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R -- ENHANCED ANATOMICAL KNOWLEDGE SOURCES FOR UMLS SOL NLM 97-081/VMS POC Valerie M. Syed, Contract Specialist (301) 496-6546 It is the intent of the National Library of Medicine to negotiate e on a sole source basis with Dr. Cornelius Rosse of the University of Washington, Department of Biological Structure, Box 357420, Seattle, Washington 98195 under authority of FAR 6.302 to provide professional services for the period of September 15, 1997 through September 14, 1998. The NLM requires the vendor to add anatomical knowledge to the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS). All information shall be delivered in machine-readable form, in a format appropriate for integration into the UMLS. The focus of this procurement is a fully instantiated, structured, anatomical knowledge source referring to entities in the abdomen, pelvis, and perineum. The knowledge source will be both integrated into the Metathesaurus and represented by a hierarchy of semantic types in the Semantic Network. Dr. Rosse and his associates have already devised the structure of a model of anatomical knowledge and have experience providing information in that structure. In order to provide the necessary structured knowledge source, any other vendor would be required to duplicate the earlier work of the University of Washington, at a considerable cost to the Government. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, organizations may identify in writing their interest and capability in response to this requirement or submit a proposal. All responses will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. No solicitation document exists, therefore an analysis will be made on the basis of information received in response to this notice. Responses are required within fifteen (15) calendar days from the publication date of this notice to The National Library of Medicine, Office of Acquisitions Management, 8600 Rockville Pike, Building 38A, Room B1N17, Bethesda, MD 20894, Attention: Valerie M. Syed. (0234)

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