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Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Enterprise Wide Speech Recognition Request for Information (RFI) Overview This is a Request for Information (RFI) only. Do not submit a proposal. This RFI is for pl... Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Enterprise Wide Speech Recognition Request for Information (RFI) Overview This is a Request for Information (RFI) only. Do not submit a proposal. This RFI is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered an Invitation for Bid, Request for Task Execution Plan, Request for Quotation or a Request for Proposal. Additionally, there is no obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services described in this RFI. Your response to this RFI will be treated only as information for the Government to consider. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) intends to award a new contract/task order for sustainment support for the Enterprise Wide Speech Recognition (EWSR) system being used by Veterans Health Administration (VHA). VA is looking to objectively assess whether the currently deployed Nuance Dragon Medical Network Edition (DMNE)and Dragon Medical One (DMO) software application and environments can be maintained by outside parties for the purposes of competing this effort. Background VA VHA awarded a fixed price contract (VA701-13-D-0042) on Sept 3, 2013 with four option years to Nuance Communications to support the VHA s ability to acquire, implement and integrate an Enterprise-wide Front-end Speech Recognition System. The scope of the contract included: Licensing, Hardware & Software System; Implementation Support and Ongoing Maintenance; and Training. In August 2018, a modification was made for an additional year of support through Sept 16, 2019. Sustainment support for the product is being transitioned to EPMO TRS. The planned scope of the new contract will be for continued support of the VHA Nuance DMNE and DMO Enterprise-wide Front-end Speech Recognition System currently in use. The scope of this effort includes: Cloud Infrastructure/Services for Mobile Infrastructure; Project Management Support and Maintenance & Support. The primary objective of this RFI is to collect information regarding whether requirements of the PWS can be performed by contractors other than Nuance Communications and for recommendations/ questions from industry regarding the information provided in the draft PWS (see attached). Questions for Industry: Describe your approach to meeting the primary objectives stated in this RFI/draft PWS. Provide any questions/items that should be included in the PWS. It is requested that all companies interested in participating in this effort please note their interest and submit a capability statement demonstrating their ability to meet this requirement and/or submit questions that they may have in regard to the draft PWS. Please note the business size for North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code and indicate if you are a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) or a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB). You will not be entitled to payment for direct or indirect costs that you incur in responding to this RFI. This request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. No funds have been authorized, appropriated or received for this effort. The information provided may be used by the VA in developing its acquisition strategy. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary, restricted or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to pay for the information submitted in response to this RFI. Please provide the following information specific to your company: Company Name POC Information CAGE/DUNS Socioeconomic Type For SDVOSB/VOSB firms, indicate whether at least 50% of the cost of performance incurred is planned to be expended for employees of your concern or employees of other eligible SDVOSB/VOSB firms. *Please Note: VA may elect to contact individual companies based upon the content of their RFI submission. VA may engage these companies to gather further information through email correspondence, telephone calls, virtual or physically located meetings, or other means. All proprietary/company confidential material shall be clearly marked on every page that contains such. Main POCs: Joe Pignataro, Contract Specialist Joseph.Pignataro@va.gov, 732-795-1115, Asif Damji, Contracting Officer- Asif.Damji@va.gov, 732-440-9674. Please submit your responses through email to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer at Joseph.Pignataro@va.gov and Asif.Damji@va.gov. Responses must be received by 12:00PM, NOON, EST on February 22, 2019.