Immigration & Naturalization Service, Procurement Division, 425 I Street, N.W., Room 2208, Washington, DC 20536

59 -- FINGERPRINT MATCHER COMPONENT SUBSYSTEM SOLICITATION AND BIOMETRIC APPLICATIONS INDUSTRY CONFERENCE POC Vernon Carter, Contracting Officer, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Procurement Division, 425 I Street, N.W., Room 2208, Washington, DC 20536 17. Point of contact: Vernon Carter, Contracting Officer, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Procurement Division, 425 I Street, N. W., Room 2106, Washington, D.C. 20536, phone (202-514-0587). This notice is a combined pre-proposal conference announcement and solicitation synopsis. This synopsis shall be the only notification issued of this solicitation. No further notices will be synopsized. The INS will conduct a pre-proposal conference on January 6, 1997, beginning at 9:00 a.m. at Immigration and Naturalization Service, Sixth Floor, Shaughnessy Room, 425 I Street, N. W., Washington, D.C. Besides discussing the procurement, the conference will be an open forum for the exchange of ideas on the application of commercially available biometric solutions to the INS mission. Biometric applications include but are not limited to: fingerprint minutiae matching systems, identity verification, access limitation, retinal scanning, secure data transmission, and the use of biometric applications to speed passenger throughput at ports of entry. The Request for Proposals (RFP) contemplated by this synopsis is for the award of a competitive contract for an Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) Matching Component Subsystem (MCS) that can be integrated into the existing INS Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IDENT) environment. The MCS must be capable of receiving fingerprint images captured and compressed using FBI/NIST standards. The MCS capability must include performing image decompression and feature extraction to produce the required feature to match records to the fingerprint repository. The MCS component must be capable of being integrated into the open-system architecture of IDENT. INS will not incur any liability for, nor will it pay any cost incurred by any company in forwarding comments. For those companies interested in attending the pre-proposal conference, please submit names of attendees to Vernon Carter, Contracting Officer via facsimile (202-514-3353) not later than December 27, 1996. Telephonic responses will not be accepted. Attendance at the conference will be limited to two (2) representatives from each responding company and preregistration is required due to limited seating. RFPs will be available on or about December 30, 1996. RFPs must be requested in writing only. Telephonic requests will not be accepted. Facsimile requests are acceptable and must be directed to Vernon Carter, Contracting Officer, facsimile number 202-514-3353. See Note 12. This synopsis supersedes any previous synopsis for the same requirement. Also, this synopsis changes the type of conference from an industry briefing to a pre-proposal conference. The date of the conference is changed to January 6, 1997. (0347)

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