Immigration & Naturalization Service, Procurement Division, 425 I St., NW, Room 2208, Washington, DC 20536

D -- DEVELOPING AN AUTOMATED ENTRY AND EXIT CONTROL SYSTEM -- POTENTIAL SOURCES SOUGHT. SOL TAE-8-00001 DUE 090398 POC POC: T. Ellison, Contract Specialist. All responses to synopsis must be in writing. Facsimile No. 202-616-7876. Telephone No. 202-305-9229. 17. The Immigration and Naturalization Service is required to develop an automated entry and exit system that will: (1) collect a record of departure for every alien departing the United States and match the records of departure with the record of the alien's arrival in the United States; and (2) enable the Service to identify, through on-line searching procedures, lawfully admitted non-immigrants who remain in the United States beyond their authorized period of stay. Although the Service has reviewed a variety of different types of automated technologies to comply with this requirement (i.e. radio frequency tags, cards embedded with information that are machine readable, and equipment that will automatically produce arrival and departure documents), we want to make sure we have not overlooked any automated technology available in the marketplace. It is anticipated that there will be over 270 million aliens arriving in the United States during fiscal year 1999, with an expected increase of 4% each yearthereafter. Once the alien leaves the United States the record will be updated to reflect the alien's departure. If there is no departure record to match the arrival record, the Service will presume that the alien has illegally remained in the United States beyond his or her authorized stay. This automated system must: (1) be able to store a very large volume of records; (2) have the capability to match the records of departure with the record of the alien's arrival in the United States; (3) allow for the automated capture of information when the alien arrives and departs from the United States; (4) be easy to read and update; (5) have on-line search capability and be accessible from remote locations; and (6) have the capability to provide for the generation of specific types of reports. We want to make sure we have not overlooked any automated technology available in the marketplace. Accordingly, we are requesting that those companies in the technology field, who feel that their product can help the Servicein developing an automated entry and exit control system, to please let us know.. This notice shall not be construed as an RFQ or obligate the Government to pay for any information that is submitted or costs that is associated with proposal preparation. Firms should include all relevant information regarding past projects designed which are similar in type to this project. The SIC Code is 7379. Business size must be included with your information. Respondents who can provide information should reply in writing by 4:15 P.M., 3 Sep 98. NOTICE: THIS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS.***** Posted 08/20/98 (W-SN239617). (0232)

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