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70 -- HIGH SPEED DOCUMENT DUPLEX SCANNING SYSTEM FOR ATTACHMENT TO VAX CLUSTER SOL DE-AC05-95MA40119 POC Contact Point, Beth L. Holt 615/576-0644, Contracting Officer, W. A. Mynatt, 615/576-0651 Notice of intent to purchase high speed document duplex scanning system including post scan image quality assurance software. The Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) plans award a contract for ahigh speed document duplex scanning system which will be a companion device to the existing Documate IV microfilmer processing the same input meeting the following requirements: A. Scanner including charge-couple device imaging camera(s) and autofeeder withat least 500 sheet capacity with resolutions up to 300 dots per inch and a gray scale of at least 256 shades of black and white, speeds of at least 43 pages per minute in the simplex mode for 8 1/2'' by 11'' sheets and at least 86 images per minute in theduplex mode for 8 1/2'' by 11'' sheets, facility to accommodate paper input ranging from 3'' by 5'' to 8 1/2'' by 14'' size and thicknesses from .002'' (.05mm) to .010'' (.25mm), OCR facility for capture of code 39 bar identifier contained on reports to bescann ed, programmable function keys, and output stacker with at least 500 sheets of capacity, and SCSI interface to Workstation described in D. with imaging enhancement features for removing reproduction or carbon specks and haze, distinguishing foregroundfr om background, and improving character edges; B. Scanning Software includes the facility for operator control of the scanner including password control, scanning and rescanning to capture images for storage in files and indexing information such as barcode identifier (such as DE94000000), batch number, date and time for storage in an index file, and to use status code (acceptable, unacceptable, or skip over) also contained in the index file; C. Windows-based Post Scan Software providing access toima ge and index files created by Scanning software in determining acceptability of image and posting such in the status code, in making insertions and deletions of images within a document, rotating images, scaling images, and converting images to TIFFform at; D. Workstation serving as host computer to scanner in A. with tower cabinet containing an Energy-Star compliant 486 DX/66 Mhz processor personal computer including 16 megabytes of RAM with 70 nanoseconds cycle time or less, 256 K bytes or more ofcac he, two 1 gigabyte SCSI-2 hard disk drives with a seek time of 11 milliseconds or less, 17'' color Energy-Star compliant color noninterlaced monitor with .28mm or less dot pitch, and 1280 by 1024 line resolution with 2 megabyte Super VGA interface board,Logitech mouse or equal, and pad; E. Implementation consisting of (1) Delivery of equipment and documentation 30 days after receipt of contract by Seller, (2) Installation consisting of labor and parts provided by Seller, Testing for Acceptabilityinclu ding the successful running of a 7 consecutive calendar day standard of performance procedure, based on 5-day 8 hour per day work weeks, consisting of operation and readiness for use at a 90% effectiveness level or better within the aforementionedperio d within 28 days, extended to another 28-day period at the option of the Buyer; and (4) Warranty on equipment covering the period three months after acceptance for Items A, B, and C, and 1 year after acceptance for Item D, and consisting of onsitemainte nance under standard maintenance arrangement. Seller shall provide warranty coverage beyond the periods above in instances of longer coverages offered by manufacturer(s). The proposed equipment must maintain software compatibility with the currentsyst em, require no software modifications for existing applications, and be compatible with all existing hardware. Firms interested in receiving a copy of the solicitation must indicate their interest within 15 days after receipt of thisadvertisement. (0040)

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