Support Services for the NIST Genomics Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning Platform Project

The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking support services for the Genomics Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning Platform Project and the associated Collaborative Research Cycle. This initiative focuses on the development of empirical privacy evaluation metrics and the creation of Python software libraries for the SDNist suite. A critical component of the project involves coordinating community red-teaming exercises designed to simulate privacy attacks on the platform and its deidentified datasets to ensure robust security and privacy protections. This procurement is a 100 percent small business set-aside under NAICS code 541511, with performance taking place in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The scope of work is divided into five primary tasks, including metric development, red-teaming coordination, platform maintenance, and final reporting, with an additional optional task for integrating time series benchmark datasets. Interested parties were required to respond to solicitation 1333ND24QNB770554 by August 23, 2024.