Commercial Acquisition Department, Bldg 11, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport, Code 59, Simonpietri Dr., Newport, RI 02841-1708

70 -- TURNKEY IMAGING SYSTEM SOL N66604-99-R-1941 DUE 030499 POC G. Palmer, Contracting Officer at (401) 832-1645; FAX (401) 832-4820. WEB: Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport, http://www.npt.nuwc.navy.mil/contract/. E-MAIL: Gerard Palmer, Contracting Officer, palmerge@npt.nuwc.navy.mil. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Newport is soliciting proposals, on a Firm-Fixed Price basis, for a turnkey imaging system. The NUWCDIVNPT Tactical Active Sonar Acoustic Database (TASAD) currently stores active sonar recordings and information about those recordings in a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS). These recordings are made during Naval exercises. During these exercises, a considerable amount of information is taken that contributes to the meaning of the acoustic recordings, such as sonar contact log sheets, radar contact log sheets, tables of temperature (or sound speed) vs. depth, charts and graphics, test director logs, acoustic tape recordings, etc. For the 50 sea tests currently housed in the TASAD facility, approximately 40,000 pages of documentation exists in various formats in file cabinets. The intention of this procurement is to solicit a solution and a proposal for that solution that will record this documentation in electronic format, both as scanned images and, when appropriate, with OCR technology, such that the documentation and the data already in the TASAD RDBMS are able to be recalled and viewed simultaneoulsy. The expectation is that this integration will be as seamless as possible. For example, a user may examine the test director's log for a key word or phrase, and upon finding appropriate log entries, identify the representative acoustic data (if loaded) for the closest point in time that corresponds to the entry in the test director's log. Another example is a user request for a listing of all supporting documentation in the TASAD RDBMS for a given sea test, or any sea test utilizing a specific sonar. The interaction should be a simple point-and-click type of interface. Hard copies of the electronic images should be available. The level of security is up to and including secret. The documentation specifications are as follows: Size: 5.0"x7.0" minimum, 3.9"x3.0" maximum, average -- 8.5"x11", Sides: 60% one sided, 40% double sided, Color: 2% color, 95%black and white, 3% gray scale, Format: 50% typewritten material, 34% handwritten material on forms, 10% handwritten material "freeform", 3% electrostatic traces, 2% graphics, 1% photo CD. Our department no longer issues solicitations or amendments in paper form. Instead, they may be accessed at our web site http://www.npt.nuwc.navy.mil/contract/. We also provide electronic access in our Bid Room. Estimated RFP release date: 19 February 1999; SIC Code: 7435. Posted 02/05/99 (W-SN295534). (0036)

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