Chief, Acquisition and Materiel Management, VA Medical Center, #1 Jefferson Barracks Drive, St. Louis, MO 63125-4199

D -- SERVICES TO REPLACE IMAGING SYSTEM SOL RFP 657-78-96 DUE 091996 POC Karen Munroe, Contract Specialist, (314) 894-6610 The VA Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri, intends to procure the services to replace the imaging system for the National Engineering Service Center (NESC), St. Louis, Missouri. Contractor must provide the services including software, for the development of Image Management Software that must support both stand-alone and networked imaging applications. The system must have the capability to provide batch document scanning, indexing and retrieval and also be capable of copying and converting image document formats to text documents (state-of-the-art OCR capability). The system must be able to search, retrieve and fax out documents using the existing NESC Fax Gateway and Voice Response Unit, and also support direct computer log in through the NESC communications network. Image Management Software must have development and design capabilities (development kit) that can be used for future NESC in-house development of applications such as the NESC Manufacturer's Correspondence Folders, Administration Library and Documentation Library. Software must be compatible with and be integrated into the existing configuration of hardware, software and communications components. The present NESC hardware/software configuration includes the following: DEC Alpha 2100, currently running VMS 6.2 Operating System, Oracle 7.0 and Micronetic Mumps Software), NT XL Image Server, NT Workflow server, Microsoft Exchange, an Optical Disk Jukebox with 120 gigabytes storage, Edify Voice Response Unit (VRU) running under OS/2 Operating System, Pentium Personal Computers running Windows 95, a Network Batch Scanner, Fax Gateways and a Cisco Router. An off-the-shelf Image Management/Development/Design software package is required that will be supported with future upgrades. Any software purchased by the successful offeror which is developed for use by the NESC must be capable of being modified by NESC programmers to accommodate future NESC needs. Request for proposal will be issued August 19, 1996. Request for proposal will be due September 19, 1996. Request for copies of the solicitation must be requested in writing or via facsimile (314-894-5705) no later than August 30, 1996. (0215)

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