National Imagery and Mapping Agency

70 -- SOURCES SOUGHT FOR DIGITAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS DUE 113098 POC Brian Wolfe, Contracting Officer, wolfeb@nima.mil or Technical POC, Dale Lewis, lewisd@nima.mil The National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), Technology Insertion and Assessment Office, Technology Assessment Division (TAT), Digital Media Management Systems (DMMS) Evaluation Team has submitted the following Request for Information (RFI): (see Background below). If you or your organization is involved in the area of Digital Media Management Systems or otherwise believe that you have the capabilities which can potentially benefit the DMMS Evaluation Team's activities described below, we are requesting such information. Please mail, e-mail, or fax (not more than 6 pages please -- not counting any brochures and pamphlets which you would care to submit) your response to the RFI the address or numbers listed below by November 30, 1998. The RFI: If you are a developer or vendor in the area of Digital Media Management Systems (DMMS): 1. Provide us with a point of contact (organization name, POC name, phone and fax numbers, e-mail) who is familiar with your organization's activities. 2. Provide us with a brief description of the DMMS capabilities. 3. Indicate potential interest in being considered in NIMA's DMMS evaluation. Background: NIMA wishes to evaluate methods of transitioning its networks and data systems from the current multiple legacy systems to coherent enterprise network systems, using state of the art, commercial off the shelf technology (COTS). We are interested in finding DEVELOPERS or VENDORS who are experienced in the area of data management systems, where the data is digital media files. The types of digital media files include, but are not limited to: Text based data; Still imagery; Motion imagery; Audio; Audio/video; Digital maps; Moving digital map displays; Digital geographic information (elevation, terrain, features, etc.). We are interested in commercial off the shelf technology that is standards compliant, i.e. CORBA data management systems that can be used with web based technology, compliant with HTTP, HTML, SSL, etc. As implied by SSL, the systems require substantial security services. In your answer to this RFI, please describe the security services your systems provide. An example list of some of the security services includes: User identification; Authentication; Transmission privacy; Data integrity; Non-repudiation. Address the use of security standards such as X.509 in your response. Please tell us about the collaboration capabilities of your systems. This includes, but is not limited to: Chat; H.323 audio/video teleconferencing; T.120 application sharing, etc. Depending on the results of the DMMS Evaluation Team's Product, Technology, and Industry Assessment, NIMA will determine whether to proceed with any operational prototype developments and operational evaluations in 1999. NIMA will consider funding modifications to particularly promising candidate systems to allow testing in a NIMA environment using NIMA data. Please send your responses to Mr. Dale Lewis by e-mail to lewisd@nima.mil, by fax to (703) 453-3070, or by mail to: Dale Lewis; NIMA Technology; P.O. Box 2879; Reston, VA 20195. NIMA may respond with a questionnaire to ascertain additional information about your program. This is an open and participative process. Should you determine that sharing of some information is not desired, please clearly mark or indicate the specific portions, and we will make every effort to protect that data and honor your request. This process is being conducted as described in SD-2, "Buying Commercial & Non-developmental Items: A Handbook", April 1996. Please respond by November 30, 1998. Thank you for your interest and participation. Posted 10/07/98 (I-SN260220). (0280)

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