U.S. Department Of Justice, Procurement Service Staff, Small Purchase Unit, 12th & Penn., Ave., NW, RM 4220, Washington, DC 20530

58 -- VIDEO TELECONFERENCING EQUIPMENT SOL DOJSPU-95-Z-006 POC Mrs. S. Shelton, Contracting Officer, 202/307-1954. The United States Department of Justice intends to place an order with Sony Electronics, Inc. against GSA Schedule contract GS-OOK-93-AGS-0491PS02 for the purchase and installation of 14 Sony Trinicom PCS-2000A/2 Videoconference Rollabout Systems. The Sony PCS-2000A/2 is a standards based system and interoperates with other standards based room/roll-about systems or desktop systems (standard mode only). The Sony Trinicom PCS-2000A/2 must be equipped with standard Dual Port V.35 Interface, standard Single Port RS-449 Interface, RS-232C Single Data Port, additional audio and video connections for input and output, and 27'' Monitor. Motion Video operation is in ITU (International Telecommunication Union) (formerly CCITT) standards H.261 coding, NTSC Video signal, CIF and QCIF picture elements all operating in bandwidth between 56k(64K) and 384kbps (kilobits per second). Audio operation is ITU standards compliant with coding of G.722 @ 7.0kHz (48/56kbps), G.711 @ 3.4kHz (56kbps), and G.728 @ 3.4kHz (16kbps). Microphone and speaker operation is infrared for wireless or can be wired. The camera operation will be automatic with manual override, 1/3'' CCD. Camera has ability for Far-end control between like systems. All camera control includes Zoom, Focus, Pan, and Tilt. Graphics capabilities exist with JPEG (Joint Photographic Expert Group) compression method. Document camera capabilities and printing of graphics and/or documents to a HPIV printer is standard. The Sony PCS-2000A/2 also utilizes a Drawing tablet for control and white board type drawing. All control is done mainly with an infrared remote control, the remote control is unique to the Sony PCS-2000A/2. Interface cables to be included are V.35/RS-366 (2) and RS-449/RS-366 (1). The Sony Trinicom PCS-2000A/2 videoconference rollabout sytem is fully ITU Standards compliant. No contract award will be made on the basis of any response to the notice since the synopsis of intent to place an order against a GSA schedule is not considered a request for offers/proposal. All responsible sources may submit two (2) copies of written responses which identify their interest and technical capability to respond to the requirements. Written responses should include the GSA contract number, if applicable, prices and full technical proposal showing ability to meet requirements, and must be received within 15 calendar days after publication of this notice. Faxes and/or oral communications are not acceptable and will not be considered. The Executive Office for United States Attorneys has evaluated a large number of standards based Video Teleconferencing (vtc) systems. Only systems which have previously responded to CBD Announcement Number DOJ-SPU-94-016, printed on June 6, 1994, and have been tested during the original pilot will be considered. No solicitation document exists and no telephone inquiries shall be accepted. If there is not affirmative response to the effect that a comparable source is available and that it is more advantageous to the Government than acquiring from the cited GSA schedule 58, an order will be placed with Sony Electronics, Inc. under the terms and conditions of their GSA contract. All information should be submitted to the attention of Mrs. S. Shelton, 12th & Penn., Ave., NW, RM 4220, Washington, DC 20530. ONLY WRITTEN REQUEST WILL BE ACCEPTED. (0067)

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