SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Machine Translation Maintenance and Development
- Notice Date
- 8/25/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541930
— Translation and Interpretation Services
- Contracting Office
- ASC/PKN Area C, Bldg 1, Rm 111 1940 Allbrook Drive Suite 3 Attn: Tom Beaver Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, 45433-5309
- ZIP Code
- 45433-5309
- Solicitation Number
- FA8633-06-R-2550
- Response Due
- 9/12/2005
- Archive Date
- 9/16/2005
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) is presently contemplating a 5 year, single award, contract for continuing development of machine translation (MT) software and expansion of dictionaries which are integral to the functioning of NASIC's Systran MT systems. NASIC has been developing, operating, and maintaining Systran MT systems since 1969. The Systran MT systems are the only known MT systems that cover the wide range of systems of interest to NASIC and which employ the context-sensitive language analysis that is compatible with NASIC's systems. In addition, Systran MT systems have been identified as the only Department of Defense Intelligence Information System (DODIIS) migration MT System by the DODIIS Migration Board. The contractual effort will provide for continuing upgrades and enhancements to existing Systran MT systems, which will include the development and maintenance of Russian-English, French-English, German-English, Chinese- English, Spanish-English, Korean-English, Slovak-English, Albanian-English, Ukrainian-English, Serbo-Croatian-English, Japanese-English, Polish-English, English-Chinese, English-Japanese, English-Korean, Czech-English, Arabic- English, Urdu-English, and Farsi-English. Experience is required in various computer languages and operating systems. These include C and C++, UNIX, Linux, Java, Unicode, and SunOS 4.x, and Solaris 2.x, operating systems. Potential sources must provide evidence and experience to operate and maintain the Systran MT system. All responses will be evaluated against the criteria in this announcement. Limit responses to 10 pages or less. This notice announces the intent of the Air Force to issue a sole-source award to Systran Software, Inc. for these services. A 60 month, time and materials contract is contemplated. Foreign participation on this contract is not authorized. This notice is a presolicitation notice for this acquisition. Submit responses within 15 days after publication of this announcement to Mr. Tom Beaver, ASC/PKN, Bldg 1, 1940 Allbrook Drive, Suite 3, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-5309, Telephone (937) 257-2135, ext. 4547, Tom.Beaver@wpafb.af.mil. All information regarding this acquisition will be posted on the World Wide Web at http://www.pixis.wpafb.af.mil. Contractors must be registered in Central Contractor Registration (CCR) prior to award at https://www.ccr.disc.dla.mil/ccriq/scripts/search.asp. For more information on 06R2550--Machine Translation Maintenance and Development please refer to http://www.pixs.wpafb.af.mil/pixslibr/06R2550/06R2550.asp
- Web Link
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06R2550-Machine Translation Maintenance and Development
(http://www.pixs.wpafb.af.mil/pixslibr/06R2550/06R2550.asp)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 1940 Allbrook Drive Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
- Zip Code: 45433-5309
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 45433-5309
- Record
- SN00879382-W 20050827/050825212135 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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