ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INTEGRATION CENTER (AI2C) -AI Cloud Technician Course
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General Information
- Contract Opportunity Type: Sources Sought (Original)
- Original Published Date: Aug 17, 2021 03:50 pm CDT
- Original Response Date: Aug 24, 2021 10:00 am CDT
- Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
- Original Inactive Date: Sep 08, 2021
- Initiative:
- None
Classification
- Original Set Aside:
- Product Service Code: U008 - EDUCATION/TRAINING- TRAINING/CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
- NAICS Code:
- Place of Performance: PA 15201USA
Description
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INTEGRATION CENTER (AI2C)
W52P1J-21-R-TECH
GENERAL INFORMATION
Document Type: Request for Information
Posted Date: August 17, 2021
Response Date: August 24, 2021
PCS – U008– Education/Training- Training/Curriculum Development
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
** THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY **
This RFI is issued solely for information and market research purposes – it does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future.
No solicitation is available at this time. Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. This notice does not constitute a commitment by the United States Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary; the United States Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the United States Government. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor this site for additional information pertaining to this requirement.
The Army Artificial Intelligence Integration Center has a requirement for the development of an AI Technician Course curriculum, and the Army Contracting Command – Rock Island (ACC-RI) is exploring available options for certifications for AI Technicians. The course will facilitate/pilot the program to 15 students over a 12 month period from 30 August 2021 through 29 August 2022. These services support the AI2C’s directed workforce development mission which will provided Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Architecture, and Machine Learning to cohorts of soldiers in which are accepted into the program. The Government intends on delivering the AI Technician course based on three commercial courses (Cloud Administration, Cloud DevOps, and Principles of Computing).
***Responses should include capability statement which will accommodate this RFI.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
AI Cloud Technician: Cloud Administrator
Course Description: Students will gain knowledge and develop hands-on experience solving real-world problems in the area of cloud administration. This includes the process to provision, orchestrate, scale, manage and monitor cloud services across compute, storage, networking, and security using various cloud interfaces. All projects utilize existing public cloud infrastructure, tools, and services. Specifically, students will be exposed to real-world scenarios, infrastructure, and data. It is our goal that students will develop the skills needed to become a cloud administrator.
Course Goals: In this course, students gain hands-on experience solving real world problems by completing projects in the areas of identity management, resource provisioning and configuration, scaling, orchestration, monitoring, security, and disaster recovery, which utilize existing public cloud tools and services. It is our goal that students will develop the skills needed to become a practitioner in the domain of cloud administration. Specifically, students are exposed to real-world data, scenarios, infrastructure and budgets in order to learn howto:1) Identify and suggest appropriate cloud services to deploy cloud-based applications or services;2) Propose and implement cloud-based identity managementsolutions;3) Provision, configure, deploy, monitor, scale, and manage cloud-based web applications;4) Orchestrate, secure and recover cloud-based web applications; Through this process, we aspire for our students to become sophisticated, independent, and resilient problem solvers who are able to overcome challenges and learn.
Modules include:
Cloud Overview
Provisioning and Managing Cloud Services
Identity management and Access Control
Virtualization in the Cloud
Elasticity in the Cloud
Automation, Configuration and Orchestration
Resource Monitoring
Disaster Recovery and Backup
DESIGNATED AREA:
***Offers are required to be within 50 miles of zip code 15201.
State: Pennsylvania
City: Pittsburgh
POINT of CONTACT:
Responses are to be electronically submitted to Ms.Chioma Ezeugwu chioma.ezeugwu.civ@mail.mil and Mark Martinez at Mark.martinez2.civ@mail.mil.
Attachments/Links
Contact Information
Contracting Office Address
- JOINT MUNITIONS COMMAND BLDG 350 RODMAN AVE
- ROCK ISLAND , IL 61299-5000
- USA
Primary Point of Contact
- Chioma M. Ezeugwu
- Chioma.Ezeugwu.civ@mail.mil
- Phone Number 3097825871
Secondary Point of Contact
- Mark Martinez
- mark.martinez2.civ@mail.mil
History
- Sep 08, 2021 10:56 pm CDTSources Sought (Original)