U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover Building, Rm 6875, 935 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20535-0001

D -- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION DUE 100897 POC Susan J. Smith, Contracting Officer, (304) 625-2441 The National Crime Information Center (NCIC) is an on-line information service jointly maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and state and local criminal justice agencies throughout the United States. A new system called NCIC 2000 will provide all the current services of the original NCIC system in addition to new technological features including mug shot, fingerprint data, and image storage and retrieval technology. Information is being sought to aid in telecommunications system integration of NCIC 2000 image processing hardware and software for criminal justice applications. The integration recommendations should apply to wireless mobile telecommunications systems and environments which include but are not limited to: 1. Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD) 2. Radio Frequency Local Area Networks (RFLANs) 3. Cellular systems 4. Trunked systems (both VHF and UHF) 5. Conventional RF systems 6. Paging systems 7. Satellite communications 8. Other mobile data applications 9. New and advanced technologies as they relate to wireless applications Suggestions for integration should include transmission of images such as mug shots, scars, marks, tattoos, signatures, and identifying photographs utilizing Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) format. In addition, techniques for scanning an individual's right index finger and incorporating the extracted characteristics into a wireless mobile telecommunications system should be addressed. Integration techniques should address image and data transmission in current 24 kHz channel land mobile radio channels, 12.5 kHz channel allocations, and eventual 6.25 kHz (or equivalent) spectrum migration. Spectrum efficiencies and bandwidth considerations relative to data and image transmission should be discussed in detail. These techniques should also address integration and migration techniques for both analog and digital systems. Integration considerations should include networks dedicated strictly for wireless data and combined voice/data applications. Integration strategies should address available and alternative infrastructures (such as commercial networks, fiber optics, both analog and digital microwave, satellite, etc.) with an emphasis on prioritization for law enforcement and public safety that would ensure priority access 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Integration strategies should address image and data interoperability between a variety of law enforcement and public safety agencies. Integration recommendations should include methods for seamless integration of dissimilar systems operated by these agencies for day-to-day and mission-specific operations. As an example of seamless integration, discuss a local agency utilizing CDPD or conventional VHF system being incorporated into a statewide 800 MHz system that uses a digital microwave infrastructure for data interoperability. An original and three copies of responses shall be submitted by 4 p.m. local time, October 8, 1997. The responses shall be submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services Division, Attention: Susan J. Smith, Module D-3, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26306. NOTE: This advertisement is for information-gathering purposes only. The FBI does not have a requirement for acquisition at this time. If a requirement for the FBI results from the information gathered through this advertisement, the procurement will be handled in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Federal Acquisition Regulation. (0247)

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