AI and Data Analytics Service for Global Diversion

The issuing agency is seeking a vendor to provide artificial intelligence and data analytics services focused on global diversion. The agency needs to address the challenge of identifying trade trends and key source, transshipment, and diversion locations. To solve this, the agency requires the creation and hosting of user-friendly data analyses and visualizations, shareable via an access-controlled online portal or web application. The scope of work covers three distinct components to improve export control implementation. The first component requires analyzing trade data, creating exemplary visualizations such as dashboards, and training export control authorities to use data analysis. The second component involves designing, developing, and deploying a smartphone-accessible application for frontline officers to detect and identify export-controlled commodities. This application must integrate artificial intelligence, machine learning-based computer vision, optical character recognition, and large language models. The third component requires training recipients to effectively, responsively, and proactively engage regulated industry based on identified proliferation trends. Eligibility is restricted to onshore organizations based in the United States. The agency requires the performance of the work to be conducted offsite. Bidders must submit their proposals digitally via email or through an online portal. The agency is looking for proposals to determine the budget and has not provided specific evaluation criteria or key dates in the initial request.