This Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) is a merit-based, competitive, bid-selection model used by federal contracting and agreements officers to acquire demonstrations of innovative commercial items. By using CSOs, federal organizations can more quickly acquire and test commercial AI solutions.

<h2>What Is TryAI?</h2>
<p>This Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) is a merit-based, competitive, bid-selection model used by federal contracting and agreements officers to acquire “demonstrations” of innovative commercial items. By using CSOs, federal organizations can more quickly acquire and test commercial AI solutions. For private industry, CSOs allow contracts for innovative technology to be struck more quickly and on commercial-friendly terms.</p>
<h2>AI Focus Areas</h2>
<ol>
      <li><strong>Data Readiness</strong> - discoverability, transport, storage, conversion, labeling, ontologies, standards to improve data quality</li>
      <li><strong>AI Assurance</strong> - test and evaluation harnesses, methodologies, data partitioning<br /></li><li><strong>MLOPs</strong> - development environments, federated model catalogs, pre-approved code &amp; AI packages<br /></li>
      <li><strong>AI Ethics</strong> - tools, methods, best practices to support the operationalization of <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2091996/dod-adopts-ethical-principles-for-artificial-intelligence/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">DoD's AI Ethical Principles</a><br /></li><li><strong>Foundational Enablers</strong> - any process, tool methodology, environment or best practice that enables faster delivery of software and/or capability (i.e. data management, tools to streamline or accelerate acquisition and contracting workflows, DevSecOps pipelines, rapid cyber security)<br /></li>
      </ol>
<h2>TryAI Benefits</h2>
<p><strong>Flexibility of Proposal:</strong> General solicitation provides innovative AI companies the opportunity to respond with technical solutions to broadly defined AI areas of exploration.</p>
<p><strong>Speed of Evaluation:</strong> Proposals are evaluated in a peer review process for intrinsic merit rather than being compared to other proposals.</p>
<p><strong>Cost Control:</strong> CSO gives the federal government wide discretion in choosing which solution should be funded with U.S. tax dollars.</p>
<h2>Ready to Learn More?</h2>
<p><a href="https://sam.gov/opp/e53c2d960a064f32aab9b3a36396a61d/view" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View TryAI Full Announcement</a></p><h2>Helpful Links</h2>
<p><a href="https://storage.tradewindai.com/pdfs/TryAI_One-Page.pdf">TryAI Slick Sheet - PDF</a></p>

TryAI Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO)

The objective of the Test and Evaluation Services Blanket Purchase Agreement (T&E BPA) is to meet the DoDs requirements for test technology and tools for a variety of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and autonomy applications. This contract is open for ordering to all agencies of the USG in support of AI T&E.

<h2>Background</h2>
<p>The objective of the Test and Evaluation Services Blanket Purchase Agreement (T&amp;E BPA) is to meet the DoD’s requirements for test technology and tools for a variety of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and autonomy applications. This contract is open for ordering to all agencies of the USG in support of AI T&amp;E.</p>
<p>Working in partnership with the prime contractors, CDAO manages the contracts, in coordination with Army Contracting Command – Rock Island (ACC-RI). Through the use of the T&amp;E BPA, users have a flexible means of supporting their commercial AI T&amp;E needs quickly, efficiently, and cost-effectively. Orders may be placed by any contracting officer from the aforementioned agencies. There is no fee to place orders against the T&amp;E BPA.</p>
<h2>Scope</h2>
<p>The T&amp;E BPA encompasses a full range of AI T&amp;E services under NAICS 541511 - Custom Computer Programming Services and PSC R423 – Support Professional: Intelligence. Services will be acquired by issuing individual Call Orders (COs).</p>
<p>Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs) cover the following services:</p>
<ul>
          <li>Acquisition of commercial AI tools and services</li>
          <li>Development of new AI tools and services</li>
          <li>Integration of AI tools and services into environments</li>
          <li>Operation and support of AI tools and services</li>
          <li>Use of AI tools and services to conduct AI testing on AI models and software</li>
          </ul>
<h2>Helpful Links</h2>
<p><a href="https://storage.tradewindai.com/pdfs/TE-BPA_Current-Points-Of-Contact_Fillable_10-23.pdf">Current Points of Contact - Fillable PDF</a></p>
<p><a href="https://storage.tradewindai.com/pdfs/T_E_-One-Page.pdf">T&amp;E Slick Sheet - PDF</a></p>
<p><a href="https://storage.tradewindai.com/pdfs/CDAO-TE-Ordering-Guide.pdf">Ordering Guide</a></p>
<p><a href="https://storage.tradewindai.com/pdfs/TE-Vehicle-Partners_10-23.xlsx">Vehicle Partners</a></p>
<p><a href="https://storage.tradewindai.com/pdfs/TE-LCAT-Table_4DEC2020_10-23.xlsx">Labor Categories</a></p>
<p><a href="https://storage.tradewindai.com/pdfs/Attachment-0001-TE-BPA-PWS_10-23.pdf">PWS</a></p>

Test and Evaluation Services Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA)

The Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) , now CDAO was established in 2018 to be the focal point of the DoD Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy to accelerate scaling AI and its impact across the Department. Working closely with the Services, Combatant Commands, and other Components, CDAO helps identify...

<h2>Background</h2>
<p>The Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) , now CDAO was established in 2018 to be the focal point of the DoD Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy to accelerate scaling AI and its impact across the Department. Working closely with the Services, Combatant Commands, and other Components, CDAO helps identify appropriate use cases for AI across DoD, develops capabilities, and scales impact across our enterprise with the goal of transforming the DoD through AI.</p>
<p>We are committed to lowering the barriers to entry to this potential opportunity for non-traditional companies, especially those with limited or no prior experience working with the Federal Government or DoD. To support this, CDAO has released a set of guides on executing common steps required to work with the DoD in this capacity. Companies are encouraged to utilize these guides in responding to the DRAID Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) and Task Orders if needed.</p>
<h2>Scope</h2>
<p>The scope of this PWS shall encompass all tasks needed to create, acquire, curate, prepare, manage, or secure data sets for use in DoD AI models and application development, testing, certification, and operation. Examples of such tasks include but are not exclusive to Extract Transform Load (ETL) and Data Engineering Development, Database Design and Development, Data Science Development, Data Analysis, Data collection and curation, and Project and Outreach Program Management. For the execution of DoD Task Orders, these activities shall be performed while maintaining appropriate security and ethical considerations, including Federal and DoD regulations governing cyber security, information security, operational security, ethical standards of conduct, conflicts of interest, and AI Ethical Principles.<br />
      Capabilities and services to be procured under this PWS include:</p>
<ul>
      <li>Project and Program Management</li>
      <li>Data Science</li>
      <li>Data Engineering</li>
      <li>Data Architecture</li>
      <li>Data Acquisition and Curation</li>
      <li>Data Quality and Analysis</li>
      <li>Synthetic Data Generation and Data Anonymization</li>
      <li>Software Development, Modification, and Configuration</li>
      <li>Enterprise Information Management and Governance</li>
      <li>Cloud Integration and Alignment</li>
      </ul>
<h2>Helpful Links</h2>
<p><a href="https://storage.tradewindai.com/pdfs/DRAID-BOA_Current-Points-Of-Contact_Fillable_10-23.pdf">Current Points of Contact - Fillable PDF</a></p>
<p><a href="https://storage.tradewindai.com/pdfs/DRAID_-One-Page.pdf">DRAID Slick Sheet - PDF</a></p>
<p><a href="https://storage.tradewindai.com/pdfs/CDAO_DRAID-BOA_Ordering-Guide_Final_November-2022_10-23.pdf">Ordering Guide</a></p>
<p><a href="https://storage.tradewindai.com/pdfs/DRAID-Vehicle-Partners_10-23.xlsx">Vehicle Partners</a></p>
<p><a href="https://storage.tradewindai.com/pdfs/Attachment-0004-DRAID-BOA-PWS-Appendix-A-LCAT-Table_10-23.xlsx">Labor Categories</a></p>
<p><a href="https://storage.tradewindai.com/pdfs/Attachment-0002-DRAID-BOA-PWS-21-April-2021-v2_10-23.pdf">PWS</a></p>

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<p>The AI Talent Contract Support Basic Ordering Agreements (BOA) allows government agencies to rapidly and repeatedly onramp contractor talent needed to advise and assist the future AI ready DoD workforce.</p>
<p>AI Talent is a scarce commodity, and the Government must compete with large tech companies to obtain advisory and assistant support (A&amp;AS) contractor support. Many Department of Defense (DoD) offices struggle to define the right labor categories (LCAT) and work statement to acquire such resource. The CDAO will help DoD offices identify labor categories and specific roles, write work statements and performance metrics, and deliver support rapidly.</p>
<p>The DoD can advance its future AI-ready workforce by utilizing A&amp;AS Contractor talent with competitive rates, appropriate LCATS, minimal conflicts of interest, and rapid on-ramping<br /></p>
<h3>The current functions of DoD AI agencies include:</h3>
<p>1. Oversee the development of strategies to reduce technology and non-technology barriers to AI adoption</p>
<p>2. Ensure warfighting operations are functioning consistently to identify and exploit modernization opportunities</p>
<p>3. Coordinate information flow across the agency and with other agencies</p>
<p>4. Manage taskers and monitor performance measures</p>
<p>5. Elucidate use cases for AI</p>
<p>6. Deliver sustainable, useful, reliable AI Products</p>
<p>7. Inform Operation infrastructure design</p>
<p>8. Inform doctrine</p>
<p>9. Inform talent development/management</p>
<p>10. Educate leaders</p>
<p>11. Improve data (collection, curation, storage, and sharing)</p>
<h4>The AI Talent 2.0 vendors shall provide industry-leading, AI-related, non-traditional program and technical management support services and work products to DoD programs, cyber community and customers under individual task orders. This support encompasses the areas of:</h4>
<h5>Technical Management</h5>
<ul><li>Agile Development</li><li>Cyber Analytics</li><li>Cybersecurity Risk Management</li><li>Integration</li><li>DevSecOps</li><li>Systems Engineering</li><li>Systems Maintenance and Sustainment</li><li>System Security Engineer</li><li>ML Development, and Applied Data Science</li><li>Testing</li></ul>
<h5>Program Management</h5>
<ul><li>Administration/Operations</li><li>Graphics</li><li>Logistics</li><li>Project Management</li><li>Training</li></ul>
<h2>Helpful Links</h2>
<p><a href="https://storage.tradewindai.com/pdfs/AI-Talent-_-One-Page.pdf">AI Talent Slick Sheet - PDF</a></p>
<p><a href="https://storage.tradewindai.com/pdfs/AIT-2.0-Ordering-Guide-9-26.docx">Ordering Guide</a></p>
<p><a href="https://storage.tradewindai.com/pdfs/AI-Talent-2.0-BOA-Holder-List-public-facing.xlsx">BOA Holder List</a></p>
<p><a href="https://storage.tradewindai.com/pdfs/ATTACHMENT-0002-AI-TALENT-2.0-BOA-PWS.pdf">BOA PWS</a></p>

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