SRCSGT | 63 | The Government is conducting market research for Next Generation of Multimodal Handheld Biometric Device (NGHBD) as a replacement for the existing Handheld Interagency Identity Detection Equipment (HIIDE) 4.0 series of devices.

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63 -- The Government is conducting market research for Next Generation of Multimodal Handheld Biometric Device (NGHBD) as a replacement for the existing Handheld Interagency Identity Detection Equipment (HIIDE) 4.0 series of devices.

Notice Date: 12/9/2008
Notice Type: Sources Sought
NAICS: 541712 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
Contracting Office: Department of the Army, U. S. Army Materiel Command, US Army C-E LCMC Acquisition Center - DAAB07, US Army C-E LCMC Acquisition Center - DAAB07, ATTN: AMSEL-AC, Building 1208, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5008
ZIP Code: 07703-5008
Solicitation Number: W15P7T-09-R-M213
Response Due: 1/9/2009
Archive Date: 3/10/2009
Point of Contact: Brian Solano, 732-532-2924<br />
Small Business Set-Aside: N/A
Description: MARKET SURVEY: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION Title: Next Generation Handheld Biometric Device (NGHBD) This request for information is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered as an invitation for bid (IFB), request for quotation (RFQ), request for proposal (RFP), or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. Your response to this request for information (RFI) will be treated as information only. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of contractor submission of responses to this announcement or the Government use of such information. This request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. No funds have been authorized, appropriated, or received for this effort. The information provided may be used by the Army in developing its acquisition strategy and statement of work/statement of objectives and performance specifications. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this request for information or to otherwise pay for the information submitted in response to this RFI. Description: The Government is conducting market research to determine the status of currently available products and technologies capable of providing the next generation lightweight, portable, rugged, handheld, full function, multimodal biometric collection and identification/verification systems in a single standalone device that collects three biometric modalities irises, fingerprints, five facial photos at various angles and biographical data at a low unit price. The intent of the government is to provide the Next Generation of Multimodal Handheld Biometric Device (NGHBD) as a replacement for the existing Handheld Interagency Identity Detection Equipment (HIIDE) 4.0 series of devices. Additionally, responses provided should address industrys ability to commence a monthly production rate of 200 units or more within 60 days from contract award leading to the delivery of a total estimated quantity of 10,000 units. The government envisions that the NGHBD will provide significant improvement over the existing HIIDE 4.0 in terms of size, weight and performance. The current HIIDE 4.0 series of devices salient characteristics include: Storage Capacity Full Biometric Records (10 Fingerprints, 2 Irises, 1 Face Photograph and Biographical Data): 23,000 Records; System Weight: 2.3 lb; Approximate Estimated Upload and download speed 120 full biometric records/Per Minute; Search Speed of database containing Full Biometric Records: 730 Full Biometric Records/Per Minute; Operating Time: Approximately Two Hours per Battery; and, Physical Dimensions: Height 5 inches Depth 3 inches Width 8 inches. The NGHBD needs to include the following improvements: the ability to store more biometric records, lighter weight, faster upload/download and search speeds, the ability to collect voice data, cell phone exploitation of SYM card data, wireless operation with an existing military radio, exploitation latent fingerprints and longer operating time. NGHBD system requirements are as follows: 1.The device shall collect and store three biometric modalities (fingerprint, irises and five facial photographs) in addition to subjects biographical data using on-board storage. 2.The device shall use fingerprints and irises as the primary method for identification and verification of a subjects identity against its internal database of biometrics records. 3.The device shall collect/store/identify/verify all biometric data with the biographical data on a single handheld device. 4.The device shall operate in a standalone mode without any external peripheral attached. 5.The device shall incorporate a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver inside the case allowing the collection of GPS data during enrollment and identifying operations. The embedded GPS shall allow positioning data to auto-populate the proper fields of the enrollment and identification record software. 6.The device shall be flexible, scalable, and capable of operating in extreme and rugged mobile environments. The device should able to meet the following operation requirements: (a) Operating temperature: 0 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit; (b) Storage temperature: 0 to 150 degrees Fahrenheit; (c) Water resistance up to three feet with no detectable water infiltration or effect on device operations; and, (d) Drop/Shock Dropped from a height of three feet onto a concrete slab or floor with no substantial damage physical and no impairment or degradation of performance system performance. 7.The device shall connect to a personal computer for device management, viewing of biometric data on the device and transferring files between the two systems. 8.The device shall collect/store and download a voice collection of least 30 seconds to a personal computer 9.All Biometric and Biographical Data formats shall be Electronic Fingerprint Transmission Specification compliant and shall be uploadable and downloadable from the Biometrics Automated Toolset (BAT) architecture. 10.The devices system software is required to integrate seamlessly with existing Department of Defense and Intelligence Community biometrics collection and identification systems including BAT, and Automated Biometric Identification System. The device is required to support biometric standards Electronic File Transmission 7.1 and Electronic Biometric Transmission Specification 1.1. 11.The device shall enroll and store at least 11,000 biometric portfolios (2 iris templates, 10 fingerprints, five facial images and biographic data on each subject) internally to the device and shall be able to identify a subject using irises and/or finger prints in the stand-alone mode (i.e., not connected to any other computer system or peripheral). 12.The device shall support the following USB 2.0 enabled peripheral devices: a passport/ card reader, an external keyboard or a mouse. 13.The device shall use at least one standard military radio to communicate wirelessly to a remote biometric server and conduct identifications using that servers databases. 14.The device shall collect, store and download the data, which is contained in a cell phone SYM card, so that the downloaded data can be store as a file on a personal computer for review. 15.The device shall upload latent fingerprint files in the systems database and use the latent fingerprint file to conduct identification/verification of subjects during the biometric collection process. 16.The device shall weigh less than 3 pounds. 17.The device shall have a hot-swappable battery system that allows the system to operate at least 6 hours with no more than three batteries. Other considerations: The government is seeking a low cost, non-developmental item/commercially available solution for NGHBD. Interested sources are requested to provide estimated unit prices and life cycle sustainment cost for their HIIDE product solution. The system must be operable by a skill level 1 military member. When considering price estimates respondents are requested to address complete system unit cost including all components, software, training, delivery and maintenance. Interested sources are requested to provide complete descriptions of existing products or those that will be available for delivery within the timeframe indicated above. Industry responses must include sufficient documentation to support any claims that their system performance will meet the minimum performance capabilities contained herein. Such documentation may include system technical specifications, product brochures and related literature, performance test data, system drawings and/or photographs, or any other data to support the state of system development and or production readiness. Additionally, industry responses are to specifically include an outline of supply chain considerations with emphasis on any known long lead items that may adversely impact high rate production in an accelerated environment. Any limitations to ramping up to high rate monthly production and system integration considerations must be addressed along with proposed resolutions to potential production impediments. Industry responses should also submit their projected monthly production capabilities to include critical subcontractor and vendor production capacity along with estimated unit prices. Responses to this RFI are due by 1530 hours on 9 Jan 09. Technical questions and industry responses are to be sent via email to John Wilson at john.wilson5@us.army.mil. All material submitted in response to this RFI must be unclassified. Interested parties possessing the capacity to deliver products and meeting the requirements outlined above are requested to provide a White Paper describing: 1.Corporate capabilities, past and current relevant performance information, available facilities and assets 2.Supporting technical documentation and operational and sustainment considerations to include the Army Biometric Fusion Center, Clarksburg, West Virginia, laboratory assessment test data if available. 3.Pricing for components, software, training, delivery and maintenance of devices to meet or exceed requirements outlined above. 4.An assessment of the associated risks for this program and respective risk mitigation approaches. 5.Name, telephone number, fax number, street address and e-mail address for Program, Technical and price points of contact information. The Government may afford interested parties meeting the minimum requirements as specified in this RFI an opportunity to discuss the contents of their white paper during an industry one-on-one session where it is envisioned the parties will engage in an active information exchange dialogue to aid in the governments feasibility assessment. Additionally, the government may allow interested parties an opportunity to provide a demonstration of their NGHBD solution. It is anticipated that any such sessions would not exceed 8 hours, including installation and de-installation, and will take place at either at Fort Belvoir, VA and/or the surrounding Northern Virginia area. Dates and times for any such meetings will be addressed in future synopsis release(s).
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63 -- The Government is conducting market research for Next Generation of Multimodal Handheld Biometric Device (NGHBD) as a replacement for the existing Handheld Interagency Identity Detection Equipment (HIIDE) 4.0 series of devices.