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D -- CAMPUS VIDEOCONFERENCING SYSTEM Sol RFI OT-95-001 due 022996. Contact Bill Kinter, 202-226-4103; Contracting Officer, Philip G. Kiko, 202-225-2921. The U.S. House of Representatives is seeking proposals to provide an intra-campus Videoconferencing system. The system must: (1) Support full broadcast quality video (at or near 30fps), (2) Support multi-party conferences in which all conferees are visible and audible to one another simultaneously, split screen capabilities for a minimum of 8 participants per conference, (3) Utilize a full-featured audio-video switching mechanism, (4) Interface with existing PC workstations and monitors, (5) Be based on a modular design that includes 30 initial stations with a growth potential to 500, (6) Interface with standard's based CODECs to support both outgoing and incoming wide area video calls, (7) Utilize existing UTP wiring and/or multicode fiber for transmission, (8) Utilize a Windows-based control software, including graphical user interface and directory features, (9) Be commercially available product, in use and demonstrable by the RFI closing date, (10) Be fully supported by a vendor team based in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. All requests for the solicitation must be in writing and may be transmitted by via fax at (202)226-0123 by January 22, 1996. A Pre-submission Conference will be held on Tuesday, January 30, 1996 at 10:00 AM in Room 572, Ford House Office Building, 2nd and D Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20515. All questions must be presented on or before the Pre-submission Conference. The closing date for submissions is on Thursday, February 29, 1996. No telephone requests for the solicitation package will be accepted. (360)

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