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70 -- TARGET-TRACKING THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM SOL 1-155-RBM.1018 DUE 010500 POC Sharon V. Hare, Purchasing Agent, Phone (757)-864-2409, Fax (757) 864-9775, Email S.V.HARE@larc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=D&;pin=23#1-155-RBM .1018. E-MAIL: Sharon V. Hare, S.V.HARE@larc.nasa.gov. This notice is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). The two-camera videogrammetric target-tracking system will be used for measurements of aeroelastic deformation and attitudes of a model in laboratories and wind tunnels at NASA. This system will have the capabilities of tracking targets, and calculating the centroids and object-space coordinates of the targets in real time. The optimization method for solving the collinearity equations will be used for comprehensive, automatic camera calibration. Hardware of the system consists of a PC (Pentium III 500 MHz or better with all associated software, interface cards, cables, and accessories needed for 2-camera control and image acquisition and reduction), a Matrox frame grabber or equal, two Hitachi KP-F1 CCD cameras or equal, and all necessary cables, junction boxes, and interfaces to enable full operation of the videogrammetric system. The measurement system shall have options for the Hitachi KP-MIU and Hitachi KP-F1 CCD cameras. Special requirements are described below. Software (1) User-Friendly graphical user interface (GUI) using the Windows NT operating system with the following capabilities and options: 7 Centroids and means for all targets shall be written to the data files with an automatic file naming convention. The mean coordinates (X,Y,Z) shall be written to an appended data file. 7 Ability to select (and delete) with mouse target locations in the images and ability to delete all existing targets. 7 Ability to save snapshot of the video images in a raw 8-bit binary format. 7 Ability to pause the program so that video is not required and target-tracking calculations are temporarily stopped. 7 Ability to toggle target tracking On or OFF. 7 Ability to select and perform a 2-D affine transformation on an existing target centroid file in order to map the target locations to new locations, without having to manually reposition each target on the images. 7 Ability to alter by means of setup files various parameters for each camera required for the photogrammteric calculations. 7 Ability to recall any previous mean centroid file to overlay image plane and initiate tracking with these new target image locations Required trigger options: 7 Trigger:Manual Selects manual triggering for data recording. Hardware triggers are disabled. 7 Trigger:Positive Edge Enable automatic triggering on the rising edge of a TTL-compatible signal applied to the trigger connector attached to the serial port of the VMD computer. 7 Trigger:Negative Edge Enable automatic triggering on the falling edge of a TTL-compatible signal applied to the trigger connector attached to the serial port of the VMD computer. Look-up-table requirements: 7 LUT:Linear Apply a linear lookup table to the digitized video data. 7 LUT:Inverse Apply an inverted linear lookup table to the digitized video data. Acquisition Setup Requirements: 7 Select the CCD camera being used (Hitachi KP-MIU or KP-F1), whether the KP-F1 is being operated in 'triggered ' mode, the exposure time for triggered mode operation of KP-F1 and the number of video frames to be acquired. 7 Target Tracking Setup Adjust the parameters associated with the target-tracking algorithm. Robust target tracking requirements: Restore target tracking based on memory of last target positions whenever track is lost on the target. Display of (X,Y,Z) positions of targets Display plots of (X,Y), (X,Z), and (Y,Z) on screen in near real time. Source codes Complete source code and documentation of the software will be provided. Hardware (1) PC (Pentium III 500 MHz or better with all associated software, interface cards, cables, and accessories needed for 2-camera control and image acquisition and reduction, LS-120 Superdrive, 15 GB ore greater Hardrive, sound card, 40X or greater CD-rom, 128 MB or greater memory ) (2) Matrox frame grabber board (3) Two Hitachi KP-F1 cameras with c-mount lenses, all associated junction boxes, power supplies, and cables. (3) Complete set of cables to fully operate and trigger photogrammetric target-tracking system (4) Operating Manuals (5) Measurement system and software shall be Y2K compatible Delivery, setup, demonstration of required features, and training, shall be done at NASA Langley Research Center. The provisions and clauses in the RFQ are those in effect through FAC 97-36. The SIC code and the small business size standard for this procurement are 7374 and $18M, respectively. The quoter shall state in their quotation their size status for this procurement. All qualified responsible business sources may submit a quotation which shall be considered by the agency. Delivery to LaRC is required within 45 days ARO. Delivery shall be FOB Destination. The DPAS rating for this procurement is DO-A9. Quotations for the items(s) described above are due by January 10, 2000 and may be mailed or faxed to Sharon Hare at Mail Stop 126, Hampton, Virgina 23681, fax number is (757)864-9775 and include, solicitation number, FOB destination to this Center, proposed delivery schedule, discount/payment terms, warranty duration (if applicable), taxpayer identification number (TIN), identification of any special commercial terms, and be signed by an authorized company representative. Quoters are encouraged to use the Standard Form 1449, Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items form found at URL: http://procure.arc.nasa.gov/Acq/Forms/Index.html to submit a quotation. Quoters shall provide the information required by FAR 52.212-1. If the end product(s) quoted is other than domestic end product(s) as defined in the clause entitled "Buy American Act -- Supplies," the quoter shall so state and shall list the country of origin. The Representations and Certifications required by FAR 52.2l2-3 may be obtained via the internet at URL: http://ec.msfc.nasa.gov/msfc/pub/reps_certs/sats/ FAR 52.212-4 is applicable. Addenda to FAR 52.212-4 are as follows: 52.211-17 and 1852.215-84. FAR 52.212-5 is applicable and the following identified clauses are incorporated by reference. 52.222-3, 52.233-3, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.225-3. The FAR may be obtained via the Internet at URL: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/nfstoc.htm Questions regarding this acquisition must be submitted in writing no later than January 10, 2000. Award will be based upon overall best value to the Government, with consideration given to the factors of proposed technical merits, price and past performance; other critical requirements (i.e., delivery) if so stated in the RFQ will also be considered. Unless otherwise stated in the solicitation, for selection purposes, technical, price and past performance are essentially equal in importance. It is critical that offerors provide adequate detail to allow evaluation of their offer (see FAR 52.212-1(b). Quoters must provide copies of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representation and Certifications -- Commercial Items with their quote. See above for where to obtain copies of the form via the Internet. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Internet Note "B". It is the quoter's responsibility to monitor the following Internet site for the release of amendments (if any): http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=C&;pin=23 Potential quoters will be responsible for downloading their own copy of this combination synopsis/solicitation and amendments (if any). Posted 12/22/99 (D-SN410951). (0356)

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