movement of the carton must be parallel to the height.

The stated dimensions correspond to the outer dimensions of the folders.

The material used must be archival quality in accordance with DIN ISO 16245-A and/or DIN ISO 9706 or equivalent.

The JURIS folders must not be sharp-edged. The surfaces of the folders must be stain-free. The cardboard must not be broken at the edges. All sides must be flush.

The folders are delivered folded. The folders should be packed in boxes in manageable quantities, for example, 50, 100 or 150 pieces/box. The boxes must be labelled on the outside with information on the contents. (dimensions/ number of pieces)

The pallets must be provided with information about the load when they are delivered.

The custom-made folding folders with tuck-in flap are required for archiving a variety of media.

The folder consists of a piece of archive cardboard with four folding flaps.

The material for the folders should be made of 330 g/m² archive cardboard and 550 g/m² from a height of 320 mm archive cardboard. For reinforcement, a 1.7 mm thick corrugated board is glued onto the base surface. The folder must be flat after pasting, and must not bulge.

The color of the material should be greyish blue. The maximum filling height is 40 mm.

The material should be able to be folded over without great effort. The flaps should be grooved 5 mm apart. These enable a variable fill level of the folder from 5 to 40 mm.

The right flap is beveled so that it can be inserted into the slot of the left flap. The flap length should extend over the entire width of the folder. The flaps at the top and bottom should each be so long that they abut against one another or overlap minimally when filled to the maximum. When the folder is filled to a minimum or maximum, the slanted flap must not slip out of the slot or open. It is closed by a tuck-in flap and insertion slot. The insertion tab should be as large as possible and conical. The insertion slot is centrally located on the front cover. When closed, the insertion slot must not be much wider than the flap (max. 0.5 cm on each side). Small hole punches must be made at the ends of the slot to prevent the slit from tearing.

The tuck-in flap must close securely even at maximum capacity.

All corners of the folder should be rounded. The direction of movement of the carton should be parallel to the back height.

The wrapping folders must not be sharp. The surfaces of the folders must be stain-free. The cardboard must not be broken at the edges. All sides must be flush.

The material used must be obtained in archival quality according to DIN ISO 16245-A and/or DIN ISO 9706 or equivalent.

The folders are to be delivered folded up and packed in boxes in manageable quantities, for example, 50, 100 or 150 pieces/box. The boxes must be labelled on the outside with information on the contents (quantity/dimensions).

The custom-made binding folders are required for archiving media works of different sizes and unstable, for which the spine thickness in particular must be made very flexible.

The binding covers consist of two sturdy cardboard lids. Four flaps are attached to a cardboard lid. The folders can be flexibly closed with two bands. The cardboard lids should be made of 2 mm thick archival cardboard and the flaps should be made of cardboard 330 g/m². All flaps must be provided with at least one groove. This groove must be positioned directly on the edge of the cardboard. The flaps can optionally be provided with further grooves.

The colour of the cardboard and the cardboard should be in a muted colour (grey, blue), not white.

The fastening tape must be long enough to be able to tie the maximally filled binder comfortably and securely with a double loop via the thread ends.

The fastener tape is to be supplied as a sample in order to be able to test tear resistance and a necessary rough surface structure that is intended to prevent the loops from loosening on their own.

The binding covers must not be sharp. The surfaces of the folders must be stain-free. The cardboard must not be broken at the edges. All sides must be flush.

The material used must be obtained in archival quality according to DIN ISO 16245-A and/or DIN ISO 9706 or equivalent.

The cardboard boxes are required to archive upright CDs.

The archive box for CDs should be suitable for the standing storage of CDs. The dimensionally stable box is made from corrugated cardboard. The material should be 1.6 mm thick and have smooth inner surfaces. A tolerance of 10% in the material thickness is allowed.

The color of the boxes can be light gray or gray-blue on the outside and white on the inside.

It should be open at the top.

The erection is done by folding, folding and plugging - no gluing, no use of metal parts.

All parts of the plug connections must be flush with the outer surfaces of the cassettes.

The dimensions mentioned are external dimensions.

The archive boxes must not be sharp-edged. The surfaces of the corrugated board must be stain-free. The corrugated cardboard must not break when the boxes are erected.

After folding, all sides must be flush. It should be possible to erect the box in 1 minute without instructions and with few tools.

The material used must meet the archive quality according to DIN ISO 16245-A. The materials must have a total basis weight of at least 500g/m² +/- 5% (measurement tolerance) for a 1.6 mm thick cardboard (correspondingly higher for thicker cardboard). The material must be wet resistant for 24 hours (test by the client is carried out on the basis of the samples). The top layer should be colored as thoroughly as possible. The information on the total basis weight as well as the wet strength and top layer must be included in the offer. A certificate for complying with the respective DIN/parameters must be included.

The pallets must be provided with an indication of the contents when they are delivered.

The cardboard boxes are required to archive upright floppy disks.

The storage box for floppy disks should be suitable for upright storage of floppy disks.

The dimensionally stable box is made from corrugated cardboard. The material should be 1.6 mm thick and have smooth inner surfaces. A tolerance of 10% in the material thickness is allowed.

The color of the boxes can be light gray or gray-blue on the outside and white on the inside.

It should be open at the top.

The erection is done by folding, folding and plugging - no gluing, no use of metal parts.

All parts of the plug connections must be flush with the outer surfaces of the cassettes.

The archive boxes must not be sharp-edged. The surfaces of the corrugated board must be stain-free. The corrugated cardboard must not break when the boxes are erected.

After folding, all sides must be flush. It should be possible to erect the box in 1 minute without instructions and with few tools.

The material used must meet the archive quality according to DIN ISO 16245-A. The materials must have a total basis weight of at least 500g/m² +/- 5% (measurement tolerance) for a 1.6 mm thick cardboard (correspondingly higher for thicker cardboard). The material must be wet resistant for 24 hours (test by the client is carried out on the basis of the samples). The top layer should be colored as thoroughly as possible. The information on the total basis weight as well as the wet strength and top layer must be included in the offer. A certificate for complying with the respective DIN/parameters must be included.

The pallets must be provided with an indication of the contents when they are delivered.

The custom-made folders are required for archiving media works.

Archive file folders with tubular binding are an assortment or standard product, made from archive cardboard (400 g/m2) with a glued binder and 80 mm hole for filing, including tubular filing mechanism (no metal filing mechanism). The creases allow for flexible filing and must be made at 5 mm intervals to adjust the filling quantity. The colour of the archive file folder should be light grey or light blue. The material used is archival quality according to DIN ISO 16245-A and/or DIN ISO 9706 or equivalent. The archive file folder has the following dimensions: 320 mm (high) x 250 mm (wide), 40 mm spine thickness.

The file folders must not be sharp. The surfaces of the folders must be stain-free. The box must not be broken open at the folds. All sides must be flush.

The holdings of the German National Library must be optimally stored so that they can be permanently secured in accordance with the legal mandate. They must also be kept in their original form, i.e. in their usual form on the market. To ensure this, appropriate packaging is required that meets both conservation and archive-specific requirements. The archive boxes are required for the professional archiving of supplements that are supplied with media companies.

The archive boxes are stored upright.

The archive box is to be manufactured as a tight-fitting box, with a hinged lid on the long side, from corrugated cardboard PE. The lid height should be approximately 70 mm. There should be a front cutout on the front side of the box to make it easier to remove the accessories.

The erection is done by folding, folding and plugging, no gluing, no use of metal parts.

All parts of the plug connections must be flush with the outer surfaces of the boxes.

The corrugated board should be approximately 2.5 mm thick. A tolerance of 10% is allowed.

The colour of the material should be grey-blue on the outside.

The archive boxes must not be sharp-edged. The surfaces of the corrugated board must be stain-free. The corrugated cardboard must not break when the boxes are erected. After folding, all sides must be flush. It should be possible to erect the boxes in 1 minute without instructions, with a few tools.

The material used must meet the archive quality according to DIN ISO 16245-A. The materials must have a total basis weight of at least 500g/m² +/- 5% (measurement tolerance) for 1.6 mm thick cardboard (correspondingly higher for thicker cardboard). The material must be wet resistant for 24 hours (test by the client is carried out on the basis of the samples). The top layer should be colored as thoroughly as possible. The information on the total surface weight as well as the wet strength and top layer must be included in the offer. A certificate for complying with the respective DIN/parameters must be included.

A sample for items 8.01 and 8.02 must be enclosed with the offer. The pattern must correspond exactly to the position in terms of dimensions and design. In addition, a material sample of at least 10 x 10 cm should be included.

The archive bags are required for storing unbound magazines and notebooks in horizontal storage.

They are used to separate and label individual journals and notebooks. These are inserted individually into the bag.

The filled bags are stored in storage boxes with drawers.

The archive bags are to be made from white paper in 120 g/m². The paper should have an unstructured surface but not be too smooth. So that the bags don't slip in the boxes when opening and closing.

The pockets should be closed on one long and short side. The edges of the bond should be on the outside of the shell.

The dimensions specify length x width as the external dimensions to be observed.

The archive bags must not be sharp-edged. The surfaces must be stain-free.

All pages should be flush.

The material used must correspond to the archive quality according to DIN ISO 16245-A.