Attachment 0001-DRAID BOA Questionnaire - 21APR2021.docx

JAIC DRAID BOA Solicitation W52P1J-21-R-0030 Attachment 0001 – DRAID BOA Questionnaire 21 April 2021

JAIC DRAID BOA Questionnaire Company Name and CAGE Code

Company Address

Company POC (Name, Email, and Phone Number)

Business Size and Status

Solicitation Number

INSTRUCTIONS:

a. Attachment 0001 – DRAID BOA Questionnaire shall be submitted as a PDF, entitled: Section 2 [Offeror Name] JAIC DRAID BOA Questionnaire.

b. The format shall not be altered. Responses shall be no smaller than 10-point Arial font.

c. Contractor Teaming Arrangements (CTAs) In Accordance With (IAW) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 9.6: The subcontractors of any CTA submitting a proposal may only submit responses and supporting documentation for required task questions; Questions 4-5. Only the primary vendor of CTAs may submit responses and support documentation for the optional task/subtask questions; Questions 6-18.

d. Offerors can submit the same example of work for multiple questions. The supporting documentation must identify what question(s) the example of work is in response to.

e. Support documentation for the overall JAIC DRAID BOA Questionnaire shall not exceed a total of 12 pages. See Attachment 0003 – DRAID BOA Instructions and Evaluations for instructions on support documentation.

f. For more information on the instructions and evaluation of the Questionnaire, see Attachment 0003 – DRAID BOA Instructions and Evaluations.

QUESTIONS 1-5:

Offerors must receive a rating of Acceptable for each question in Questions 1-5 to be further evaluated in Questions 5-18. See Attachment 0003 – DRAID BOA – Instructions and Evaluations for information on completing Questions 1-5.

1. Is your company willing to incorporate responsible AI methodologies, such as the Department of Defense’s AI Ethical Principles (PWS – Appendix B and PWS Para. 4, Task 4.4), into your company’s data readiness and preparation approach. (Yes or No) ☒ Yes ☐ No

2. Has your company performed either work or product development for Data Readiness and Preparation tasks defined in Section 4 of the DRAID BOA PWS? If yes, check the applicable boxes below in which your company has performed tasks defined in Section 4 of the DRAID BOA PWS. Each check box corresponds with either required tasks; Questions 4-5, optional tasks; Questions 6-17, or optional subtask; Question 18. Support for each checked box will be required and reviewed within the corresponding questions; Questions 4-18.

☐ Yes ☐ No

☐ Project Management, Software Configuration, Cloud Integration (Required) ☐ Data Ingest, Integration, Architecture, and ETL ☐ Data Accessibility and API’s ☐ Enterprise Information and Metadata Management ☐ Data Quality, Feature Engineering and NLP ☐ Synthetic Data ☐ Data Anonymization ☐ Data Labeling ☐ AI Security ☐ Data Representativeness

3. Does your company have experience providing Data Readiness and Preparation services to include Government Agencies, Higher Education, or Private Industry entities? If yes, list one but no more than three examples to include a contract number (if applicable), period of performance, and customer/agencies. Examples may be from previous/current government work, research, or work in industry. Provide the examples’ support documentation with an Unclassified Description of Work.

☐ Yes ☐ No

Project Management, Software Configuration, Cloud Integration (PWS Para. 4.1-4.3, Task 1, 2, and 3):

4. Does your company utilize cloud based technologies to achieve results in the field of Data Readiness and Preparation? If yes, list one but no more than three data related cloud based services which your company has demonstrated technical competency in and provide example(s) of their usage to completed past projects. Examples may be from previous/current government work, research, or work in industry. Provide the examples’ support documentation with relevant excerpts from the Performance Work Statement or an Unclassified Description of the Work.

☐Yes ☐No

5. Agile management is the application of the principles of Agile software development to various management processes, particularly project management. Does your company have project management professionals with Agile project management experience on staff? If yes, provide one but no more than three examples to include a contract number (if applicable), period of performance, and Customer/Agency in the table below. Examples may be from previous/current government work, research, or work in industry. Provide the examples’ support documentation with relevant excerpts from the Performance Work Statement or an Unclassified Description of the Work.

QUESTIONS 6-18:

Companies must receive a rating of Acceptable for one of Questions 6-18 to be considered for award. See Attachment 0003 – DRAID BOA – Instructions and Evaluations for information on completing Questions 6-18.

Data Ingest, Integration, Architecture, and ETL (PWS Para. 4.5, Task 5):

6. Does your company have experience working with developing innovative and customized Data Ingestion and data processing pipelines to include streaming data services? If yes, list one but no more than three examples to include a contract number (if applicable), period of performance, and Customer/Agency in the table below. Examples may be from previous/current government work, research, or work in industry. Provide the examples’ support documentation with relevant excerpts from the Performance Work Statement or an Unclassified Description of the Work to include a description of the innovative and customized approach or solution.

☐ Yes ☐ No

7. Does your company have experience designing and deploying innovative and customized scalable data architectures to maximize the storage and access of data for Artificial Intelligence applications? If yes, list one but no more than three examples to include a contract number (if applicable), period of performance, and Customer/Agency in the table below. Examples may be from previous/current government work, research, or work in industry. Provide the examples’ support documentation with relevant excerpts from the Performance Work Statement or an Unclassified Description of the Work to include a description of the innovative and customized approach or solution.

8. Does your company have experience designing innovative and customized Architecture for and developing Extract Transform Load (ETL) and data integration solutions? If yes, list one but no more than three examples to include a contract number (if applicable), period of performance, and Customer/Agency in the table below. Examples may be from previous/current government work, research, or work in industry. Provide the examples’ support documentation with relevant excerpts from the Performance Work Statement or an Unclassified Description of the Work to include a description of the innovative and customized approach or solution.

9. Has your company developed any innovative and customized data pipelines that include Streaming Transformation technologies? If yes, list the tools used and one but no more than three examples to include a contract number (if applicable), period of performance, and Customer/Agency in the table below. Examples may be from previous/current government work, research, or work in industry. Provide the examples’ support documentation with relevant excerpts from the Performance Work Statement or an Unclassified Description of the Work to include a description of the innovative and customized approach or solution.

Data Accessibility and API’s (PWS Para. 4.6, Task 6):

10. Does your company have past experience in developing innovative and customized data API’s to allow for greater information accessibility? If yes, list one but no more than three examples to include a contract number (if applicable), period of performance, and Customer/Agency in the table below. Examples may be from previous/current government work, research, or work in industry. Provide the examples’ support documentation with relevant excerpts from the Performance Work Statement or an Unclassified Description of the Work to include a description of the innovative and customized approach or solution.

☐ Yes ☐ No

Enterprise Information and Metadata Management (PWS Para. 4.7, Task 7):

11. Has your company ever implemented innovative and customized Metadata Management or Enterprise Information Management systems to catalog data? If yes, list one but no more than three examples to include a contract number (if applicable), period of performance, and Customer/Agency in the table below. Examples may be from previous/current government work, research, or work in industry. Provide the examples’ support documentation with relevant excerpts from the Performance Work Statement or an Unclassified Description of the Work to include a description of the innovative and customized approach or solution.

☐ Yes ☐ No

Data Quality, Feature Engineering and NLP (PWS Para. 4.8, Task 8):

12. Does your company have experience providing innovative and customized data quality assessment and data cleansing services? If yes, list one but no more than three examples to include a contract number (if applicable), period of performance, and Customer/Agency in the table below. Examples may be from previous/current government work, research, or work in industry. Provide the examples’ support documentation with relevant excerpts from the Performance Work Statement or an Unclassified Description of the Work to include a description of the innovative and customized approach or solution.

☐ Yes ☐ No

13. Does your company employ Data Scientists with experience in providing innovative and customized solutions in data wrangling, feature engineering and NLP? If yes, list the number of Data Scientists you employ and one but no more than three examples to include a contract number (if applicable), period of performance, and Customer/Agency in the table below. Examples may be from previous/current government work, research, or work in industry. Provide the examples’ support documentation with relevant excerpts from the Performance Work Statement or an Unclassified Description of the Work to include a description of the innovative and customized approach or solution.

Synthetic Data (PWS Para. 4.9, Task 9):

14. Does your company have any experience in the generation of innovative and customized Synthetic Data? If yes, list one but no more than three examples to include a contract number (if applicable), period of performance, and Customer/Agency in the table below. Examples may be from previous/current government work, research, or work in industry. Provide the examples’ support documentation with relevant excerpts from the Performance Work Statement or an Unclassified Description of the Work to include a description of the innovative and customized approach or solution.

☐ Yes ☐ No

Data Anonymization (PWS Para. 4.10, Task 10):

15. Has your company ever developed any innovative and customized tools for data anonymization? If yes, list one but no more than three examples to include a contract number (if applicable), period of performance, and Customer/Agency in the table below. Examples may be from previous/current government work, research, or work in industry. Provide the examples’ support documentation with relevant excerpts from the Performance Work Statement or an Unclassified Description of the Work to include a description of the innovative and customized approach or solution.

☐ Yes ☐ No

Data Labeling (PWS Para. 4.11, Task 11):

16. Does your company have experience providing innovative and customized automated or assisted labeling capabilities? If yes, please list one but no more than three examples to include a contract number (if applicable), period of performance, and Customer/Agency in the table below. Examples may be from previous/current government work, research, or work in industry. Provide the examples’ support documentation with relevant excerpts from the Performance Work Statement or an Unclassified Description of the Work to include a description of the innovative and customized approach or solution.

☐ Yes ☐ No

AI Security (PWS Para. 4.12, Task 12):

17. Has your company performed innovative testing or developed customized tools for AI Security? If yes, please list one but no more than three examples to include a contract number (if applicable), period of performance, and Customer/Agency in the table below. Examples may be from previous/current government work, research, or work in industry. Provide the examples’ support documentation with relevant excerpts from the Performance Work Statement or an Unclassified Description of the Work to include a description of the innovative and customized approach or solution.

☐ Yes ☐ No

Data Representativeness (PWS Para. 4.8, Task 8, Subtask 8.5):

18. Does your company have any experience in using innovative and customized solutions for identifying a lack of data representativeness (or alternatively identifying data bias) in testing and/or training datasets? If yes, please list one but no more than three examples to include a contract number (if applicable), period of performance, and Customer/Agency in the table below. Examples may be from previous/current government work, research, or work in industry. Provide the examples’ support documentation with relevant excerpts from the Performance Work Statement or an Unclassified Description of the Work to include a description of the innovative and customized approach or solution.

☐Yes ☐No