Defense Intelligence Agency National Center for Credibility Assessment (NCAA) Industry Engagement with Credibility Assessment Program

MEMORDANDUM FOR DIA CONTRACTORS SUBJECT: Special Notice for Industry Engagement with Credibility Assessment Program Managers. On-site presentation of novel Credibility Assessment (CA) technologies as an adjunct day to the 2019 Federal Interagency Polygraph Seminar (FIPS) , which is not open to Industry. NAICS: 541990 "All Other Professional, Scientific and Technical Services. 1. INTRODUCTION The Defense Intelligence Agency's National Center for Credibility Assessment (NCCA) will host an unclassified credibility assessment (CA) New Technologies Day Tuesday 9 April in the Chantilly/Dulles, VA area that will enable industry partners to showcase new and emerging technologies that have application in the CA field. 2. PURPOSE Exchange and communication with Industry that will increase the general awareness of the Government polygraph and Credibility Assessment community of the state-of-the-art. Representatives from more than twenty-eight Federal Intelligence, law enforcement, and security agencies generally attend this conference. There are no government requirements at this time and no solicitation exists. *Vendors without a CA assessment nexus will not be confirmed for attendance. Seating capacity is limited to approximately 200 attendees, including the Government. Companies are limited to a maximum of two (2) registrants. Registration instructions are provided below and will be closed upon reaching seating capacity. 3. BACKGROUND There has recently been a marked increase in the number of solicitations to the U.S. Government by sources marketing a variety of polygraph/non-polygraph CA instruments/tools/technologies. This industry engagement day will allow a forum for communication and market research. 4. ANTICIPATED SCOPE OF WORK: N/A 5. INFORMATION DESIRED General CA technology areas of interest to the government include: A. Technolgies that operate as an additional polygrpah channel as well as those that operate as a standalone system B. Transparent decision algorithms used for building decision trees C. How data and signals are acquired and analyzed D. Cycle time for product development and approvals such as FDA, if required E. Industry studies or other scientific evidence validating industry CA technologies in specific issue/screening enviornments F. Length of tests G. Time to get results H. Performance parameters of system/limitations I. Examinee requirements J. Type of sensor: contact or non-contact sensors K. Integration: stand-alone or can be inegrated with other technologies L. Operator skills and training requirements 6. ANTICIPATED ACQUISITION MILESTONES: N/A 7. SUBMITTAL INSTRUCTIONS Specifically, NCCA requests industry partners provide technical capability information in a 1-2 page overview, be able to provide a technology booth demonstration, and provide a 30-minute presentation regarding any tools/instruments designed to detect deception, malintent, enable trust, or uncover efforts to conceal information. Industry partners that are focused on developing and fielding CA technologies are encouraged to demonstrate their products and services which will enable the federal agencies to assess emergent technology applications that could be utlized to support their future CA mission needs. 8. REGISTRATION Register by NLT 19 February 2019 by sending an email to contact@example.gov with attendee information in the format shown below in the Subject Line. One individual registration per email. If multiple individuals want to attend from one company, then multiple registration emails are required. Provide the following information in the message Subject Line. Use commas to separate information, no spaces after comma. Last Name, First Name, Title, Company Name, Company Size (Large or Small), Type if Small, Phone Number, Email, A2R Industry Day. Example: Jones, Joan, VP Sales, XYZ Inc., Large, N/A, +1 (555) 000-0000, contact@example.gov, A2R Industry Day Again, please follow the instructions and format above to ensure your registration is properly received and not diverted, mishandled, or deleted. One email per registrant. Use commas without spaces to seperate registration information on the Subject Line of your registration email to contact@example.gov. DO NOT include any Personally Identifiable Information (PII) such as full social security number (SSN), address, or any other PII. Please double check the phone number used to ensure it is NOT a SSN. SUMMARY What: Industry Engagement with Government Credibility Assessment Program Managers. Industry On-site presentation of novel Credibility Assessment (CA) technologies. When: Tuesday 9 April 2019, 0800 -1600 local Eastern time. Where: Dulles/Chantilly VA. Details will be confirmed when registration is confirmed. QUESTIONS Submit all questions to the Contracting Officer. The Government will endeavor to respond to all valid questions offered in a timely manner. POINT OF CONTACT Point of Contact: Anthony D. Hawkins II & Jongmin F. Yi Phone Numbers: +1 (555) 000-0000 (Anthony Hawkins) +1 (555) 000-0000 (Jongmin Yi) Keith Gaines Cheif, Research-TASS Branch, NCAA +1 (555) 000-0000 Colleen Arnold Contracting Officer Representative, NCAA +1 (555) 000-0000/4233