U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover Building, Rm 6875, 935 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20535-0001

D -- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION DUE 041699 POC Susan J. Smith, Contracting Officer, (304) 625-2441 The FBI seeks information on fingerprint live scan devices for deployment in law enforcement vehicles to support NCIC 2000. Information is sought on integration of these devices into law enforcement vehicles. Background: NCIC 2000 and Mobile Operations -- The National Crime Information Center (NCIC) is an on-line information service jointly maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and criminal justice agencies throughout the United States and its territories. NCIC is being replaced by NCIC 2000, which will provide all NCIC services and new services. The new services include fingerprint matching, additional information files, and image files. The FBI has developed a Mobile Imaging Unit (MIU) software application to support NCIC 2000 functions in mobile law enforcement vehicles. The MIU provides a user interface, supports various peripheral devices, and transmits information in NCIC 2000-defined formats. The mobile fingerprint live scan device will operate as a peripheral to the MIU (orto a processor that performs MIU-equivalent functions). Sources are sought for live scan devices to capture single (right index) fingerprint images in the environment of a law enforcement vehicle. The live scan device will communicate the fingerprint images to a mobile computer in the vehicle. The device itself must not compromise officer safety when used by a single officer working with an unknown subject in a remote location. Hence, small size, light weight, and mobility in the vicinity of the patrol car are vital. Ability to provide electrical power to the live scan device and support data transfer to the mobile computer without a tether is highly desirable. The live scan device must be sufficiently rugged for extended use in a mobile environment. Respondents should discuss the following aspects of mobile live scan devices: Ability to operate reliably in a vehicle environment over time; integration with MIU or equivalent; any software and hardware interfaces; form factor attributes (size, shape, weight); officer safety- would the device pose a threat to an officer if seized by the subject?; operability and ease of use outside the vehicle; interface to the mobile computer (e.g., docking, tether, or radio frequency link); device storage constraints, if any; power source options (e.g., batteries, charging circuits, etc.); availability (delivery times and quantities); nature of maintenance requirements; cost of acquisition and maintenance; and image capture issues: sensor type (e.g., optical, ultrasound, holographic, capacitance, or other), image quality per NIST standards Appendix F and G, user interface to device, image capture method (analog or digital), and image size (height and width), Digital fingerprint image output format (note that these scanner image quality requirements supersede earlier requirements statements): MIU environment: Windows operating system environment and FBI-provided fingerprint image processing algorithms are required for NCIC 2000 fingerprint transactions; Fingerprint image sampling rate: 500 pixels per inch; Size at Input to FBI-provided Software: Cropped or padded to 512 pixels by 512 pixels; Software interface from live scan device to MIU: TWAIN; Image Quality: Electronic Fingerprint Transmission Specification, FBI Criminal Justice Information Services; 1) Appendix F, IAFIS Image Quality Specification Section 2 Fingerprint Scanners and 2) Appendix G, Interim IAFIS Image Quality Specification for Scanners; MIU Processing: FBI-provided fingerprint image processing in mobile computer. An original and three copies of responses shall be submitted within 30 days of publication of this advertisement. The responses shall be submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services Division, Attention: Susan J. Smith, Module E-2, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26306. NOTE: The FBI does not have a requirement for acquisition at this time. If a requirement for the FBI results from the information gathered through this advertisement, the procurement will be handled in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Federal Acquisition Regulation. Posted 03/16/99 (W-SN309012). (0075)

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