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A -- MACHINE EXPLOITATION OF VOICE AND LANGUAGE INTEGRATION (MELVIN) SOL F30602-96-R-0019 POC William J. Turczyn, Contract Specialist, AC315-330-1953. During a 24 month period, the contractor shall investigate state of the art applications for related technologies regarding computer voice understanding and natural language understanding. This will be followed with the design of an architecture which incorporates and generalizes required functions performed by current applications of integrated Speech Reconciliation and Natural Language Understanding. A set of tools for tailoring and integrating the architecture for domain independent applications will be developed. These tools will be tailorable by the end user and will be designed assuming the end user has little or no knowledge of the technologies being applied. An initial demonstration will be performed for the users at the Rome Laboratory (RL) Intelligence Information Processing Facility (IIPF) testbed. Feedback from the users, determined as improvements, will be incorporated into the next demonstration. Several domains, applications and databases will be explored. Final testing and training will take place in the IIPF testbed. A read library containing technical information relating to this acquisition is available for review by potential offerors at Rome Laboratory/IRDS, Building 240, Rome NY 13441-4114. Appointments for access may be made by contacting Dan Vintimiglia, 315-330-3222 at least 72 hours in advance. The library contains technical data subject to export control. Prior to review, potential offerors must submit a copy of an approved DD Form 2345, ''Military Critical Technical Data Agreement'', along with a letter from the Data Custodian designated on that form, authorizing access by whomever will be reviewing the library, to ATTN: Dan Vintimiglia, Rome Laboratory/IRDS, Building 240, Rome NY 13441-4114, or faxed to his/her attention at 315-330-3913. The successful contractor may receive and/or generate technical data subject to export control in the performance of the contract. Therefore, prospective offerors must provide a completed and approved DD Form 2345 which certifies the offeror is on the Certified Contractors Access List (CCAL) or the offeror is seeking application to CCA. The successful offeror must have a completed and approved D Form 2345 prior to award. For further information on CCAL, contact the Defense Logistic Service Center at 1-800-352-3572. The RFP will be released no sooner than 2 Jan 96. Secret clearances will be required for performance. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear significant concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. Routine questions, such as clarifications of the Statement of Work or the terms and conditions, are not considered to be ''significant concerns'' and should be communicated directly to the Contract Specialist, William J. Turczyn, phone 315-330-1953. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the contracting officer or program manager, but to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. The Ombudsman for this acquisition is Vincent Palmiero, Chief, Policy and Management Division, at 315-330-7746. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. No telephone requests for the solicitation will be honored. All requests must be addressed to the attention of the Contract Specialist, William J. Turczyn, reference the code I-6-4307-Z, and contain the respondent's Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code. All responsible sources may submit a proposal in response to the RFP which shall be considered. No telephone requests for the solicitation will be honored. (0342)

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