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THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE ORDER AND NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS. This contract action is for the acquisition of Services for which the Government intends to solicit and negoti... THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE ORDER AND NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS. This contract action is for the acquisition of Services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 13.106-l(b). The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Office of Acquisitions (OA) intends to award a single source purchase order to Visiopharm Corporation, 7636 Williamson Road, Suite 100, Roanoke, VA 24019, for the acquisition of the Visio Pharm AI module and Visiopharm Architect module software. The VisioPharm AI Image Analysis Module software is required to routinely to provide digital image analysis support for the DNTP/DIR research programs. The software facilitates automatic cell identification on digital images of H&E- and IHC-stained tissue sections allowing time saving automated annotations of objects of interest and can be trained to recognize specific areas of interest or objects for quantification. The software can be applied to entire groups of slides or projects to generate data for the investigator thus eliminating tedious manual workflows and difficult post processing steps to generate accurate data. Product ID: 1014AI Product description Qty: 1 EA Visiopharm’s AI module extends an Author and Engine modules for support of Deep Learning classifiers and feature generation. The unique module allows for the training and classification of any number of parameters within image data and is fully integrated into the APP workflow. Deep Learning features can be combined with manually engineered features for superior performance when needed. Additionally, this module adds support for training deep learning classifiers on GPUs and executing deep learning classifiers on GPUs and CPUs. Product ID: 1016 Product description Qty: 1EA The AI Architect module enables you to customize and control deep learning topologies such as training parameters, network architecture and more. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541511 – “Custom Computer Programming Services” and a size standard of $30M. NIEHS will solicit and negotiate directly with Visiopharm Corporation and no solicitation will be issued. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability. Award is subject to approval of the Sole Source Justification. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals or quotations; however, an interested party may submit a statement of capabilities if they believe they can meet the above requirement. The statement of capabilities must be submitted in writing and contain sufficient detail to allow the Government to determine if the party can provide the requirement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action based upon responses to this notice is solely with the discretion of the Government. All responses must be received within (3) days from the date of publication of this synopsis. Information received will normally be considered for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. If no affirmative responses are received within (3) days of this notice, an award will be made to Visiopharm Corporation. This procurement is to be processed using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. There is no solicitation package available. No faxed documents will be accepted. For any questions regarding this announcement, please contact Tanya Redfearn via email shields3@niehs.nih.gov.