A -- DEVELOPMENT OF DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURE U. S. Department of Energy -- Idaho Operations, Idaho Falls, ID SUBJECT: SEEKING PARTNERSHIP WITH PRIVATE SECTOR TO CONTINUE DEVELOPMENT OF DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURE (DSS4Ag) POC : Mr. Larry Hops, Agriculture Account Executive, Technology Transfer Office, LMITCO, P. O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-3805. DESC: Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies Company (LMITCO), the managing and operating contractor for the U. S. Department of Energy Idaho Operations Office (DOE-ID) at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) seeks a commercial sector partnership for the ongoing development, including rights for licensing, of its Decision Support System for Agriculture (DSS4Ag). Fundamentally, the DSS4Ag is an expert system that integrates artificial intelligence methodologies and local precision farming data to generate an economically optimum recipe for the spatially variable application of agricultural inputs. Qualified companies interested in partnering must 1) participate in a funds-in Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), requiring significant contributions of both dollars and collaborative technical development that will demonstrate the application of DSS4Ag technology on several major crops and cropping systems for agricultural inputs, 2) demonstrate the ability to develop significant market penetration with DSS4Ag technology for fertilizer, agrichemicals, seed, water, or other agricultural inputs, and 3) negotiate a royalty-bearing field of use exclusive license for the DSS4Ag. Submitted Information should be pertinent and specific for the technical area under consideration, on each of the following qualifications: (1) Experience: Outline previous projects, specific work previously performed or being performed and any in-house research and development effort; (2) Personnel: Name, professional qualifications and specific experience of scientists, engineers and technical personnel who may be assigned as a principal investigator and/or project officer; (3) Facilities: Availability and description of special facilities available to be used in the technical areas under consideration; (4) Any other specific and pertinent information as pertains to this particular area of partnership that would enhance our consideration and evaluation of the information submitted. More details on the INEEL precision agriculture research can be found at http://sst4ag.inel.gov/sst4ag/. The technical point-of-contact is Dr. Reed Hoskinson, (208) 526-1211 or hos@inel.gov. Responses are due July 20, 1998. WEB: Idaho National Engineering & Environmental Laboratory, http://www.inel.gov/procurement/litco/index.html. E-MAIL: Dr. Reed Hoskinson, hos@inel.gov.

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