Supply Chain Risk Management PD.docx

This document is a Purchase Description (PD) for the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) seeking a brand name Argus Supply Chain Enterprise software license. The procurement is for an annual site license with a base year and four optional one-year renewal periods, covering a total potential contract duration of five years. The software must provide advanced supply chain risk management capabilities, including Natural Language Processing (NLP) AI technology to identify and map foreign financial influence, with specific requirements such as processing up to 5 million documents, supporting unlimited users, offering one-time customer training, and providing unlimited product support.

The license includes key features for comprehensive risk analysis, specifically focusing on identifying potential foreign influence by filtering siloed data, mapping relationships, and generating reports that provide context about entity affiliations. The delivery timeline requires all products to be furnished within 30 days after award, with the delivery address and point of contact to be specified at the time of contract award. The solicitation is a pre-solicitation (RFI) with the number SP4704-25-SS-8609, indicating that DLA is currently gathering information about potential sources for this supply chain risk management software solution.