Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Contracts and Procurement (NAD-30), 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590

74 -- OPTICAL SYSTEM UPGRADE SOL DTNH22-97-Q-01069 POC Point of Contact -- Contact Margaret Bryant, Contract Specialist, (202) 366-9887, or Janice B. Flemming, Contracting Officer, (202) 366-9564 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) intends to negotiate with MSI Digital and Imaging Solutions, Inc. to provide a HP 160fx Jukebox or equal with optical storage for NetWare (500 GB License). Interested firms may identify their capability to respond to the requirement. The written response from the offeror must include detailed information about integrating the HP 160fx optical jukebox or equal with the latest version of MSI's optical storage for NetWare product. This software module is PX based, and is designed to run on a Novell NetWare local area network (LAN). Installation will include all necessary changes to the custom application code for the optical system to allow optical access to both existing images stored on Sony 12" optical media, and the newly scanned images to be stored on the HP160fx subsystem. The new jukebox also will be integrated into the LaserData Imaging System that will be maintained by the offeror. The Office of Safety Assurance (NSA) will be able to scanimages to and retrieve images from the new HP Jukebox or equal with the existing customized HighView software installed by the offeror. It is critical that the installation of the new jukebox in the NSA Electronic Document Imaging Management System (EDMIS) network not interfere with or prevent NSA and Technical Reference Division (TRD) staff from retrieving the 1.7 million images currently stored on the Sony WDD 300 Jukebox. The existing EDMIS will be operational at all times. Upon installation of the new HP jukebox or equal, the offeror shall write all images to the HP optical platters or equal in the HP 160fx jukebox or equal on a day forward basis. The offeror must convert all the LaserData proprietary image format images currently residing on the Sony platters to standard TIFF images. The converted images must then be written to the new platters. The NHTSA, and its offices must be able to retrieve the converted images from the platters in the HP jukebox with the existing Safety Assurance EDMIS. The Sony WDD 300 drives are no longer manufactured, therefore; maintenance of them may be a problem. Please explain how you propose to handle this situation. The HP 160fx jukebox contains four 5.25" optical drives and a total capacity of sixty-four 2.6GB optical disks. The existing optical server and Sony jukebox shall be retained and integrated into the new architecture by the offeror. If equal products are proposed, at no expense to the government, the offeror must provide physical evidence via documentation and allow an on-site visit to show that their solution is capable of satisfying NSA's requirement. Expressions of interest without sufficient detail to permit evaluation of capabilities will not be considered. Oral expressions of interest will not be considered. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations nor is a Request- for-Quotations solicitation document currently available. A determination by the Government not to compete this action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive simplified acquisition. In the absence of responses from interested firms demonstrating their capability, NHTSA intends to request a quotation from MSI Digital and Imaging Solutions, Inc. on a noncompetitive basis for the item described. Responses must be received by the listed procuring office within 15 calendar days from the date of the publication of this notice. (AC0604012-03) (0155)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0324 19970609\74-0001.SOL)