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66 -- ALTERNATE LIGHT SOURCE SOL DEA-98-R-0028 DUE 071598 POC Carol Rothgeb, Contracting Officer, (202) 307-7822 The Drug Enforcement Administration, South Central Laboratory, Dallas, TX, intends to award a sole source contract to Southwestern Engineering, 6510 Abrams, Suite 560, Dallas, TX 75231, for an Alternate Light Source, equivalent to the ROFIN AUSTRALIA Polilight PL500 high intensity forensic light source, Pty, Ltd. PLV-1 Poliview. The system must contain a portable 500 watt xenon bulb illuminated basic light source. The unit will be independent from the remainder of the instrumentation but operating adjacent and by insertion of the output light guide into an opening that permits entry into the specimen stage area so it can be removed to another location whenever required. The rest of the system consists of a special infra red sensitive Peltier (thermoelectrically) cooled camera with a 14 to 1 zoom lens, and externally tuned barrier filters assembly, light controlled forensic sample viewing stage, integration system, Pentium based computer operating on Windows 95 operating system, minimum speed 133MHz, minimum 1.2GB IDE hard drive, PCI Bus SVGA Card 2MB display memory, 2 parallel ports, 2 serial ports, 3-1/2" floppy drive-1.44MB, SVGA monitor -- 17" digital control, Honeywell keyboard -- 104 keys, mouse, DOS (latest standard), 16 Bit Sound Card and Speakers, CD-ROM Drive (8 speed minimum), and offering numerous image enhance contrast stretch, edge enhancement, pseudo color, fast Fourier transform, multiple CD/Rom training discs, 17" high resolution monitor, and laser printer, jet black print resolution minimum 600 x 600 DPI. The forensic light must be continuously tunable, gap free (wavelength-wise) light excitation source, compact field use compatible, and have 14 output bands covering the entire 310-830nm range, 10 bands in the U.V. -- visible (including 415, 450, 505, 530, 555, 590, 620, and 650 nm), intense white light, and 4 infra red bands (>610, >715, >780, >830nm). The range 320-650nm is tunable throughout in order to be able to choose specific wavelengths. The total white light output must be not less than 20 watts at the end of the armored, gel filled light guide. The camera must be a high resolution CCD camera, 2/3" format, 768 x 493 EIA resolution with Peltier cooling of the CCD chip to 5 degrees C. The contractor shall provide both installation and training for the item. No solicitation document exists. Written responses, including costs and a detailed description of the capability to meet this requirement, including ROFIN Australia Polilight PL500 equalivalency, must be received by the Contracting Officer within 15 calendar days after publication of this notice. Vendors able to meet this requirement are invited to identify their interest and capabilities by submitting a proposal to include technical data, pricing, and any other information which will show a bona fide ability to meet this requirement. If no affirmative responses are received a contract will be placed with Southwestern Engineering, on a sole source basis. See Note 22. Posted 06/24/98 (0175)

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