CONTENT ANALYST SOFTWARE RENEWAL FOR THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

The National Science Foundation (NSF) intends to procure a renewal of its license maintenance agreement for content analyst software for the Division of Research and Learning (DRL). The period of performance is one base year plus four one year, option periods. NSF owns a copy of the software and requires access to updates of this unique software product as a number of computer applications have been designed around it and therefore are dependent upon the content analyst software to operate properly. The software provides NSF/DRL with textual analysis capabilities to support its evaluation and monitoring activities. A change to an alternate product would not be cost effective to the Government and it would require an increased level of effort and resources to reprogram similar functions and applications. Content Analyst Company, LLC does not have resellers of this product. The proposed contract action is for services for which the government intends to sponsor with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b). This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. This synopsis is for information purposes only.