Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) Tool
Description
Contracting officers use this tool to help identify whether a Statement of Work meets the criteria of Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA).
Detailed example
User uploads a contract SOW and the FITARA Tool processes and predicts the likelihood on whether or not FITARA applies with a confidence score. The output data from the tool is displayed via a custom module.
AI / analytics pattern
Classical/Predictive Machine Learning: Models trained on data to make predictions or classifications based on identified patterns or relationships.
Automation level / stage
c) Deployed – The use case is being actively authorized or utilized to support the functions or mission of an agency.
Expected benefit
Contracting Officers can use this tool to indicate if Statements of Work are likely to be IT-related, which saves significant manual effort and time required to identify relevant contracts.
Controls / human review
ATO: Yes; PIA: Not published
Data needed
A dataset was curated using NIAID SOWs which were manually labelled to train the classification model.