SOLICITATION NOTICE
70 -- Software Development Kit (SDK) Software - Sole Source Document
- Notice Date
- 8/2/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 423430
— Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL - Rome Research Site, AFRL/Information Directorate, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome, New York, 13441-4514
- ZIP Code
- 13441-4514
- Solicitation Number
- FA8751-10-Q-0396
- Archive Date
- 8/27/2010
- Point of Contact
- Charlene Booth, Phone: 315-330-3536
- E-Mail Address
-
charlene.booth@rl.af.mil
(charlene.booth@rl.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sole Source Document The Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate, Rome, NY intends to solicit and negotiate a sole source purchase under the authority of 10 USC 2304(c) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements, with Nuance Communications, Inc., One Wayside Rd, Burlington, MA 01803-4609. This sole source procurement is for one (1) Nuance Dragon Server SDK and AudioMining SDK. Though this notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations, information received by the response date of the solicitation will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed purchase order based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The NAICS code for this procurement is 423430. SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION: Nuance is the only source for Nuance's Dragon Server SDK. The license is utilized for research and development to support in-house programs. It is important to obtain this licensed software in order to provide the Audio Processing Group with the ability to continue world class research in this technology area with greater robustness, rapid deployment and application to new domains and languages. There are no other known sources that can satisfy the government's requirement.
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