B01- Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source_ARLIS.doc

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE:

This notice announces the intent by the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) in support of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC), Combat Casualty Care Research Program (CCCRP) to award a sole source contract to The Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS) at the University of Maryland at College Park, USA. Under the authority of 10 United States Code 3204(a)(3)(B) as implemented in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-3(a)(2)(ii) to establish or maintain an essential engineering, research or development capability to be provided by an educational or other non-profit institution or a federally funded research and development center. The USAMRDC, CCCRP requires Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools be developed and applied to Intelligence Incident Reports (IIR) and Electronic Health Record (HER) data to identify previously unidentified health trends, establish diagnostic criteria, and improve care for affected individuals targeted by novel non-kinetic threats. The effort will inform and develop a software solution that employs Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence analysis to improve the Department of Defense’s (DoD) understanding of novel non-kinetic threats, impacted physiologic systems, connection to symptomology, and improve the DoD’s diagnostic/case definition, treatment strategies, and prioritize future research lines of inquiry for novel threats.

The Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS) is part of the University of Maryland and was established under the sponsorship of the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security (OUSD I&S) to serve as a long-term strategic asset, one of only 15 designated DoD University-Affiliated Research Centers (UARCs). ARLIS is uniquely charged by the DoD with performing research in the human, information, and social sciences aimed at improving performance in all aspects of intelligence and national security work. ARLIS is the only UARC focusing on the human domain and conducts classified and unclassified research spanning tasks from basic research to advanced technology development. ARLIS serves as a long-term strategic resource for the intelligence and security communities. ARLIS develops and maintains research and development capabilities in social systems, information, performance and augmentation, and human-machine integration. In parallel, ARLIS builds infrastructure to enable test, evaluation, verification, and validation of developed technologies. Through UMD and relationships across academia and industry, ARLIS has a broad reach into deep talent that may be used to supplement its in-house researchers.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 541720 Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities.

This announcement fulfills the synopsis requirements under FAR 5.203(a). This notice is not a request for competitive quotes and no solicitation document exists for this requirement; however, responsible sources may submit a capability statement that includes sufficient detail and convincing evidence that clearly demonstrates the capability to perform the tasks identified within this notice. All capability statements submitted by the due date and time shall be considered by the agency. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Requests for additional information or submissions that only ask questions will not be considered as an affirmative response. Information received in response to this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether a competitive procurement or a sole source procurement is in the best interest of the Government.

All questions and responses concerning this notice shall be emailed to Mr. Matthew Gembe via email at matthew.w.gembe.civ@health.mil.

Responses are due, in writing, to the email address listed above no later than 10:00 AM EST, 27 October 2023. Capability statements shall be submitted via email ONLY as Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF attachment. No phone calls will be accepted.