SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- Technology Demonstrations and Assessments for Department of Defense Biometrics
- Notice Date
- 6/16/2010
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- RDECOM Contracting Center - Durham (RDECOM-CC), ATTN: AMSSB-ACR, Research Triangle Park Contracting Division, P.O. Box 12211, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2211
- ZIP Code
- 27709-2211
- Solicitation Number
- W911NF-07-R-0001-04
- Archive Date
- 9/14/2010
- Point of Contact
- Julia Wertley-Rotenberry, 919-549-4268
- E-Mail Address
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RDECOM Contracting Center - Durham (RDECOM-CC)
(julia.wertleyrotenberry@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Military applications of biometric exploitation, to date, have largely focused on the use of fingerprints to identify personnel for entry into controlled areas. Biometrics, however, has an expanded role in military operations to include: combat identification (friend, foe, or neutral); offensive operations (intelligence support to targeting); force protection (base access); detention operations; civil-military operations (track target members of a population); and personnel recovery and identification. In addition, biometrics can be utilized to improve business functions such as physical and logical access controls and privilege management applications like health care benefits, finance, and time reporting. As a result of the expanding application space of biometrics in the military and the maturity of biometrics technologies within the Department of Defense (DoD), the requirements and needs of the user are becoming increasingly complex and require specific solutions that have not yet been developed. It is DoDs intent to advance the state-of-the-art across the spectrum of the biometrics infrastructure to provide users with new and enhanced biometrics capabilities. The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Contracting Center, Research Triangle Park Contracting Division, on behalf of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL), DoDs Biometrics Identity Management Agency (BIMA), and the Defense Biometrics Office, is soliciting white papers focused on the development and demonstration of biometric functionality across the four (4) Focus Areas (indicated below) under topic area 2.63 Technology Demonstrations and Assessments for Department of Defense Biometrics through the Army Research Laboratory and Army Research Office Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Number W911NF-07-R-0001-04 effective from Fiscal Year 2007 through Fiscal Year 2011. Research and Development solutions are sought for: a. Tactical Collection Systems: The ability to sense and collect biometric data is critical to the overall biometrics process. The DoDs Tactical Collection Systems include the capability to obtain biometric data as well as all related biographical and/or situational data. One goal is to provide this capability with a smaller, lighter, and more resilient device. Advances also can include not just sensors, but systems that take a different approach to the methods of collection in biometric modalities. Below are two Focus Areas of Tactical Collection Systems that should be addressed: "Expanded Rolled Print Capabilities Increased capability in mobile devices to improve rolled print collection in the field. Improvements could include higher quality of the captured prints, increased speed of collection, decreased cost of the device, etc. Example solutions could be: Non-contact fingerprint imaging hardware, increase platens size, or other techniques. "Faster Iris Captures Capabilities - Expedite the speed at which devices can collect and process iris images. The means to capture subjects in a less-than-ideal situation due to natural environmental aspects, constrained time for collections, or safe distance considerations is an important influence in technology development. b. Enterprise-wide Capability Enhancement: A large portion of advancements in the biometric field focus on the forward portion of current military biometric operations in that they only advance collection methods. The Enterprise-wide Capability Enhancement topic includes the ability to use the collected biometrics by making efficient use of processing, cataloguing, storing, matching and sharing of that data. The enterprise strives for advances in universal data ingestion, database management, and matching techniques. Below are two Focus Areas of the Enterprise-wide Capability Enhancement challenges that should be addressed: "Latent Print Modality - Matching algorithm capabilities for collected latent prints whether on-site with limited processing power available or at a central database that users connect to. The solutions could be derived from sensor technology advances, collection, processing methods, and/or other means. "Future Modality Support - Improved DNA, Voice, and Palm processing methods. The Palm modality is described as including the full palm as well as the Thenar, Hypothenar, Interdigital, and Writers regions. Currently these modalities are constrained in their ability compared to the dominant modality types of finger, face, and iris. Advances in new modalities and their related sensors, processing techniques, and matching capability are needed. With new modalities, challenges in biometric database management, such as discovery, synchronization, and optimizations occur and can also be addressed. Offerors are invited to submit a white paper not to exceed five (5) pages under the topic area referenced above and shall be sent via email to Dr. Keith Aliberti (email: keith.aliberti@us.army.mil) by 9 July 2010. Each white paper must be submitted with a single PowerPoint chart, in landscape mode, divided into four equal quadrants. The upper left quadrant shall contain a graphic representing the approach or product described in the white paper. The upper right quadrant shall contain a brief description of the approach and the expected product described in the white paper. The lower left quadrant shall contain a schedule of major milestones for the proposed effort as described in the White Paper. The lower right quadrant shall contain estimated proposed cost for each major milestone as described in the white paper. Use no smaller than 18 point Arial font. This chart will not count against the white paper page count. The Government will evaluate all white papers and provide a written response/proposal invitation to the offerors on or about 30 July 2010. Up to seven awards valued at ~$750,000 each are expected. Accepted proposals should lead to a tangible demonstration within 18 months. Demonstrations and assessments will be performed in coordination with ARL and BIMA. Results are to include technical performance measurements and analysis from actual test beds and laboratory environments that indicate the effectiveness of the technology to advance the state-of-the-art in current biometrics capabilities across and/or within the above reference focused areas. Any questions concerning the award(s) process shall be directed to: Julia Wertley-Rotenberry by email: julia.wertleyrotenberry@us.army.mil. This special notice expires 9 July 2010 at 12:00 PM (EST).
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