Federal Bureau of Investigation, Room 6875 JEH-FBI Building, 10th & Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20535

66 -- MAGNETIC IMAGING DEVICE POC Porter F. Dunn, Contract Specialist, 202-324-2265. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Physical Sciences, Incorporated (PSI), to build an instrument that will survey the magnetic flux patterns on the surface of magnetic recording tape. The contract will be a cost-plus-fixed-fee type with the option to buy additional quantities. The instrument development is based on previously funded research at PSI to image the residual magnetic flux remaining on an analog magnetic recording tape caused by a record stop. The results were digitize and display in much greater detail than was available with ferro fluids and encompassed a greater surface area than could be done with a single scan of a magnetic force microscope. The instrument to be developed will have at least a 40 db dynamic range, resolution variable from 100 to 1 microns and the ability to produce a high resolution isometric image of the data scanned in several centimeter square area within several minutes with the scanned media at room temperature. The entire process will be nondestructive to the media under test. Vendors able to meet this requirement are invited to identify their interest and capability by submitting a proposal to include technical capabilities, pricing and any other information which establishes its bona fide ability to meet this requirement within forty-five (45) days of this publication. If no affirmative responses are received within this time that clearly establishes a comparable source more advantageous to the government, negotiations will take place with PSI on a sole-source basis. All inquires shall be in writing to the above address, Room 6875 and marked to the attention of Mr. Porter F. Dunn, Contract Specialist. No telephone inquiries will be accepted. See Numbered Note: 22. (0103)

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