Joint Artificial Intelligence Center Test and Evaluation Blanket Purchase Agreement Request for Proposal

The award date remains to be late November 2021. There are no changes or updates to report. We will continue to update SAM.gov Contract Opportunities (formally known as "beta.SAM.gov") every 30 days to keep Offerors aware of any changes.Thank you again for your time in developing your proposals and your continued patience while we review the proposal submissions.

**The award date has been extended to late November 2021 due to the number of proposals received.** 

Thank you for your participation in the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) Test and Evaluation (T&E) Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) Solicitation #W52P1J21R0029. Due to receiving a high number of proposals, the Goverment requires additional time to evaluate each proposal. We’ll not be releasing individual proposal statuses until the entire evaluation and selection process is complete.  We will update SAM.gov “Contract Opportunities” (formally beta.SAM.gov) every 30 days to keep Offerors aware of any changes. Look under keyword “W52P1J21R0029”. Thank you again for your time in developing your proposals and your continued patience.

Thank you for your participation in the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) Test and Evaluation (T&E) Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) Solicitation #W52P1J21R0029. Due to receiving a high number of proposals, the Goverment requires additional time to evaluate each proposal. We’ll not be releasing individual proposal statuses until the entire evaluation and selection process is complete. The anticipated time for notification and the issuing of the BPAs is early September 2021. We will update SAM.gov “Contract Opportunities” (formally beta.SAM.gov) every 30 days to keep Offerors aware of any changes. Look under keyword “W52P1J21R0029”. Thank you again for your time in developing your proposals and your continued patience.

This is amendment 0002  to the Test and Evaluation (T&E) solicitation. The purpose of the amendment is to clarify that there are no clause fill-ins required on the SF1449. Attachment 0003 - JAIC T&E BPA Instructions and Evaluation Criteria, Paragraph 3.2, Section 4 has been updated accordingly to remove the language about clause fill-ins. The amended Attachment 0003, dated 04 March 2021, replaces the version dated 26 February 2021.

Additionally, the due date on page 1 of the SF1449 (W52P1J-21-R-0029 Amendment 0002) has been corrected from 2:00pm to 12:00pm on 12 March 2021. Proposal submissios to this solicitation shall be received no later thn 12:00pm Noon Central Time (CT), 12 March 2021.

The purpose of this solicitation is to form multiple Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) with Offerors who can provide T&E services available to the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC), Department of Defense, and the entire U.S. Government as described in the Performance Work Statement (PWS.) This BPA will be open for ordering to the U.S. Government in support of AI T&E.  

This is amendment 0001 to the Test and Evaluation (T&E) solicitation. The purpose of the amendment is to release a RFP Question and Answer (Q&A) document and the following amended Attachments: Attachment 0002 - JAIC T&E BPA PWS, Attachment 0003 - JAIC T&E BPA Instructions and Evaluation Criteria, and Attachment 0004 - Appendix A T&E LCAT Table. The amended Attachments, dated 26 February 2021, replace the versions dated 11 February 2021. 

Amendment 0001 also removes DFARS clause 252.204-7021, Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Requirements and updates FAR clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, Alternate I. Proposal submission has been extended to 12:00 p.m. Noon Central Time on 12 March 2021.

The purpose of this solicitation is to form multiple Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) with Offerors who can provide T&E services available to the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC), Department of Defense, and the entire U.S. Government as described in the Performance Work Statement (PWS.) This BPA will be open for ordering to the U.S. Government in support of AI T&E.  

The purpose of this solicitation is to form multiple Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) with Offerors who can provide Test and Evaluation (T&E) services available to the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC), Department of Defense, and the entire U.S. Government as described in the Performance Work Statement (PWS.) This BPA will be open for ordering to the U.S. Government in support of AI T&E.  

The solicitation documents include: 

W52P1J-21-R-0029,  Attachment 0001 T&E BPA Questionnaire, Attachment 0002 T&E BPA PWS,  Attachment 0003 T&E BPA Instructions & Evaluation Criteria, Attachment 0004 Appendix A T&E LCAT Table, and Attachment 0005 Appendix B Department of Defense AI Ethical Principles

The Draft RFP Q&A is also being released with this solicitation. The document is entitled JAI Data T&E Draft RFP Questions Matrix 11Feb21.