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70 -- ADP EQUIPMENT/SYSTEMS DUE 000000 POC POC: Holcombe Thomas (202) 647-1148. Contracting Officer:; Robert B. Wissman (703) 875-6059 This is a request for information. The Bureau of Consular Affairs, US Department of State is considering the adoption of automated systems for use at up to as many as 227 US missions abroad to collect nonimmigrant visa applications, passports, various supporting documents, and visa fees. Interested parties are invited to submit technical and pricing information on technologies which may suit this purpose. The Bureau is interested in equipmnent or systems which may be left unattended, open to use by the traveling public at hours when the Embassy or Consulate is not open, but with appropriate security features and/or systems. We will need the ability to issue numbered receipts for funds and documents and the ability to collect, in most instances, funds in US and local currencies. Local service and repair capability is required. The Bureau is interested in equipment or systems ranging from simple acceptance of documents and money through those which will allow the electronic scanning or other entry of data into the Department's computerized visa namechecking system. Written information must be supplied by June 15, 1995, to Holcombe Thomas, Management Analyst, Room 4820A, Bureau of Consular Affairs, US Department of State, Washington, DC 20520-4818. Following receipt of information, parties may be invited to make presentations to the Bureau. Interested parties are advised that the Department of State is under no obligation to accept or purchase any equipment or systems, take any further action, or pay any costs associated with this Request for Information. Information supplied will not be returned. (0132)

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