Loren Data Corp.

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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF FEBRUARY 2,1998 PSA#2023

National 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)

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