Notice of Intent to Sole Source to Veritone, Inc.

The Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA), intends to solicit and award a contract(indefinite delivery indefinite quantity) to Veritone, Inc. 575 Anton Blvd., Suite 100, Costa Mesa, CA 92626, under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

The EOUSA anticipates award of a contract, on a sole source basis, to Veritone, Inc. for the following:

1. Veritone SaaS Speech-to-Text (10,000 hours)
2. Veritone SaaS Object Detection (500 hours)
3. Veritone SaaS Face Detection (1,000 hours)
4. Veritone SaaS Machine Translation (10,000 pages)

OCIO is currently exploring an expansion of USAcloud to include functionality desired by DOJ case teams to better support their analysis of audio/video (A/V) files and files in foreign languages.  Specifically, the ability to:  (i) convert spoken words in A/V files into text to make such content searchable; (ii) the ability to computer algorithms to identify objects within video files; (iii) the ability to detect faces and perform facial recognition within video files; and (iv) the ability to use computer algorithms to translate text in one language into text ins a different language (i.e., machine translation). The anticipated period of performance is estimated to be 24 months(two one year ordering periods). 

This notice is not a request for competitive quotations. A Request for Quote will not be available for this requirement. The intent of this solicitation is for informational purposes only. However, any information received within five days after the date of publication of this notice will be considered by the Government. Information in response to this notice may be sent to Terri Long-Miller, Contracting Officer, at terri.long-miller@usdoj.gov. A determination by the Government not to compete this action is solely within the discretion of the Government. Telephonic questions or requests are strongly discouraged.