Notice of Intent to award sole source contract. This is not a solicitation. The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Providence, Rhode Island (650/90C VAMC Providence) intends to negotiate and award a contract for software support of a Medical Speech Recognition system as follows: Enterprise (VISN 1) Powerscribe Version 4.8.2 powered by Dragon Speech Recognition Engine on two server systems. Proposed awardee: Nuance Communications, Inc. (Dictaphone Corporation) 1 Wayside Road, Burlington, MA 01803-4509 DUNS: 797407517. The authority for this action is FAR 6.302-1. This is a commercial acquisition under FAR 12.6 and 13.1. The items to be acquired are: software support with support level 2 (Option II: 24/7 remote - 8:00am -5:00 on-site). Quantity, Nomenclature, Description: 2, OPSWREC LICENSE RECOGNITION SERVER SOFTWARE; 2, OPWTEST-FLD KIT,SW TEST SYSTEM PSW; 2, 0502378-ISV LIC,RUNTIME,SQL2K SE, ISV, 1-CAL; 2, OPSWAPI LICENSE API SERVER LICENSE FEE; 8, OPSWPXL LICENSE POWEREXP SW CUSTOM; 2, OPSRWSD-FLD SW WEB SERVER PSW 2 PROCESSORS; 16, OCORCKU KIT,CORRECTION,USB, POWERSCRIBE; 16, OPSWCOE LICENSE, CORRECTION EDITOR PE; 115, 0PWCPL1 LIC PHYSICIAN CONCURRENT; 500, 0PWCSEP LIC SELF EDIT PKG CONCURRENT. This notice contains information current through FAC 2005-36. The NAICS is 541511. The PSC is D399. Interested persons may contact the Contract Specialist regarding this procurement and may identify capabilities for items of this kind. Correspondence should be received not later than seven (7) days after this notice. The Department welcomes information on total life cycle and maintenance costs for this and for comparable speech recognition systems as well as information on alternative sustainment concepts for this and comparable systems. Contract Specialist: John Young, 401-459-4760 x 1588, [email protected]. Service Disabled and Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB and VOSB) contracting with VA are to self-register in VetBiz if seeking consideration under the authority of PL 109-461 (www.vetbiz.gov - Vendor Information Pages - VIP) All contractors are required to be registered in the Central Contractor Registry (www.ccr.gov). Consult your State Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) for technical assistance with these requirements (http://www.dla.mil/db/procurem.htm).

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