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D -- DOCUMENT READERS (CBD AMENDMENT) SOL CS-97-019 POC Terence Lew, 202-927-0423 Document Readers. This notice amends a previous CBD announcement which appeared on 2/18/97. The following paragraph/description for these document readers is hereby added. The multi-document readers must be capable of reading machine readable passports, visas, and identity documents in 3 seconds or less, and capable of reading multi-line documents that conform to the principles of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) 9303 and the International Standards Organization (ISO) 7501 standards. The reader shall be capable of performing OCR on machine readable documents in the B 900 range which is at the near infra-read portion of the spectral band as defined in the ISO 1831 standards. The doucment reader shall be certified by SITA for use with CUTE2 used by the airline carriers through the airline reservation system. It shall be the responsibility of the vendor to obtain the exact specifications from SITA. Confirmation of certification must be provided as part of the proposal submission. The multi-document reader must uutilize EIA RS232C/CCITT V.24 communications interfae to an operator workstation. As indicated earlier, the solicitation CS-97-019 is expected to be released in about 30 days. The POC is Terence Lew, Contracting Officer at (202) 927-0423. The fax number is (202) 927-1190. (0063)

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