THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI) INTENDS TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT OF OMNIPAGE OCR SOFTWARE TO NUANCE, 5875 TRINITY PARKWAY, SUITE 300, CENTREVILLE, VIRGINIA 20112.  OMNIPAGE OCR SOFTWARE IS UTILIZED TO CONVERT PRINTED OR
SCANNED DOCUMENTS INTO SEARCHABLE DOCUMENTS.  THIS SOFTWARE IS TRADITIONALLY NOT USED IN LARGE-SCALE ENVIRONMENTS AND THE TYPICAL PURCHASING OPTIONS DO NOT INCLUDE A "SITE LICENSE" WHERE ONE PURCHASE ALLOWS THE SOFTWARE TO BE INSTALLED ON A LARGE NUMBER OF COMPUTER SERVERS.  DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE WORK THAT THE DATA INTERCEPT TECHNOLOGY UNIT (DITU) PROVIDES FOR THE FBI, THE MOST PRACTICAL AND ECONOMICAL PURCHASE IS A "SITE LICENSE."  THSI SOFTWARE WILL BE INSTALLED ON SEVERAL  HUNDRED SERVERS AND UTILIZED FOR COUNTER TERRORIZM, COUNTER INTELLIGENCE, AND CRIMINAL CASES.  NUANCE IS THE SOLE OWNER AND CREATOR OF THIS SOFTWARE.

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTATIONS, HOWEVER, INTERESTED PARTIES MAY IDENTIFY THEIR INTEREST AND CAPABILITY BY RESPONDING TO THIS REQUIREMENT OR SUBMIT A QUOTE TO THIS OFFICE BY 12:00 P.M. EDT JULY 15, 2010, VIA FACSIMILE TO THE ATTENTION OF LAURIE L. WILLIAMS, CONTRACT SPECIALIST, AT 703-985-6103,  OR BY E-MAIL AT [email protected].  INFORMATION RECEIVED WILL BE SOLEY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER TO CONDUCT A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT.   THE AWARDEE SHALL BE REGISTERED IN THE CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION (CCR) DATABASE.