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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF FEBRUARY 2,1998 PSA#2023National Cancer Institute, Research Contracts Branch, ESS, Executive
Plaza South, Rm. 620, 6120 Executive Blvd., MSC 7224, Bethesda, MD
20892-7224 D -- BIOMEDICAL VOCABULARY SWITCHING PROTOTYPE POC Janet M. Mattson,
Contracting Officer, 301-402-4511 E-MAIL: Janet M. Mattson,
jm32u@nih.gov. The National Cancer Institute plans to procure on a Sole
Source Basis, under authority of FAR 6.302- 1, in accordance with 41
U.S.C. 253 (c)(1), the development of a NCI Coding Engine from Lexical
Technology Inc. (LTI), 1000 Atlantic Avenue, Alameda, CA 94501-1147.
The NCI Coding Engine is a component of the Science Information System
(SIS). The goal of the SIS Project is to develop a highly specialized
scientific information resource to support the NCI and the cancer
research community. The SIS is intended to enable scientists, science
managers and other individuals to generate comprehensive, integrated
representations of current knowledge, past and ongoing NCI sponsored
research and emerging scientific questions regarding any aspect of
cancer research or treatment. If the SIS is to be successful, a means
must be found to improve the comprehensiveness and consistency of the
terms used to describe the scientific content of grants, research
projects, meetings, contracts and so forth. LTI will develop and refine
a prototype coding engine which will be evaluated as a means of
addressing these needs. The coding engine will be a service accessible
to any NCI application via an application programming interface and to
any individual using a Web interface. The engine will return
authoritative terms and concepts names from a NCI code hierarchy and
from the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS). LTI is uniquely
qualified to undertake this aspect of SIS support because of its: prior
experience across the full range of the required technologies and
practices; familiarity with the UMLS and ongoing involvement with its
maintenance and extension; and ability to provide a commercial off the
shelf software product, Metaphrase, to server as the basis for the
coding engine prototype. Due to proprietary information no other
companies are authorized to respond to this requirement. This notice of
intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, interested
parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the
requirement. Information furnished shall include enough material, in
sufficient detail, to perform a proper evaluation of their ability to
perform. Closing date is 45 days after publication of this notice. See
Numbered Note: 22 (0029) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0028 19980202\D-0006.SOL)
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