Sole-Source Justification for My Talking Books (RealSAM) Dialog Licenses
| Agency: | LIBRARY OF CONGRESS |
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| State: | District of Columbia |
| Type of Government: | Federal |
| FSC Category: |
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| NAICS Category: |
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| Set Aside: | No Set aside used |
| Posted Date: | Sep 17, 2026 |
| Due Date: | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Solicitation No: | 2027-NLS-0066 |
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| Contact information: | Please Login to View Page |
| Bid Documents: | Please Login to View Page |
Description
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- Contract Opportunity Type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation (Updated)
- Updated Published Date: Sep 17, 2026 11:30 am EDT
- Original Published Date: Aug 28, 2026 03:06 pm EDT
- Updated Date Offers Due: Sep 30, 2026 05:00 pm EDT
- Original Date Offers Due: Sep 18, 2026 05:00 pm EDT
- Inactive Policy: 15 days after date offers due
- Updated Inactive Date: Oct 15, 2026
- Original Inactive Date: Oct 03, 2026
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Initiative:
- None
- Original Set Aside: No Set aside used
- Product Service Code: 9999 - MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
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NAICS Code:
- 541511 - Custom Computer Programming Services
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Place of Performance:
Washington , DC 20540USA
Amendment 0001 - The purpose of this amendment is to:
1. Extend the deadline for proposal submission from 5:00pm ET on 09/18/2026 to 5:00pm ET on 09/30/2026.
2. Remove LC52.239-2 SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE. Please see Section H for further details.
3. Update 52.216-18 ORDERING by inserting dates. Please see Section I for further details.
Apart from these changes, no other changes are made.
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This is a solicitation forRealSAM Dialog licenses and services required to operate the system in production for the My Talking Book Smart Speaker project, while meeting all IT information-system security requirements as required by the Library of Congress.
This is a sole source. A signed J&A was previously posted for this solicitation and referenced herein.
This is not open for competition. All other related and pertinant document are attached herein.
- 101 Independence Ave SE LA 325
- Washington , DC 20540
- USA
- James Robinson
- jarobinson@loc.gov
- Nikolas Wellstead
- nwellstead@loc.gov
- Sep 17, 2026 11:30 am EDTCombined Synopsis/Solicitation (Updated)
- Sep 05, 2026 01:07 am EDT Special Notice (Original)
- Aug 28, 2026 03:06 pm EDT Combined Synopsis/Solicitation (Original)
Related Document
| Aug 6, 2026 | [Special Notice (Original)] Sole-Source Justification for My Talking Books (RealSAM) Dialog Licenses |
| Aug 28, 2026 | [Combined Synopsis/Solicitation (Original)] Sole-Source Justification for My Talking Books (RealSAM) Dialog Licenses |
| Sep 24, 2026 | [Combined Synopsis/Solicitation (Updated)] Sole-Source Justification for My Talking Books (RealSAM) Dialog Licenses |
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