SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) English-to-Available Foreign Language and Available Foreign Language-to-English Automated Document Translation System.
- Notice Date
- 6/11/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334220
— Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Engineer District, Vicksburg, Vicksburg Consolidated Contracts Office, Alexandria, 7701 Telegraph Rd, Alexandria, VA 22315-3864
- ZIP Code
- 22315-3864
- Solicitation Number
- W9132V-08-R-0011
- Response Due
- 6/26/2008
- Archive Date
- 8/25/2008
- Point of Contact
- Nilda Lugo, 703-428-6272
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Engineering Research and Development Center, Topographic Engineering Center (TEC), Alexandria Contracting Office is conducting a Request for Information (RFI) Sources Sought (SS) for text-to-text, one-way and two-way, automated language translation technology for English-to-Available Foreign Language and Available Foreign Language-to-English automated document translation for the U.S. Army Space Programs Office, Program Manager Sequoyah, Alexandria, VA. This request for information is for planning purposes only; this is not a request for Quotations or Proposals. No solicitation document exists and a formal solicitation may or may not be issued by the Government as a result of the responses to this RFI/SS. The Government will not be liable for payment of any response preparation expenses. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. All interested firms that possess the capabilities and facilities addressed herein are encouraged to respond to this RFI/SS by providing the information specified below, on or before 2:00 pm EST on June 26, 2008. Responses to this RFI should be unclassified. Sources responding to this RFI/SS should indicate their business size in relation to the following NAICS code: 334220. Direct all questions regarding this Sources Sought to the attention of Nilda Lugo, Contracting Officer, Fax number 703-428-6995, E-mail: Nilda.E.Lugo@usace.army.mil. All requests for further information must be via email, telephonic requests for additional information will not be honored. The Program Manager Sequoyah, under the Program Director, Army Space Program Office (ASPO) of Program Executive Officer (PEO) Intelligence and Electronics Warfare Systems (IEW&S) is continuously seeking the means to satisfy the immediate need for production and deployment of foreign language text translation capabilities in support of the Global War on Terror (GWOT). The purpose of this RFI is to identify sources that are capable of providing a Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) English-to-Available Foreign Language and Available Foreign Language-to-English automated document translation system. The capability must: 1) support document translation for Microsoft Office products such as Word and PowerPoint 2) operate within a Windows XP/Vista environment, and 3) perform as a server-based chat application. The input will be in English text or Available Foreign Language text. The output will consist of English text or Available Foreign Language text in the original format. Languages of interest are: Hangul, Iraqi Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic, Dari, Pashtu, Farsi, Spanish, Creole, Dutch, and Portuguese. Interested parties responding to this RFI should have: 1) a strong background and detailed knowledge in Automated Foreign Language Translation Technologies; 2) a proven and demonstrated capability of developing, integrating, and prototyping diversified emerging natural language processing and translation technologies as well as transitioning product(s) from concept and laboratory phase to commercial market and field; 3) a demonstrated and detailed working knowledge of the DoDs Automated Foreign Language Translation Technologies, particularly understanding the operational, tactical all-source intelligences needs for text translation capabilities and 4) a demonstrated capability and experience to provide logistics in COCOM Areas Of Responsibility (AOR), that can readily support detailed coordination with users, and installation, operation and support of the system. Interested parties possessing the qualifications outlined above are requested to provide an unclassified white paper describing at a minimum: 1.Corporate capabilities, past and current relevant performance information, available facilities and assets capable of automated foreign language text translation system production to include: current production rate for a system; current methodology for subcontractor/vendor management; identification of risks for production and associated risk mitigation plans; production and test plans and procedures currently in use; production management initiatives, specifically those related to product quality. 2.Minimum technical documentation of automated foreign language text translation products is to include detailed design and architecture documentation to address the following features and specifications: a.Input type, format, etc. b.Output type, format, etc 3.Technical description of the automated foreign language text translation system and its components to include: a.Functional capability i.Dictionary - size of terminology; subject coverage (e.g. general-purpose or a list of special domains); user dictionary and any limitation ii.Translation speed, throughput, accuracy iii.Translation aids - translation memory, editing tool, terminology updates and management b.Components description including characteristics and identification of developers and manufacturers - machine translation engine, translation memory, electronic dictionary, etc. c.Hardware requirements - CPU, memory, hard disk space, etc. d.Upgradeability/ interoperability of heterogeneous computing components 4.Provide any U.S. government, international, and/or industry-led quantitative and qualitative evaluation or assessment results on the system and its components - e.g. utility assessments from the operational customers, NIST/DARPA/R&D labs, and industry associations, etc. Desired quantitative results might be based upon the following metrics: ILR, WER, BLEU, METEOR, GTM, or TER. 5.All requisite supporting documentation to include: User training guide, Administrator training guide, Operation and Maintenance manual, Troubleshooting guide, etc. 6.Commercial catalog pricing and warranty information. 7. Information on supportability, training, maintenance, and upgrades 8. Identification of existing customers for the system 9. Identification of any strategic partnering alliances that permit acceleration of component delivery or obtaining priority subcontracted support services 10. Identification of any commercial/industrial certifications or quality systems in use. 11. Identification of Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of the system and its components. 12. Corporate assessment of technology to include identification of system performance capabilities and limitations and associated technology roadmap. 13. Point of contact for additional information. Any submission of such product literature or catolog cut sheets will be treated separate from, and will have no bearing on, any subsequent evaluation of proposals submitted in response to any resulting future formal Request for Proposal (RFP). TEC will not pay for information or comments provided and will not recognize any costs associated with submission of comments. This notice is not a Request for Proposals, Invitation to Bid, or Request for Quotes.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Vicksburg Consolidated Contracts Office, Alexandria 7701 Telegraph Rd, Alexandria VA
- Zip Code: 22315-3864
- Zip Code: 22315-3864
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