Blackford_SOW.docx

NIH Clinical Center Department of Radiological and Imaging Sciences Statement of Work

Blackford Platform

Background

The mission of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better health for everyone. The NIH accomplishes that mission by conducting research in its own laboratories; supporting the research of non-Federal scientists in universities, medical schools, hospitals, and research institutions throughout the country and abroad; helping in the training of research investigators; and fostering communication of biomedical information.

The NIH Clinical Center (CC) is a 234-bed federally funded, biomedical research hospital located on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland. The Clinical Center is the delivery setting for all NIH intramural clinical research protocols. The hospital complex consists of two main facilities that are connected to each other by “bridges”. The original 14-story building is 2.5 million square feet and continues to house the clinical laboratories, imaging sciences, surgical suites, and several outpatient clinics. The new 870,000 square foot facility houses inpatient units and day hospitals. The Clinical Center accounts for about half of all NIH-funded clinical research beds in the United States and accommodates about 7,000 inpatient and 70,000 outpatient visits a year. Patients are admitted to the NIH Clinical Center from all over the world for the sole purpose of participating in a clinical research protocol.

This purchase is to procure Blackford Analysis System and application engineering support for use with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Inference Engine applications developed at the NIH.

Purpose

This purchase is meant to provide an environment for RADIS to host multiple AI and traditional image processing applications. The system will automatically determine which algorithm to utilize and will route studies appropriately and integrate into our Clinical and Research PACS environments.

This procurement also includes support services including, but not limited to, custom engineering work to integrate NIH developed algorithms directly on the Blackford Platform.

See details below

Period of Performance

One Year

Delivery Location, Schedule, and Instructions Updated software patches/packages shall be provided as necessary and delivered to

Dr. Gregg A. Cohen Bldg. 10, Rm. 1C357 National Institutes of Health 10 Center Drive Bethesda, MD. 20892

Security Provisions

See attached security clauses

Government Furnished Equipment (GFE)

There are no government furnished equipment requirements for this order.

Inspection and Acceptance Criteria

N/A

SOW Specifics

Blackford Platform – Use and Access to the Blackford Platform for one year including the following Engineering Resources

(1) 10 Days (80 Hours) of Engineering Resource Time annually to assist in the deployment, support and management of the Platform and assist with the integration of associated Algorithms and Applications.

(2) For base year - resource onsite for initial training and roll out. Visit not to exceed 3 days.

Cost: $50,000

See attached justification

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