USDA, ARS, North Atlantic Area, Contracting Office, 600 East Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, PA 19038

70 -- SOFTWARE UPGRADE-INTEGRATION PROGRAM POC Regina M. Herchak, Contracting Officer, Lisa M. Botella, Point of Contact, (215)233-6551, fax (215) 233-6558 The USDA, Agricultural Research Service (ARS), intends to negotiate solely with Zedec Technologies in Durham, NC, for upgrading software integration program to integrate all components (hardware and software) of an existing ARS experimental post-harvest apple inspection system using QuantIm (copyrighted image processing software). This upgraded software package shall integrate all components of an existing inspection system and provide for automatic ROI detection using teflon balls, interactive ROI adjustments, and changes to inspection modules through menu inputs. All work shall be completed by June 1, 1999. Companies with the demonstrated capability and financial capacity to provide and service such equipment must submit a written substantive statement outlining the Company's and systems' capabilities to the Contracting Officer within 15 days of publication of this notice. This is not a request for proposal. No solicitation is available. Posted 03/03/99 (W-SN304285). (0062)

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