Sole-Source Justification for My Talking Books (RealSAM) Dialog Licenses
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS · CONTRACTS SERVICES
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 2027-NLS-0066 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 6, 2026Special NoticeOpen
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
What the notice says
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.
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (CONTRACTS SERVICES), same product/service code (PSC) 9999.
Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $161K to $250K, median $250K; range $72K to $250K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND Louisville KY 40206 USA | 1 | $250K | Aug 14, 2026 |
| BACKPORCH BROADCAST CONSULTANTS INC | 1 | $250K | Feb 4, 2025 |
| DIGITAL TRANSITIONS INC. | 1 | $72K | Jan 13, 2026 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Aug 14, 2026AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND Louisville KY 40206 USA$250KBraille and Tactile Embossing ServicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 13, 2026DIGITAL TRANSITIONS INC.$72KOversized 180-degree Book Imaging SystemNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Feb 4, 2025BACKPORCH BROADCAST CONSULTANTS INC$250KSpare Parts IDIQ for Indelt Videotape RobotsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 3 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied LIBRARY OF CONGRESS since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past LIBRARY OF CONGRESS job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 0 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.