Intent to sole source
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- PANMCC24P0000011983
- Agency
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Department of the Army
Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 513210 Software Publishers
- Place of performance
- Monterey, California 93944, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of the Army has published a Special Notice regarding its intent to sole source the procurement of the flexMIRT software from Vector Psychometric Group, LLC. The flexMIRT software is required by the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center's Language Proficiency Assessment Directorate to analyze large datasets of Defense Language Proficiency Test item response data in order to maintain the accuracy, reliability, and validity of the testing instruments.
The purpose of this Special Notice is to inform interested parties of the government's intent to award a sole source contract for the flexMIRT software, which is considered the most advanced item response theory software and the only solution capable of performing the required multivariate, multidimensional item response theory analysis on the large data volumes. The total estimated value of the contract is $488,542 for a base year and two option years, with a projected award in September 2024. Interested parties have 7 days to respond with evidence of their capability to fulfill the requirement and demonstrate that competition would be advantageous to the government, as the flexMIRT software is only available from the sole source provider.
Notice text
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Update #2 · Latest ·
This is a Notice of Intent to award a sole-source contract and is not a request for competitive proposals. The statutory authority for this sole source procurement is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c) (1) as prescribed by FAR 13.106-1(b).
Mission Installation Contracting Command (MICC) Fort Leavenworth, KS intends to issue a sole source, firm fixed price award to Vector Psychometric Group, LLC, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, to provide flexMIRT Software License. The NAICS code for this requirement 513210– Software Publishers (Size Standard - $47M). This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations Interested parties may identify their capability to respond to this requirement. Interested parties must show clear and convincing evidence that competition of this requirement would be advantageous to the Government to garner further consideration by the government. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Written responses to this Notice of Intent to Sole Source shall contain sufficient documentation to establish a bonafide capability to fulfill the requirement. MICC Fort Leavenworth will not be responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties in responding to this notice.
Update #1 ·
The Language Proficiency Assessment Directorate (LPAD) of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) requires the procurement of flexMIRT (Flexible multilevel multidimensional item analysis and test scoring) software. The Test Design and Analysis (TAD) Division of LPAD is required to analyze Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT) item response data to maintain the accuracy, reliability and validity of testing instruments. To support the ever-increasing volume of item response data, an analytical software package with multi-variate, multi-dimensional item response theory (MIRT) analysis capabilities is required.
flexMIRT is proprietary software exclusive to its developer, Vector Psychometric Group, LLC, and is considered the most advanced item response theory (IRT) software in the industry. It has a suite capable of advanced analytical processes, data manipulation and management and predictive model building. Moreover, flexMIRT is well-equipped and powerful to accommodate large volumes of data for formatting, coding and statistical analysis. flexMIRT is widely used in the civilian sector and has a proven high-speed processing capacity, thus procurement and use of this software is essential for the analysis of DLPT dataset sizes that reach in excess of 20,000 cases.
No other statistical software system provides the multi-variate, MIRT analysis capabilities and speed to manage large datasets. Other statistical programs such as Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) do not have the ability to conduct MIRT analysis and the data volume capacity that flexMIRT possesses. As a result, if flexMIRT software is not procured, large volumes of DLPT item response data that increases daily will not be successfully formatted, analyzed and reported. This would adversely delay or prevent crucial decision-making efforts by military units and DoD agencies relying on DLPT examinee proficiency scores of their respective linguists.
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