Brainworks expansion JA signed9.9.22.pdf

“Source Selection Information – see FAR 2.101 and 3.104”

1. Identification of the agency and contracting activity.

a. Federal agency and contracting activity. HHS. HHS/NIH

b. Sponsoring organization. OD/DPCPSI/OBSSR

c. Project Officer information.

• Project Officer name.

• Mailing address. 31 Center Dr., Building 31, Room B1C19, Bethesda, MD 20892

• E-mail address.

• Telephone number. 301-435-6780

2. Nature and/or description of the action being approved.

a. Acquisition purpose and objectives. The BRAIN Initiative Workspace to ORganize the Knowledge Space (or BRAINWORKS) was developed as a web-based tool to enable the discovery of more comprehensive theories of brain function through the integration of multi-modal, multi-scale brain data. The BRAINWORKS web application (https://brainworks.scigami.org/home) produces interactive graphs to “organize, integrate, and represent the nuanced knowledge contained within the growing body of the scientific literature.” The application is free and available for public use, and it continues to be developed through ongoing work at the National Institute for Neurological Diseases and Stroke (NINDS). OBSSR would like to expand the BRAINWORKS platform to include BSSR data to help to discover research gaps, conduct various analyses (e.g. network analyses), and track trends in the field.

b. Project background. A key priority of the OBSSR Strategic Plan is to “enhance and promote the research infrastructure, methods, and measures needed to support a more cumulative and integrated approach to behavioral and social sciences research.” A recent report by an NIH Council of Councils Working Group supported this priority and noted that “improved precision of the measurement tools would reveal greater nuance in funding trends in BSSR and beyond” and is critical to better realize the benefits of BSSR to health.

BRAINWORKS provides an innovative platform for extracting and representing data from diverse sources (e.g., funded grants, publications). This data can then be leveraged to identify gaps and trends in the science as well as identify opportunities for greater integration of

Justification and Approval (J&A) the behavioral, social, and biomedical sciences. The existing BRAINWORKS tool uses brain-related information so the inclusion of additional BSSR data will be a natural progression for the application. An infusion of BSSR data into the platform will facilitate the creation of data visualizations accessible by researchers internal and external to the NIH.

This project will help the OBSSR better track and coordinate BSSR across the NIH and will support more targeted identification of research gaps and opportunities.

3. Description of the supplies or services required to meet the agency’s needs (including the estimated value).

a. Project title. Expansion of NIH BRAINWORKS for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (BSSR)

b. Project description. See attached SOW.

• Requirement type.

❑ Research & development (R&D) ❑ R & D support services

Support services (non-R&D) ❑ Supplies/equipment ❑ Information technology (IT) ❑ Construction

❑ Architect-engineer (A & E) services ❑ Design-build ❑ Other (specify):

• Type of action.

New requirement ❑ Follow-on ❑ Other (specify):

• Proposed contract/order type.

Firm-fixed-price ❑ Other fixed-price (specify, e.g., fixed-price award-fee, fixed-price incentive-fee):

❑ Cost-plus-fixed-fee ❑ Other cost reimbursement (specify, e.g., cost-plus-award-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee):

Time and materials ❑ Indefinite delivery (specify whether indefinite quantity, definite quantity, or requirements):

❑ Other (specify): Labor Hour

❑ Completion Form ❑ Term form

• Acquisition identification number. TBD

c. Total estimated dollar value and performance/delivery period. The estimated total cost of this effort is . The period of performance will be from September 1, 2022 – August 31, 2023.

4. Identification of the statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition.

This acquisition is conducted under the authority of 41 United States Code (U.S.C.) 253(c)(_ _1_) as set forth in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302- _1 .

❑ This acquisition is conducted under the authority of section 4202 of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996.

❑ This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Services Acquisition Reform Act of 2003 (41 U.S.C. 428a).

5. Demonstration that the proposed contractor(s) unique qualifications or the nature of the acquisition requires use of the authority cited.

a. Name and address of the proposed contractor(s).

Ghamut Corp 4942 Dawn AVE

STE 201

East Lansing, Michigan 48823-5606, United States Unique Entity ID: JPEBDNSPNMK5

b. Nature of the acquisition and proposed unique qualifications of the contractor(s).

Ghamut Corp is uniquely positioned to fulfil the requirements as they are the entity that has created the BRAINWORKS application. Specifically, Mohammad Ghassemi, who is the owner of Ghamut Corp, developed BRAINWORKS as a Data and Technology Service Scholar with the mission of creating technology to advance biomedical research.

BRAINWORKS is a unique and innovative platform because it provides a novel way to visualize complex grant, funding, and publication data to inform knowledge gaps, robust networks, and more. The BRAINWORKS platform was designed specifically for better understanding brain circuits and this project will expand its utility to the behavioral and social sciences research space.

As the owner of BRAINWORKS, Ghamut Corp possesses unique access and capabilities that would not be available from any other entity.

Leveraging these skills will enable OBSSR to better track and coordinate BSSR across the NIH and will support more targeted identification of research gaps and opportunities.