SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Request for Information (RFI) for Fiber Project Cell (FPC) Light Map - Printed Forensic Imaging (LM-PFI)
- Notice Date
- 12/24/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- ACC-APG - Natick (SPS), ATTN: AMSRD-ACC-N, Natick Contracting Division (R and BaseOPS), Building 1, Kansas Street, Natick, MA 01760-5011
- ZIP Code
- 01760-5011
- Solicitation Number
- W911QY-14-LM-PFI
- Response Due
- 1/31/2014
- Archive Date
- 3/2/2014
- Point of Contact
- Jean Greenwood, 508-233-6101
- E-Mail Address
-
ACC-APG - Natick (SPS)
(jean.t.greenwood.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY for light mapping technologies for forensic imaging which are capable of meeting the basic requirements described below. This is not a Request for Quotation (RFQ), Request for Proposal (RFP) or an Invitation for Bid (IFB). It is a market research tool being used to determine the availability and adequacy of potential sources for planning purposes only. Responses to this notice are not considered as offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of responses nor otherwise pay for the preparation of any information presented or the use of any such information. Requested Information The Fiber Project Cell Manager for U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development & Engineering (NSRDEC) is conducting a market survey to identify light mapping technologies that will provide printed forensic imaging of substrates for sensitive and non-sensitive materials in real world environments. Specifically, the FPC Manager is requesting information on technologies that possess the following characteristics: 1) High speed image capture technology that offers high resolution, low chromatic aberration and low distortion. 2) At the microscopic level, production of labels, documents and other printed items results in imperfections that can be used to uniquely identify patterns. The focus of this RFI is on products and/or technologies related to the identifying unique imperfections within documents. Specific information requested on each of the products or technologies includes: 1) Fibers and inks cause several different classes of imperfections. Ink parasitics include extra ink deposited by nuances of the printing process, which lead to narrow, curve like in imperfections in the boundary. Fibers typically absorb ink in the longitudinal direction (long axis) via capillary movement, leading to pseudopodium-like protuberances along the fibers. 2) Effective hardware for capturing the parasitic must be able to resolve small features. 3) Measurements using modulation transfer function (MTF) testing - which measures highest frequency sine wave reliably resolved by the imaging device. 4) The MTF of the hardware must be of higher frequency than these printing aberrations. 5) Cross section of the typical fiber range in size from 5- 20 microns, the target MTF needs to accommodate the lower end of this range. A resolution of 5 microns equates to 5080 dpi (dots/inch) or lines/inch in the MTF parlance. 6) The sub-5 micron dimension is similar to the size of pixels founds in many image sensors. 7) An image sensor that has 3.2 micron pixels would thus have a magnification of the lens system at around 1:1. This requirement means that Dyson Relay catadioptric lens (commonly found in semiconductor stepper optics) or catoptric style lens could be used in place of a more conventional multi-element lens if performance and practicalities are suitable. Point of Contact (POC) Interested parties shall submit information in response to this RFI to: U.S. Army Natick Research, Development & Engineering Center (NSRDEC) ATTN: Fiber Project Cell Manager RDNS-WSB-F 15 Kansas Street Natick, MA 01760-5020 Questions concerning this RFI may be addressed by contacting: Thomas Rohnstock Science & Technology support for FPC (508) 233-5669 thomas.e.rohnstock.civ@mail.mil Responses shall be received NLT COB 31 January 2014. Documents shall be electronic in Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, and/or Adobe Professional format and provided on compact disk (CD). No telephonic or e-mail responses to this RFI will be considered. Where the vendor deems appropriate, hard copies can also be submitted as backup and/or support information. Additional Information All information received in response to this RFI that is marked proprietary will be handled accordingly. Responses to the RFI will not be returned. Responses to this RFI are not offers for contract and will not be used by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. Vendors having products that they believe would be suitable for military decontamination operations as described herein shall submit all supporting documentation requested by this RFI to the POC noted above.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: ACC-APG - Natick (SPS) ATTN: AMSRD-ACC-N, Natick Contracting Division (R and BaseOPS), Building 1, Kansas Street Natick MA
- Zip Code: 01760-5011
- Zip Code: 01760-5011
- Record
- SN03258069-W 20131226/131224233931-d20fd79f2e7e00dc21deab8e273c2182 (fbodaily.com)
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