CSO Announcement - Demos of Innovative Commercial AI Solutions_6 JAN FINAL V2.0.pdf

Commercial Solutions Opening Demonstrations of Innovative Commercial AI Technologies

INNOVATIVE COMMERICIAL DEMONSTRATION SUMMARY

The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) in collaboration with the Army Contracting Command – Rock Island (ACC-RI) is seeking demonstrations for commercial technologies to foster innovative Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities relevant to the following areas of AI technological exploration:

1.) Data Readiness 2.) AI Assurance 3.) Synthetic Data 4.) Edge/Fog Deployments 5.) Data Labeling 6.) Integration with 5G 7.) Modeling and Simulation 8.) AI Security 9.) AI Ethics

In this context, “innovative” is defined as any technology, process, or method, including research and development that is new (original) as of the date of proposal submission or any application of a technology, process, or method that is new (original) as of proposal submission.

Under the Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) as authorized by Section 879 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY 2017 (Pub. L.

114-328) and is considered to be a competitive procedure for the purposes of 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 and Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.102. This Announcement is considered a general solicitation and therefore, is considered a competitive process and includes evaluation criteria for selection for potential award.

As a result of the competitive processes used under this CSO Announcement, multiple awards of various demonstrations may be executed. Awards executed from this CSO competitive process may include, but are not limited to, a FAR based contract, an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA), and/or a Test Services Agreement.

Under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2371b, the JAIC may desire to award an OTA to vendors to carry out prototype project(s) that are directly relevant to enhancing the mission effectiveness pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 2731b through an Other Transaction (OT) agreement. The information provided in this CSO announcement is intended to ensure that to the maximum extent practicable, competitive procedures are used by the Government to enter into agreements to carry out a prototype project(s) and subsequently the potential for follow-on transaction agreements/contracts.

The potential for follow-on agreements and production contracts for projects awarded from this announcement will be in accordance with 10.U.S.C. 2371b (f).

Upon a determination that the competitively awarded prototype project(s) has been successfully completed in accordance with the criteria set forth in the respective agreement, and subject to the availability of funds, the prototype project(s) may result in the award of a follow-on production contract or transaction without the use of competitive procedures.

PROPOSAL ACCEPTANCE PERIOD

Proposals for this CSO will be accepted by the Government beginning Oct 27, 2020 08:20 am EDT and ending Oct 26, 2021 05:00 pm EDT.

At a minimum, the Government will review any proposals submitted to this announcement on a monthly basis.

EVALUATION CRITERIA

Proposals will be evaluated to determine if the proposed innovative AI technology can demonstrate the following:

1.) An innovative (original) solution in one of the AI areas of technological exploration outlined above.

2.) A quick, reasonable, and efficient way for the DoD to test the innovative commercial solution, within a specified duration, whether outside or integrated within the DoD infrastructures or networks, as appropriate.

3.) Terms of consideration, whether monetary or non-monetary are to be determined as fair and reasonable by the U.S. Government in accordance with the regulations.

4.) Ability of the proposed solution to meet a current or future organizational requirement.

PROPOSAL QUESTIONS

Interested vendors for this CSO Announcement shall also address the following questions in the proposal submissions:

1.) Describe your innovative solution. Please detail any distinguishing features, characteristics, or constraints of the solution as it relates to this announcement. What makes this solution innovative and of interest to the Department of Defense?

2.) Describe how your demonstration solution will integrate easily, for the purposes of quick demonstration, with existing U.S. Government IT infrastructure and artificial intelligence platforms. Address use of existing models from government, industry, academia and open source.

3.) Describe any consideration requested in exchange for the DoD’s testing of the innovative commercial solution (e.g. provision of Government owned data, payment of money for services required to assist the DoD in testing the product, cloud consumption usage needed for the demonstration, etc.). What are you expecting from the Government?

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROPOSAL SUBMISSION

Proposals shall not exceed four (4) pages AND shall adhere to the below format;

1.) Page 1 - Cover Page

2.) Page 2 - Answers to Proposal Questions

3.) Page 3 - Rough Order of Magnitude

4.) Page 4 - Rough Order of Magnitude (as needed)

Cover page shall include the following information;

1.) Name of Company

2.) Company Address

3.) Company POC to include name, phone number, and email

4.) Company Cage Code and DUNS (if you do not currently have a Cage Code or DUNS, please state so in your response)

5.) Proposed Area of Exploration (1-9)

Answers to proposal questions shall meet the below criteria;

1.) 8.5 x 11 inch portrait format pages with single spaces

2.) Arial font (12 point or greater) with 1” margins

3.) Shall not include any proprietary information

4.) Submitted in Adobe PDF format

Rough order of magnitude shall meet the below criteria (if applicable);

1.) Provide any and all relevant supporting ROM documentation

2.) Formulas used for cost information shall be visible

The White Paper shall be delivered electronically to JAIC Acquisition CSO Point of Contact (POC) at osd.pentagon.rsrcmgmt.list.dod-cio-jaic-acquisition-cso-mbx@mail.mil

Subject line shall use the format: “AI Area of Exploration_Company Name”

Please ensure AI Area of Exploration is labeled EXACTLY as seen below.

1.) Data Readiness

2.) AI Assurance

3.) Synthetic Data

4.) Edge/Fog Deployments

5.) Data Labeling

6.) Integration with 5G

7.) Modeling and Simulation

8.) AI Security

9.) AI Ethics

EXAMPLE: “Synthetic Data_XYZ Company”

QUESTIONS

Questions regarding this Announcement should be sent to JAIC Acquisition CSO @ osd.pentagon.rsrcmgmt.list.dod-cio-jaic-acquisition-cso-mbx@mail.mil

DISCLAIMERS

mailto:osd.pentagon.rsrcmgmt.list.dod-cio-jaic-acquisition-cso-mbx@mail.mil

Use of Contractor Support

Non‐Government advisors may be used in the evaluation of the proposals and already have signed Non‐Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) with the Government. The Government understands that information provided in this Announcement is presented in confidence and may contain commercial or financial information and agrees to protect such information from unauthorized disclosure to the maximum extent permitted and as required by law. A respondent’s participation under this announcement indicates concurrence with the aforementioned use of contractor support personnel.

• MITRE

• Tuknik Government Services

• Johns Hopkins University - Applied Physics Lab

• ERPi

• Redhorse

• Elder Research

• Cyberpoint

• Barbaricum