JAIC DRAID BPA

The Army Contracting Command – Chief Digital & Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) Data Readiness for Artificial Intelligence Development (DRAID) contract is a multiple-award, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract engineered to provide AI tools and services.

The purpose of the contract is to help the DoD and Government users prepare data for use in AI applications by providing an easily accessible path to access the cutting-edge commercial services needed to meet the complex technical challenges involved in preparing data for AI. Through access to AI data preparation tools, capabilities, and services, the DoD will be positioned to effectively prepare AI data to support the full range of AI activities across the DoD.

The scope covers all tasks needed to create, acquire, curate, prepare, manage, or secure data sets for use in DoD AI models and application development, testing, certification, and operation. Examples of such tasks include but are not exclusive to Extract Transform Load (ETL) and Data Engineering Development, Database Design and Development, Data Science Development, Data Analysis, Data Collection and Curation, and Project and Outreach Program Management. For the execution of DoD Task Orders, these activities shall be performed while maintaining appropriate security and ethical considerations, including Federal and DoD regulations governing cyber security, information security, operational security, ethical standards of conduct, conflicts of interest, and AI Ethical Principles.

Capabilities and services to be procured under this contract include: 

• Project and Program Management
• Data Science
• Data Engineering
• Data Architecture
• Data Acquisition and Curation
• Data Quality and Analysis
• Synthetic Data Generation and Data Anonymization
• Software Development, Modification, and Configuration
• Enterprise Information Management and Governance
• Cloud Integration and Alignment

For more information, please visit the CDAO DRAID website.