Natural Language Analytics Tool

Solicitation number PHSA 10802

Publication date

Closing date and time 2023/05/18 15:00 EDT


    Description
    Notice of Intent to Direct Award

    Issued: May 08, 2023
    File # PHSA 10802
    NOI Title: Natural Language Analytics Tool
    Provincial Health Services Authority


    Notice is hereby given that Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (the “Health Authority”), through their agent Provincial Health Services Authority (“PHSA”), intends to directly award a Contract to the following supplier to provide a Natural Language Analytics Tool for a term of three (3) years at an estimated value of $ 302,400.

    ThoughtSpot Inc.,
    444 Castro Street,
    Suite 1000,
    Mountain View,
    CA 94041

    In accordance with applicable trade agreements, PHSA, as agent for the Health Authority, has chosen not to proceed with a competitive process for the following reason:
    • the goods or services can be supplied only by the selected supplier and no alternative or substitute exists for the following reason:
    Due to an absence of competition for technical reasons.
    Rational
    The ThoughtSpot solution is the only product with natural language analytics capability. This capability provides Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCHA) users the self-serve ability to search for answers in various data sets without a requirement for a technical resource.
    The tool provides the following unique functionalities which are required by VCH to meet its requirements:
    1. Machine learning algorithms respond as per user behavior, security rules, and metadata to tailor recommendations for individual users.
    2. Search Assist’s in-context coaching train users through simple search scenarios.
    3. Intelligent query engine analyses billions of rows of complex data structures swiftly.
    4. Answer Explainer provides lineage and data catalog details to explain how answers were created.

    Vendors who wish to challenge this decision should submit a detailed written objection for the attention of Jasjit Gill, Buyer, by email to jasjit.gill@phsa.ca before 12:00pm Pacific Time, May 18, 2023.  PHSA will review any and all issues received by this date and provide due consideration to each objection.  
    Please Reference File: # PHSA 10802 on all written correspondence.

    Jasjit Gill
    Buyer
    Provincial Health Services Authority
    1795 Willingdon Ave, Burnaby, BC V5C 6E3
    Phone: 604 297 9369
    Email: jasjit.gill@phsa.ca Web: www.phsa.ca
     

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    Contracting organization

    Organization
    Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
    Contracting authority
    Jasjit Gill
    Email
    jasjit.gill@phsa.ca
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    Other
    Language(s)
    English