A11 Sources Sought 75N992-25-SS-101.pdf

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI): 75N992-25-SS-101

Sources Sought Notice – Public Financial Data API for GRACE and AURORA Tools

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY. In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.201(e), responses to this RFI are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP). The Government will not provide reimbursement for costs incurred in responding to this RFI as all costs associated with responding to this RFI will be the sole responsibility of the responding party. The Statement of Need included with this RFI is a draft document and does not constitute the Government’s final requirement.

1.0 Description:

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) is conducting market research for a potential requirement for the delivery of Public Financial Data via Automated Programming Interface (API) to support its General Research Assistant and Content Engine (GRACE) and Advanced Unified Reporting and Organizational Research Analytics (AURORA) tools.

GRACE is an AI tool used by ARPA-H to accelerate research and development program launches and healthcare research at ARPA-H. It automates tasks, provides insights, and manages sensitive data securely. GRACE provides a chatbot like interface where users can upload sensitive documents, query research databases and ask questions in a secure environment.

AURORA is a comprehensive data management and analytics platform to facilitate data driven decision making and enable continuous process improvement for understanding of organizational performance & effectiveness. AURORA facilitates a singular data capture with all key program artifacts and documents with the ability for data to be viewed in multiple visualizations throughout the entire lifecycle of a program. AURORA securely stores data for visibility following the least privileged principle.

The anticipated NAICS Code for this effort is 518210, Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services, with a corresponding size standard of $40.0M. PSC B506, Special Studies/Analysis - Data (Other than Scientific).

2.0 Requirements:

ARPA-H has attached a draft statement of need to this RFI describing its need for Public Financial Data via API. See the Attachments section of the System for Award Management (SAM) Notice.

3.0 RFI Questions:

ARPA-H is seeking capability statements from sources that can fulfill the requirements described in the draft statement of need. Interested vendors should respond to this notice with the following information:

1. Name of Company and Point(s) of Contact

2. Address, Telephone Number, Fax Number, and Email Addresses(s) of POC

3. Vendor Cage Code & Unique Entity Identifier (UEI)

4. Identify business size, & applicable Socioeconomic Categories and number of employees in relation to the proposed NAICS Code, 518210.

5. Provide a concise technical description of the offeror’s capabilities to provide the required financial data to GRACE via API (see attached draft statement of need for details).

6. Indicate if your company would respond to the Request for Proposal as a prime or subcontractor.

7. Indicate if subcontracting possibilities exist and/or if all task areas can be performed by a single vendor. If all the data cannot be provided by one vendor, but will require subcontracting, please indicate which vendor(s) each data type will be sourced from, and their respective business size in relation to the NAICS size standard of $40 million.

8. If applicable, please provide a list of Government contracts/task orders your company currently supports or has supported during the past 36 months with a brief description of the supply or services provided for the same or similar type of work.

9. Provide a listing of any active contracts or agreements with the Government (e.g., GWAC, GSA schedule, BPA, etc.) that may be utilized for this requirement. Include the Government point of contact (name, title, phone and email).

10. Provide a rough estimate or cost range of the annual cost to obtain the requirement and any scale of economy discount pricing for multiple data sets procured. If you have a pricelist, please provide it with your submittal. Also, please confirm whether pricing is per licensee, or whether there are additional costs to link to both platforms (GRACE and AURORA) as opposed to just one.

4.0 Submission Instructions

Submissions in response to this notice should address all of the topic questions in section 3.0 of this RFI and should be limited to 5 pages. Responses should be submitted to acquisitions@arpa-h.gov no later than 4:00 PM EST on November 22, 2024.

Proprietary information and trade secrets shall NOT be submitted in response to this RFI. The Government will not review any submittals with proprietary information or trade secrets. The Government is not obligated to and will not reimburse the Contractor for any costs associated with preparing or submitting a response to this notice and submittals will not be returned to the sender.

A submitted response to this RFI constitutes consent for the submission to be reviewed by Government personnel, Federally Funded Research and Development Center employees, and Science and Engineering Technical Advisor (SETA) support contractors.

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