BIBFRAME Scriptshifter Utility Enhancement
Closed Special Notice Posted
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Library of Congress
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Place of performance
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Library of Congress has issued a Special Notice for a sole-source contract to enhance the BIBFRAME Scriptshifter Utility, a specialized transliteration tool that converts non-Latin scripts to Latin alphabet. The notice indicates the Library's intent to award the contract to Stefano Cossu, the original developer of the Scriptshifter, who has uniquely developed the utility over multiple previous contracts. Cossu is considered the only viable source for continuing the development and maintenance of this critical infrastructure tool. The contract will span a base year and three option years, focusing on expanding the utility's capabilities to include additional complex script languages. The opportunity is currently designated as a sole-source procurement, with the Library of Congress reserving the right to proceed with this approach.
Contractors interested in challenging the sole-source designation must submit a comprehensive capability statement by June 12, 2025, at 5:00 pm ET to the contracting officer via email. The capability statement must not exceed five double-spaced pages and include specific details such as company information, SAM Unique Entity Identifier, corporate structure, references, and resumes of key personnel demonstrating relevant expertise. The primary objective of this contract is to enhance the Scriptshifter's transliteration capabilities, with planned improvements for languages including Thai, Lao, Khmer, Tibetan, Burmese, Devanagari, Yiddish, Arabic, Pushto, Sindhi, Kurdish, Persian, and Urdu. The utility will be developed to improve romanization processes, integrate with existing Library of Congress systems like BIBFRAME, and potentially leverage machine learning models for script conversion. Despite the opportunity for alternative vendors to submit capability statements, the Library maintains the prerogative to proceed with the sole-source award to Stefano Cossu.
Notice text
This is the Library of Congress' notice of intent to sole source the continued development of Scriptshifter a utility tool used at the Library. Scriptshifter is a transliteration utility to convert non-Latin scripts to Latin alphabet. This utility was specifically developed to the Library’s specifications over multiple contracts. Each subsuquent contract adding additional scripts as well as maintenance of the infrastructure of the Scriptshifter Utility.
Stefano Cossu is the developer of the Scriptshifter and is the only viable source for continuing this work to add new scripts to this utility. This will be a Sole Source contract to the developer for a base and three years. See the attached Justification and Approval For Other than Full and Open Competition dated 6/6/2025 titled" 2025-LGD-0006 - JA - BIBFRAM -2025 -Final 06062025_Redacted. Also see the attached Statement of Work for this effort.
The Library intends to fulfill this requirement by issuing a sole source contract award to Stefano Cossu of Philadelphia, PA. Any firm that wishes to be considered for this requirement and believes that this does not meet the Sole Source criteria must submit a capability statement that demonstrates its ability to meet all the requirements described in the draft Statement of Work (below). The capability statement must be received no later than 5:00 pm ET, June 12, 2025. It must be emailed to the contracting officer at bmatsuoka@loc.gov. The capability statement must not exceed five (5) double-spaced pages and shall include the following information:
- Company name, SAM Unique Entity Identifier, address, point of contact, phone number, and e-mail address
- Corporate structure (corporation, LLC, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability partnership, Professional Corporation, etc.)
- References, including name, phone number, and e-mail address of individuals who can verify the demonstrated capabilities indicated in the statement and;
- Resumes for key personnel who would work on the contract for those individuals with knowledge and experience relevant to the requirement described in the draft Statement of Work. (Resumes are not counted as part of the 5-page limit for capability statements.)
Even if other vendors express interest in this award, the Library reserves the right to proceed on a sole source basis if the conditions warrant it.
In accordance with LC06.305, Availability of the Justification, the Justification and Approval to issue a sole-source contract to Stefano Cossu. is posted with this notice.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-LGD-0006 - JA - BIBFRAM - 2025 - Final 06062025_Redacted.pdf | ||
| SOW - BIBFRAM - 2025 eACQ 5-6-25.docx | DOCX document |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| BIBFRAME Scriptshifter Utility Enhancement | Award Notice | |
| This notice | Special Notice |
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