Agentic-AI, Schema-Driven Decision Management for Auditable Studies and Acquisition Decisions

• Q&A set substantially rewritten. The prior version had nine questions, several marked with "Response Pending" style gaps. The updated version has fourteen questions, with most earlier answers replaced by firmer ones.
• New topics added: proof-by-demonstration scope (Q2), whether the system may flag insufficient evidence (Q2), provenance from recommendations back to sources (Q12), human override with preserved machine output (Q11), and SysML v2 interface standards (Q8).
• Commercial AI services now explicitly allowed for Phase I: commercial cloud-hosted foundation-model APIs may be used on unclassified synthetic or public non-CUI data (Q3, Q9). CMMC Level 1 applies; no CUI or classified data in commercial APIs.
• Phase I deliverable clarified: contractor-hosted demonstration with documentation is acceptable; packaging for the GVSC engineering network is not required until Phase II (Q10).
• Signer role still unnamed: no PM, PEO, MDA, or PAE is required as signer; design for a generic acquisition decision authority (Q5, Q13).
• Bias scope confirmed: decision-framing bias is the primary Phase I object; statistical and model-output bias are also in scope (Q1, Q6).
• Success criteria left to offerors: no ranking of time savings versus auditability versus analyst effort has been published (Q7).
• Live-case and GFI status: Phase I scenarios and models must be offeror-developed; PAE guidance is for Phase II only (Q4).

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• Q&A set expanded and rewritten: The previous version had 13 mostly open, "PAE guidance expected" style questions. The updated version restructures the Q&A around new questions, with several previously pending answers now filled in.
• Phase I API/ICD (new Q1): Phase II is now confirmed as the first required interface milestone; a Phase I API/ICD artifact is useful but not required. Self-contained Phase I is acceptable.
• Conflicts of interest (new Q2): Participation does not automatically bar a vendor from later bidding on related electronics or vehicle-network work, but OCI is determined by the Contracting Officer under FAR 9.5/DFARS. Specific facts should be raised with the CO.
• Deployment and bias scope (new Q3): No air-gap requirement or on-premises compute limits have been published, and hosted model services are not prohibited. Phase I bias checks cover decision-framing/cognitive bias primarily, with statistical/model-output bias in scope. No signer role or Decision Package template is mandated.
• PAE data timing (Q4, Q5): PAE guidance is planned for Phase II only. Phase I can finish on offeror-synthetic scenarios. The final Phase I demonstration format (live, recorded, or report) remains unconfirmed.
• Single-copy deliverable (Q6): The form is not specified and is primarily an end-of-Phase II requirement. Phase I software need not run on the GVSC engineering network.
• LLM use (Q7): Commercial cloud and commercial LLM APIs are acceptable for synthetic or public, unclassified, non-CUI data; no Government-authorized cloud is mandated for Phase I.
• Refresh triggers and output (Q8): No refresh trigger is ranked; a readable document plus a machine-readable record is suitable.

• New Q5 added (schema-level interoperability): Asks whether Phase I requires demonstrated interoperability with a specific digital engineering export format (SysML v2 XMI) or a digital-thread/twin repository. Answer: schema-level interoperability against representative artifacts is sufficient for Phase I feasibility; live integration with SysML v2 XMI or an existing repository is not required; a self-contained demo environment is acceptable; SysML/UML alignment is useful, and DE MIL-HDBK-539A is referenced as optional best practice.
• Renumbering: Former Q5 through Q14 shifted to Q6 through Q13+, so question numbers changed but the substance of the DAOSoft, data-source, and open-source questions is unchanged.
• Former Q9 (CUI/cloud safeguarding) and Q10 (open source, non-CUI, non-classified) answers: Wording is unchanged apart from renumbering.

Why it matters: Applicants no longer need to plan for live SysML v2 or digital-thread integration in Phase I. A self-contained prototype with representative DE artifact ingestion, mapping, and traceability is enough, which lowers Phase I scope and cost.

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