FOIAXpress Advanced Document Review Tool

The Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration (MARAD), Office of Acquisition and Grants intends to award a sole source contract under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) - FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii) Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The contract will be issued for the continuation of de-duplication service and the award value will not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold . There is only one source whose software is compatible with the existing MARAD FOIA processing system and is a component plug-in to our web based FOIA tracking system. AINS, Inc. provides FOIAXpress Advanced Document Review (ADR) tool and is the only de-duplication software that is compatible with MARAD's existing FOIA process system. ADR is an add-on or plug-in component that is designed to perform de-duplication. De-duplication allows vast amounts of electronic information to be almost instantly compared rendering a selection of records based on the percentage of completeness. MARAD's FOIA Office will use this tool to reduce the time necessary to identify complete email threads as well as final draft to final action documents. AINS, Inc. is a Small Business concern. The period of performance for this contract is September 23, 2013 through September 22, 2014. The NAICS code for this requirement is 518210 and the Size Standard is $30.0 million. Questions or comments pertaining to this notice of intent may be e-mailed to [email protected].