Department of the Treasury, U.S. Customs Service, Procurement Division, Room 4210, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20229

DOCUMENT -- READERS SOL CS-97-019 POC Terence Lew, 202-927-0423 Customs is seeking 8(a) firms with the capabilities of providing document readers, maintenance services and training as described herein. Customs is contemplating the acquisition of automatic multi-document readers that have the capability to perform optical character recognition for a variety of machine readable travel documents that are processed by Customs, Immigration and Naturalization Service, and air and sea carriers. Such equipment, associated connectors, cables, installation support, and maintenance under warranty shall be provided by the contractor. This is an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) type contract with actual equipment delivery locations specified in the delivery orders or by direction from the COTR. Additionally, the scope of the contract includes document reader maintenance beyond the warranty period and may be exercised at the option of the Government. The period of performance is expected by from October 1, 1997 through September 30, 1998 with four (04) one-year option periods. The multi-document readers must be capable of reading machine readable passports, visas and identity cards in 3 seconds or less, and capable of reading one, two or three line documents that conform to the principles of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) 9303 and International Standards Organization (ISO) 7501 international standards. The multi-document reader sought must have a compact desktop footpring; come equipped with an automatic or a manual document feeder. The vendor is required provide pre-developed software, installation and training support, and hardware and software maintenance support. The multi-document reader must utilize EIA RS232C/CCITT V.24 communications interface and support a series of single function operator workstations or multi-function workstations in either a stand alone or networked mode. Telephone responses will not be honored. Send written requests to: Terence Lew, U.S. Customs Service, Office of Finance, Procurement Division, 1301 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room 4210, Washington, D.C. 20229. The fax number is (202) 927-0423. Reference previous CBD notices on July 12, 1995, June 14, 1994, and December 7, 1994. (0044)

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