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The Contractor shall:
a. Implement Canonical Correlation Analysis as described in the above-mentioned publication, in a way that is compatible with both GNU Octave 5.0.0 or superior, and MATLAB (Mathworks, Inc) 2015a or superior.
b. Implement reading and writing of imaging data using functions that already exist for the tool Permutation Analysis of Linear Models (PALM; https://fsl.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/fsl/fslwiki/PALM).
c. Condition the input data so as to render them amenable to CCA.
d. Condition the outputs of CCA to be amenable for storage into imaging formats.
e. Ensure that the implementation can be integrated into PALM.
LEVEL OF EFFORT:
During the period of performance of one year from date of award, the contractor shall provide approximately 10 hours per week, not to exceed 495 labor hours.
GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
The Government shall review activities and provide guidance and feedback, via electronic communication (email, conference calls). The government shall not provide computing resources (either hardware or software).
DELIVERY OR DELIVERABLES
Octave and/or MATLAB-compatible software produced by the contractor shall be made available to the Government. Software should be fully functional on a variety of test data provided by the Government. Coding should be clear, concise, profusely commented, and follow well known best MATLAB coding practices towards speed and memory management.
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Weekly software updates on a shared, private software repository with version control in a commercial platform (such as Github.com or Gitlab.com), to be agreed with the contractor, will act as reporting. The contractor is not required to submit additional written reports.
Interested parties may identify in writing their interest and capability in response to this requirement. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties’ bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and include: unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, the delivery period after contract award, the prompt payment discount terms, the F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov.
All responses must be received by closing date and must reference the announcement. Responses may be submitted electronically to the attention of the contract specialist. Fax responses will not be accepted.
All responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency.