Commandant(G-ACS-3/LE/5218), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001

67 -- CAMERA VIDEO DIGITIZATION, COMPRESSION, TRANSMISSION AND DECOMPRESSION SYSTEM SOL DTCG23-95-R-AVT011 POC Contact: Lois Evans/Contract Specialist: Ph: (202) 267-2507/John P. Manko/Contracting Officer: Ph: (202) 267-2515 The Coast Guard has a requirement for a video compression/decompression system consisting of two separate units. The first unit digitizes and compresses video from an existing Government-owned camera. The input to the unit is EIA RS-170 (black and white) video. The digitized output of the unit shall conform to the EIA RS-422 standard. The second unit decompresses the EIA RS-422 data output by the first unit and outputs EIA RS-170 video. Bandwidth allocated for the RS-422 compressed video will range from a low of 128 kilobits per second to a high of 1.544 megabits per second. High picture quality will be required; full motion video is not a requirement. Control of a system shall be through a standard RS-232 or RS-422 communications port. Use of an open architecture and a standard compression algorithm is desired. One S-VHS videotape with four separate segments recorded at an actual Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) site will be issued as part of the solicitation. This tape shall be played into the offerors system at the video input of the first unit and recordings made of the RS-170 output of the second unit. The recorded offeror's output tape(s) must be returned with proposals. The anticipated period of contract performance is 4 years. The base award will be for 16 units delivered 90 days after contract award. Optional quantities are 12 systems, 4 systems per year over the next 3 years. The above items are not all-inclusive, but are representative of the general requirement. Date of solicitation release is on/or about April 28, 1995. All requests must be in writing to the above address, attn: Lois Evans. For Minority, Women-Owned, and disadvantaged Business Enterprises only: The Department Of Transportation, Office of Small and Disadvantage Business Utilization (SADBUS), has a program to assist minority, women-owned, and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital assistance for transportation-related contracts. Loans are available under the DOT Short-Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rate to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $500,000. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP, please call the OSDBU at 800-532-1169. This solicitation will be available in both hardcopy and electronic form via Internet electronic-mail (e-mail). To request a hardcopy, mail your written request to the address above. To request an electronic copy, send e-mail to the following Internet address: catalog@rfp.comdt.uscg.mil. The catalog will list the available solicitations and provide specific instructions for requesting the solicitation of interest. If you encounter problems with the your e-mail request, please contact Mr. Jeffrey Reppert at (202) 267-6906. Signed John P. Manko, Contracting Officer. (0102)

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