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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF DECEMBER 04, 2005 FBO #1469
SOLICITATION NOTICE

R -- Visual Analytics Contest

Notice Date

12/2/2005
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

541690 — Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
 

Contracting Office

Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-1640
 

ZIP Code

20899-1640
 

Solicitation Number

Reference-Number-06-894-6051
 

Response Due

12/16/2005
 

Archive Date

12/31/2005
 

Description

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with University of Massachusetts Lowell, 883 Broadway Street Lowell, MA under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), Soliciting From a single source, to assist with developing an information visualization contest with the goal of providing a venue for evaluating the performance researcher?s in the situation and intelligence analysis domain. This requires expertise in selecting, preparing, and cleaning test data sets, developing tasks and metrics and scoring for evaluating the performance of software on these tasks and data. It also requires expertise in communicating with researchers, collecting results, choosing judges and presenting the evaluations. Any contractor for this activity must have had previous experience in running at least two information visualization contests for researchers including a researcher of eminent standing in the information visualization research community, and have knowledge of information search needs. A fixed price purchase order will be issued on or about December 21, 2005. The maintenance and support period will begin December 30, 2005 for one year. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement, in writing, no later than the response date. Written responses to this synopsis shall contain sufficient documentation to establish a bona fide capability to fulfill the requirement. A determination by the Government to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
 

Place of Performance

Address: 100 BUREAU DRIVE, GAITHERSBURG, MD

Zip Code: 20899
 

Record

SN00943546-W 20051204/051202211813 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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