The Naval Air Warfare Center-Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, NJ intends to initiate a new order under the Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) N68335-12-G-0011. The Government anticipates issuing this order on a non-competitive basis to SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Ave, Menlo Park, CA 94025. SRI International demonstrated that they meet the minimum requirements the SIMON Platform to create a proof-of-concept web accessible demonstration of a Sunflower based semantic inference engine for Naval International Cooperative Opportunity identification and Naval acquisition support. This demonstration system will enable the sharing of data and information among U.S. Naval International Cooperative Opportunity Identification stakeholders and will make use of the Ozone Widget Framework (OWF) to allow for greater interoperability with stakeholder systems. The system will have the ability to make use of the Sunflower semantic inference engine to provide sophisticated reasoning abilities and to integrate programmatic (cost, schedule), operational, and technical performance and requirements data to assist decision makers in identifying feasible international cooperative opportunities. Key functionalities in this demonstration system will include the ability to parse structured and semi-structured data, complex semantic queries that integrate data, rules (regulatory policies and standards), and consistent vocabulary expressed and structured as ontologies to provide a complex reasoning aid to decision makers in identifying international cooperative opportunities, and assembly of knowledge driven data/information products that directly support program office's acquisition strategy and technology development reporting requirements. This system is also intended to allow for conducting strategic planning and management with allied partners across RDT&E and S&T communities.
THIS IS NOT AN INVITATION FOR COMPETITVE PROPOSALS. This acquisition is being pursued under the sole source basis under the statutory authority of 10 U.S.C 2304(c)(1), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Unless stated herein, no additional information is available.
GENERAL INFORMATION: SRI International is the developer and provider of the SIMON Platform which will be used to perform this requirement. SRI provided information that lead to the conclusion that they are the only qualified source capable to effectively perform this reqirement giving consideration to cost, technical and schedule. There is no commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation, make an award or awards, or be responsible for any money expended by interested parties before award of a contract for the effort described above. Information provided herein is subject to change and in no way binds the Government to solicit or award a contract.
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