Notice of Intent to Increase the Ceiling on N66001-15-C-4041

This is a Notice of Intent to Increase the Ceiling of Contract N66001-15-C-4041 awarded on behalf of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Defense Sciences Office (DARPA DSO) on 11 May 2015 for a performance period of fifteen (15) months, with two 12-month option periods. The effort under the contract is in support of the DARPA DSO Program, Simplifying Complexity in Scientific Discovery (SIMPLEX) and involves development and demonstration of theories, mathematical methods, and tools to analyze and make richly attributed graphs to reason from heterogeneous data from multiple, large, multifarious datasets. Under this additional effort for option year 1, the contractor shall develop theoretical understanding of the implications of the recently-identified phenomenon that, counter-intuitively, restrict inference to a true known underlying manifold that does not provide a bound on performance for manifold learning for subsequent inference methodologies. The NAICS code for this procurement is 541712 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology). Due to the nature of Research and Development efforts, DARPA DSO could not have reasonably estimated the results and/or need for additional research under this program. This action includes a ceiling increase of approximately $160,000. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals or quotes, however, interested parties may submit comments in writing to the Contract Specialist, Mr. Christopher Shaw, Code 22530, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Pacific who may be reached by telephone at +1 (555) 000-0000 or via email to contact@example.gov. This notice will be posted for 15 days. A determination by the Government not to compete based upon response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.