The resultant contract will be a firm-fixed price purchase order.  Brand name or equal items will be accepted.  If an "equal" item is being proposed, then the product specifications must be included with the quote to demonstrate that the proposed item is equal.  Offerors are responsible for providing current specifications.

 1.      VERUS Professional Translation Software
              Manufacturer:  NovoDynamics
              Part#:  001-00011-003-001
              QTY: 10

Minimum Salient Characteristics:

-VERUS Professional - Includes: Arabic, Farsi, Dari, Pashto, Urdu, English, French, Hebrew, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Spanish

-Supports embedded English and French

-Auto-clean technology

-Automatic language detection

-Spell Checker

-PDF with hidden text output

-Automatic machine print vs handwriting page sorting

-API/SDK

**Unlimited Page Monthly Processing Limit**

**Must provide conversion WITHOUT the use of a USB Dongle for authentication

•2.              2.      VERUS Annual support and Maintenance
                Manufacturer:  NovoDynamics
                Part#:  0001-00034-003-001
                QTY: 10 

Shipping Instructions:

Shipping under this requirement shall be FOB destination.  Items shall be delivered to Quantico, VA . 

Submission Instructions

Responses shall be submitted via electronic submission to Lauren Caperton at [email protected] .  The due date for responses to this RFQ is on or before May 24, 2009 at 9:00 am Eastern Time.  Responses must be marked as follows: "RFQ E010292."  All questions regarding this requirement must be submitted to Lauren Caperton via email.  Quotes shall include a point of contact (including phone number, fax number and email address), contractor DUN's number and TIN number.  ALL QUOTES MUST BE VALID FOR 60 DAYS.

 Terms and Conditions:  This RFQ incorporates the provisions and clauses that are in effect through Federal Acquisition Regulation Circular 2005-41.   The provision at FAR Clause 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors (June 2008) and addendum are incorporated into this solicitation.  Addendum to 52.212-1, Modify: (b) Submission of offer(s) is to read as follows:  "Submit offers electronically to [email protected] .  Provision 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items (Jan 1999) is incorporated by reference.  This requirement will be awarded to the low price technically acceptable (LPTA) offeror.  Provision 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (Aug 2009) is incorporated.  Contractors may submit their online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) at the following government portal:  http://orca.bpn.gov.  Clauses 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (Mar 2009), and 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders, Commercial Items (Apr 2010), apply to this solicitation.  The following additional clauses under FAR 52.212-5 are applicable: 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-aside; 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting; 52.222-3, Convict Labor;  52.222-19, Child Labor; 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities;  52.222-26, Equal Opportunity;  52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans; 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans; 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons; 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases; Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer - Central Contractor Registration. 

Central Contractor Registration:  The awardee shall be registered in the Central Contractor Registration Database.  Full text of the FAR clauses can be found at:     http://www.acqnet.gov/far.