Drug Enforcement Administration, Acquisition Management Section, W-5124, 700 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22202

A -- SOURCE DETERMINATION IMAGING SYSTEM SOL DEA-99-R-0001 POC Jeff Saylor, Contracting Officer (202) 307-4366, fax (202) 307-4877 The U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration intends to enter into a contract with Nichols Research, Inc. for continued research and development of the Source Determination Imaging System. This automated system will create a national and international reference collection for tablets, capsules, logos, blotter paper, and other drug paraphernalia. Nichols Research, Inc has developed, under DEA contact, a prototype with some of the capabilities referenced above. The contract is for the further development of a functioning prototype, population of the referenced collection, and initial deployment. This system will provide law enforcement officials with top-level drug information including transmission of detailed color images and pertinent data across DEA's network, pertinent chemical data for DEA chemists and investigators, and drug/logo tool mark identification of forensic drug analysis. This system uses feature comparison algorithms to match drug evidence with known controled and uncontrolled substance evidence. Nichols Research is uniquely qualified to continue the prototype development and deploy the functioning prototype based on its institutional knowledge of the SDIS program, construction of a functional image acquisition device, populated database, and development of an advanced digital imaging system and comparison algorithms. This notice is for information purposes only. No solicitation is available. See Note(s): 22. Posted 06/16/99 (I-SN343514). (0167)

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