Serious games using speech interface
Solicitation number 15-22168
Publication date
Closing date and time 2016/01/26 13:00 EST
Description
ACAN 15-22168
Serious games using speech interface
for training officers of the watch
Requirements Definition:
The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) intends to award a development fixed firm price contract on a sole source basis to Bohemia Interactive Simulations Inc., 3050 Technology Parkway, Suite 110, Orlando, FL, 32826 for Virtual Battle Space (VBS) Software Development in support for the development of officers of the watch training technology for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). The software development will showcase the benefits of serious games in an adaptive training environment. The estimated value for this procurement is $100,000 CAN.
The Canadian Department of National Defense has previously awarded an enterprise license contract to Bohemia Interactive Simulations Inc. and has maintained a software maintenance contract. These licenses are available to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) at no additional cost.
The proposed contract action is to procure Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) specific software development packages for VBS and to procure plugin software and integration services for the current VBS software utilized on DND training systems that are resident throughout Canada. Anticipated VBS development efforts include voice recognition, after action review enhancements, Navy specific realistic physics, and shipboard operations and instruments.
Intellectual property:
This contract does not involve any intellectual property.
Contract term:
The contract term is for three months from the date of the contract start date.
Estimated contract value:
$100,000 CAN
Sole source justification:
The DND has an enterprise license for the distribution of the compiled executable VBS files for Canadian DND purposes but has no distribution rights to the source code. As the developer and proprietary owner of the gaming engine and software, Bohemia is the only entity that can license the use of VBS and therefore VBS cannot be leveraged or modified by other contractors to support the requirements. It is the Government's belief that only one source is capable to meet the National Research Council Canada (NRC) / Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) requirements, and no other supplies or services will satisfy the requirement.
Name and address of the proposed contractor:
Bohemia Interactive Simulations, Inc.
3050 Technology Parkway, Suite 110
Orlando FL 32826
Office: 1 407 608 7000
Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available to provide the services/goods described herein, may submit a statement of capabilities in writing to the contact person identified in this Notice on or before the closing date of this Notice. The statement of capabilities must clearly demonstrate how the supplier meets the advertised requirements.
Closing date:
Deadline for submission and acceptance of a statement of capabilities (i.e., within fifteen (15) calendar days following the publication of this Notice).
14:00 Eastern Standard Time, January 26, 2016
Please submit a statement of capabilities by email ONLY to:
Alain Leroux
Senior Contracting Officer
1200 Montreal Road, M-22 Room 100
T: 613-991-9980
Email: Alain.Leroux@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Contract duration
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North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
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Contact information
Contracting organization
- Organization
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National Research Council Canada
- Address
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100 Sussex DrOttawa, Ontario, K1A0R6Canada
- Contracting authority
- Leroux, Alain
- Phone
- 613-991-9980
- Address
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1200 Montreal Road Building M-22Ottawa, ON, K0A 1M0CA
Buying organization(s)
- Organization
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National Research Council Canada
- Address
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100 Sussex DrOttawa, Ontario, K1A0R6Canada
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