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and past work or plans for providing 

such capabilities described in the 

proposal and the extent to which they 

would contribute to the fields of data 

science, AI, engineering, or best 

practices relevant to the services to be 

provided by NTIS and its JVPs as 

described in the General Scope section 

of this announcement. 

(3) Organizational Qualifications and 

Resource Availability (0–35 points). 

The likelihood that the professional 

accomplishments, data services and 

solution integration delivery experience, 

skills, certifications, and training of the 

personnel proposed to provide the 

technical capabilities and perform the 

work proposed in the proposal, 

including all individuals whose 

innovative technical capabilities are 

critical to the development or execution 

of joint venture projects in a substantive 

and measurable way as identified in the 

proposal, will contribute to the 

successful execution of projects; and the 

extent to which the proposer has access 

to the necessary equipment, tools, 

facilities, technologies, and overall 

support and resources to accomplish 

proposed objectives and work jointly 

with NTIS to accomplish project goals. 

Evaluation and Selection Process 

All proposals received before the end 

date set forth in the DATES section of this 

notice will be reviewed to determine 

whether they are submitted by a privatesector organization (eligible), contain all 

required technical, business and 

administrative information (complete), 

and are responsive to this notice. 

Proposals determined to be ineligible, 

incomplete, and/or non-responsive 

based on the initial screening will be 

eliminated from further review. 

However, NTIS, in its sole discretion, 

may continue the review process for a 

proposal that is missing non-substantive 

information that can easily be rectified 

or cured. 

All proposals that are determined to 

be eligible, complete, and responsive 

will proceed for full reviews in 

accordance with the review and 

selection process set forth below. 

At least three (3) objective 

individuals, knowledgeable about the 

particular technical areas described in 

the proposal, will review the merits of 

each proposal based on the evaluation 

criteria. The reviewers may discuss the 

proposals with each other, but scores 

will be determined on an individual 

basis, not as a consensus. NTIS may 

solicit oral presentations from some or 

all proposers. 

The Selecting Official, who is the 

NTIS Deputy Director or designee, will 

make final proposal selections, taking 

into consideration the results of the 

reviewers’ evaluations, relevance to the 

scope and objectives described in this 

notice, the distribution of proposals 

across technical areas, and the 

distribution of proposers among a 

diverse set of qualified organizations. A 

diverse set of qualified organizations 

would include large, medium, and small 

organizations that may be for-profit or 

non-profit and that have both unique 

and discrete data science capabilities 

and specialized expertise and 

experience in integrating such 

capabilities for holistic, complete 

solutions. 

Notification of Results 

Unsuccessful proposers will be 

notified in writing. Proposers whose 

proposals are selected will be notified 

and will be provided with a standard 

NTIS joint venture partnership 

agreement for execution. Each joint 

venture partnership agreement entered 

into between a selected proposer and 

NTIS will incorporate the selected 

proposer’s proposal by reference. NTIS 

will not be responsible for any costs 

incurred by any proposer prior to 

execution of a joint venture partnership 

agreement. 

Dated: July 30, 2021. 

Gregory Capella, 

Deputy Director, National Technical 

Information Service. 

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