The proposed North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) code is:541519   Other Computer Related Services

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DESCRIPTION: DLA Troop Support-Medical in Philadelphia anticipates possible award to purchase maintenance for PowerScribe 360 systems at mutliple Army Bases both Contiguous United States (CONUS) and Outside Contiguous United States (OCONUS). Vendor shall provide maintenance through B2B connections or via through on-site engineering support for the Nuance / Powerscribe voice dictation systems throughout the AMEDD. Vendor will support the system's connections, configurations, hardware and proprietary databases at each site accordingly. Support ensures that the AMEDD can continue to use the software per the licensing agreement AND also ensures that future software upgrades are provided at no additional costs to the government.

The Government plans to procure the maintenance as a commercial items through fixed priced award(s).  The only sources known are Nuance Communicatons Inc (the manufactuerer) and Carahsoft Technologoy Corporation (the only known PowerScribe 360 Authorized distributor).

Minimum Requirements:
-Vendor shall have  access to the DISA / MEDCOM business-to-business gateways that allow for remote access

-Vendor shall provide hardware / software support that can extend beyond the normal service life of the hardware currently installed throughout the AMEDD

-Vendor shall provide maintenance support to PowerScribe 360 system and can modify existing connections to the hardware located at each site

Based on responses to this PSS, it is anticipated that, at some future date, solicitation(s) may be issued to pursue opportunities to award(s). A pre-solicitation may be published in FedBizOpps prior to the release of any solicitation generated from the information gathered in response to this PSS. Not responding to this PSS will not preculde participation in any future solicitation.

 SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION: The Government is interested in all businesses, to include Small Businesses, Small Disadvantage Businesses, 8(a)s, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses, Hubzone Businesses, and Women-Owned Small Businesses. The Government requests that interested parties respond to this notice as a manufacturer or as a distributor.

 RESPONSES: Please Provide the following information for your company:

•·         Company Name/Address

•·         Cage Code

•·         DUNS Number

•·         Point of Contact

•·         Phone/Fax Number

•·         Email Address

•·         Web Page URL

•·         Size of Business relative to NAICS Code (Small Business Size Standard Employees or less)

•·         Whether a U.S. or Foreign Owned Entity

•·         Indicate whether your interest is as a manufacturer or as a distributor

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All interested parties are invited to submit a response to this PSS on or before June 11, 2018, 9:00 AM EST. Please note: emails containing zip files such as .zip, xlsx, docx, or other macro enable extensions may not be deliverd to the intended recipient. All responses and questions to the PSS must be transmitted electronically via email to Mr. Timothy Joyce at [email protected] and Mr. Sean McColgan at [email protected].

NOTE: When submitting a response, provide information that shows that your company can meet the minimum requirements.