SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- Notice of Intent Sole Source: Vivisimo Velocity Information Optimization Suite
- Notice Date
- 1/25/2013
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, 6707 Democracy Blvd., Suite 105, Bethesda, Maryland, 20894, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20894
- Solicitation Number
- NIHLM2013663-RS
- Archive Date
- 2/14/2013
- Point of Contact
- Ryan L Singletary, Phone: 301-496-6546
- E-Mail Address
-
Ryan.singletary@nih.gov
(Ryan.singletary@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- It is the intent of the National Library of Medicine to negotiate on a sole source basis with Vivisimo, Inc, 1710 Murray Avenue, Suite 300 Pittsburg, PA, 15217, under authority of FAR 6.302, for a Velocity Information Optimization Suite: Perpetual Expansion License for the NLM Programs and a Vivisimo Standard Support for Perpetual License for one year. This includes an additional ten (10) sources to be federated from external search applications (50 total) and an unlimited amount of users to access the output from the Vivisimo Products. This service is used by the Applications Branch in the main search engine for the NLM Websites. Vendors may identify in writing their interest and capability in response to this requirement or submit a proposal. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However all responses received no later than the closing date of this announcement will be considered by the government. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The service provider must be able to provide Vivismo, which is the product that NLM uses. Vivisimo Velocity is an Information Optimization platform that unifies access to secure business repositories, presents relevant information with an unmatched user experience, and enables knowledge sharing across an enterprise. Velocity is a quick to implement solution that finds, extracts and delivers relevant information no matter what format it is in or where it resides. NLM uses Vivisimo Velocity on many critical applications/websites such as MedlinePlus, NLM Main Web, NIHSeniorHealth, NLM Intranet, NLM Digital Collection, etc. Solid knowledge/experiences with Vivisimo Velocity are required in order to provide services to NLM such as working with NLM to troubleshoot production problems, enhancing new search features, upgrading new version of Velocity, implementing advanced technologies to optimize and customize NLM search functions, etc. As world largest medical library, one of NLM's missions is to provide quality health care information to public and search capability is very important feature for public consumers to access NLM's information. All respnses must be submitted electronically no later than 12:00pm eastern standard time on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 to Ryan Singletary ryan.singletary@nih.gov.
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- Record
- SN02972431-W 20130127/130125234126-57027679d397d3511009ff7170e47895 (fbodaily.com)
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