Rome Laboratory/PK, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome NY 13441-4514

A -- INTELLIGENCE ANALYST ASSOCIATE (IAA) - BUILD -2 SOL F30602-96-R-0108 POC Joseph L. Facciolo, Contact Specialist, 315-330-4981 Carrie Pine, Program Manager, 315-330-4518. Program Duration - 54 months, (includes basic and all options). Implement Build 2 of the Intelligence Analyst Associate (IAA), a Natural Language Understanding (NLU) system being developed for the National Air Intelligence Center at WPAFB. IAA is being developed using a long-term incremental system development approach, designed to gradually evolve the capability to extract more and more complex types of data from unformatted text, across multiple domains. Build 1 established a long-term evolvable architecture and developed the capability to extract entity and simple event data from unformated text, across multiple domains. Each Build also involves evolving applications that enable Intel analysts to exploit the data extracted from text. In Build 1, a data browser was developed that allows Intel analysts to quickly find data of interest, and a prototype data visulization capability was established allowing data to be displayed on timelines and maps. Build 2 will continue evolving IAA's data extraction capability, and user applications. This effort includes the basic contract for Build 2, (30 month completion) and 5 Options. Options 1 & 2 will opertationalize increments of Build 2; Option 3, will implement Build 3; Options 4 & 5 will operationize increments of Build 3. A read library containing technical information relating to this acquisition is available for review by potential offerors at Rome Laboratory/IRAE, 32 Hangar Road, Rome, NY 13441-4114. Appointments for access may be made by contacting Carrie Pine, 315-330-4518 at least 72 hours in advance. The RFP will be released no sooner than 08APR96. Foreign participation is excluded at the prime contractor level. SCI clearances will be required for performance. This effort requires the use or delivery of Federal Information Processing resources but it has been determined that FIMR Part 201-39 does not apply. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear significant concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. Routine questions, such as clarifications of the Statement of Work or the terms and conditions, are not considered to be ''significant concerns'' and should be communicated directly to the Contract Specialist, Joseph L. Facciolo, 315-330-4981. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the contracting officer or program manager, but to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. The Ombudsman for this acquisition is Vincent Palmiero, Chief, Policy and Management Division, at 315-330-7746. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. No telephone requests for the solicitation will be honored. All requests must be addressed to the attention of the Contract Specialist, Joseph L. Facciolo, reference the code I-6-4016-A, and contain the respondent's Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code. All responsible sources may submit a proposal in response to the RFP which shall be considered. (0079)

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