U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service Contracting and Procurement Branch, 425 I Street, NW, Room 2102 Washington, DC 20536, ATTN: Robert Richards, 202/514-4573

99 -- CARD PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE, SUPPLIES AND CONSUMABLES SOL HQ-95-09 DUE 050595 POC Robert Richards, 202/514-4573. The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) intends to issue a competitive solicitation for the purchase of equipment to produce credit card-equivalent sized cards establishing eligibility for various immigration benefits and identification. The contractor, as a single source, shall provide all the equipment, software, initial supplies and consumables, appropriate training, and necessary installation, integration, and maintenance of the equipment to produce these cards. Equipment and software related to image and text capture and storage will not be required. The INS anticipates that card production will be run in a continuous operation mode (24 hours, 7 days a week). The card production process will begin with the intake of raw materials and an interface to existing electronic INS database information systems and will result in the production of the cards described below. The output device must have an electronic interface to receive complete card order information, including data and electronic images directly from the INS software systems without human intervention. The output device must manufacture the card, place the completed card in an addressed envelope prepared for mailing by the U.S. Postal Service, and have integral fully-automated audit controls that insure a completed card goes to the correct recipient. The card must be inserted into a pre-printed paper stock, and the card and paper stock must be inserted into an envelope. The card manufacture and preparation for mailing processes must be completed in a single pass without human intervention. INS is planning high volume production of at least 4 different types of cards with combinations of different features and different color combinations. All credit card-equivalent stock shall include 5- part PVC card with layers that cannot be separated without affecting integrity of the card. The middle part of the 5-part PVC card is to be in color. Clear film laminate will be used to produce a dual-pattern holographic overlay with INS artwork. All cards will be printed on both sides, with multi-color printing on the front of the card, high quality, high resolution color photographic image and fingerprint image displayed on the front of the card with fusion dye or equivalent printing process. Printing will also include the use of ultraviolet inks. Additional security features shall include microline printing with embedded codes and moray traps and the use of radio frequency (RF) technology as part of the polyester material of the 5-layer card as elected by the Government. Additional electronic features shall include a three- band magnetic stripe, either 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional bar code symbologies, machine readable optical character reader-B (OCR- B), multi-color printing on the back of the card, half-size optical strip supporting ''write-once, read-many'' (WORM) technology, and integrated chip (IC) technologies with the ability to encode information and read back for verification. INS intends to produce approximately one million to four million cards per year for the next three years. INS estimates that a range of at least 100 to 300 cards per hour, of multiple type cards must be supported per system for the single pass production process of the cards. INS intends to award a Firm-Fixed Price, Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity type of contract for the equipment, supplies, and support services described herein. The Contract shall be awarded for one year with four one-year options. INS requires the delivery of the first system within 60 days after contract award. Additional systems, within the base year, (up to a maximum of three) shall be delivered within 120 days after delivery orders are issued. During the option years, the Government may purchase up to a maximum total of 5 additional systems. Delivery schedule for the option years will be based on the delivery schedule proposed by the contractor. The first delivered system shall include the capability to print on a 5-part PVC card with a dual-pattern holographic overlay, color printing of a picture and text in the front, black and white image of fingerprint in the front, OCR-B printing, a three-band magnetic stripe in the back, and the ability to print address information and insert the card for mailing in a single-pass process. The contractor will be required to furnish consumables during the first year of the contract and limited quantities during the option years; however, INS intends to competitively procure consumables during fiscal year 1996 through a separate procurement action. The solicitation will require a pre-award live test demonstration and the evaluation of past- performance and experience in the deployment of equivalent systems. The solicitation will be available about the end of March/beginning of April 1995. Proposals will be due within 30 calendar days after issuance of the solicitation. Companies interested in receiving the solicitation should reference the solicitation number, HQ-95- 09; and provide their company name, address, telephone number, facsimile number, and point of contact by facsimile (202/514-3353) or mail to Robert Richards. No telephone inquiries will be accepted. All communications concerning this acquisition shall be directed only to the Contracting Officer. (0068)

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