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Concept Searching Approved for Canadian Government Software Licensing Supply Arrangement(PR Web Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) McLean, VA, US and Stevenage, UK (PRWEB) July 28, 2014 Concept Searching, the global leader in semantic metadata generation, auto-classification, and taxonomy management software, and developer of the Smart Content Framework, is pleased to announce that its products have been approved by the Canadian Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) to participate in the Software Licensing Supply Arrangement (SLSA), and is now on the List of Qualified Suppliers. This recognition represents Concept Searching's stability in the marketplace and its proven software solutions for semantic metadata generation, auto-classification, and taxonomy management. In addition, Concept Searching products and services are already approved for purchase under the US GSA schedule and the company has received an enterprise-wide cross-Domain Certificate of Networthiness (CON), authorized by the US Army, and an enterprise-wide cross-domain Certificate of Authorization (COA), authorized by the US Air Force. As of January 1, 2012, the Canadian government put in place a new, comprehensive approach for the procurement of all software products – software and shared systems and procurement directorate's new method of supply, the Software Licensing Supply Arrangement (SLSA). The SLSA is managed by the Canadian Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC). The SLSA officially replaced the software departmental individual standing offers. The period of Supply Arrangement is February 29, 2012 through to and including December 31, 2014. There is no minimum or maximum dollar amount attached to the Supply Arrangement. Concept Searching's products are managed by the federal procurement partner Advanced Chippewa Technologies Inc. (ACT Inc.). ACT is an IT provider with a core capability around networking and performance testing. Based in Ottawa, it represents prime OEM companies, in areas such as WAN testing, routers, and switches, in their dealings with the federal government by offering local presence, technical expertise, and strong relationships across multiple departments. "Our Canadian client base is growing quickly. Acceptance into this program will assist many of our government prospects in facilitating the purchasing process for our software," said Martin Garland, President of Concept Searching. "We are proud of achieving this recognition by the Canadian government and look forward to working with our partners to deliver value for the government. About Concept Searching Concept Searching is the industry leader specializing in semantic metadata generation, auto-classification, and taxonomy management. Platform agnostic, Concept Searching also has a Microsoft Gold Application Development competency, and offers a complete suite of SharePoint and Office 365 solutions. The award winning technologies integrated with Concept Searching's Smart Content Framework™ encompass the entire portfolio of unstructured information assets in on-premise, cloud, or hybrid environments. Clients have deployed the intelligent metadata enabled solutions to improve search, records management, identification and protection of privacy data, migration, text analytics, eDiscovery, and enterprise social networking applications. Concept Searching is headquartered in the US, with offices in the UK, Canada, and South Africa. For more information about Concept Searching's solutions and technologies visit http://www.conceptsearching.com and follow on Twitter and LinkedIn. All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/07/prweb12050538.htm (c) 2014 PRWEB.COM Newswire |