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

59 -- LICENSE PLATE READER VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM SOL CS-98-013 POC Anthony D. Harvin, (202) 927-1127 Notice of Intent: The U.S. Customs Service intends to award a contract for License Plate Readers to Perceptics Corporation, 725 Pellissippi Parkway, Knoxville, TN 37932-3350. Perceptics was awarded Contract Tc-93-013 to develop the readers as a result of a competitive procurement. Through a combined effort with the Customs Service, Perceptics was able to refine and deliver a production model License Plate Reader (LPR) system that will automatically locate, read, and communicate the license plate information to the Treasury Enforcement Communication System (TECS). TECS then automatically reviews its data base for law enforcement information associated with that license plate and its registered owner and provides the inspector with the response information. The LPR system is scheduled to be installed in 850 lanes at existing primary inspection stations. The contractor shall provide all the software required to operate the LPR system and interface it with TECS. The LPR software is tailored on a regional basis such that the states/provinces comprising the overwhelming majority of the crossing traffic have the most reliable recognition. No solicitation document exists for this requirement. See numbered Note 22. Inquiries may be E-mailed to the following address: harvin@harvia31.customs.sprint.com. (0324)

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