66 -- SOURCES SOUGHT FOR FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION SYSTEMS

Document Type:	Sources Sought Notice
Solicitation Number:	Reference-Number-03-894-JLW-SourcesSought
Posted Date:	Jul 28, 2003
Archive Date:	Aug 13, 2003
Original Response Date:	Aug 12, 2003
Current Response Date:	Aug 12, 2003
Classification Code:	66 -- Instruments & laboratory equipment

Contracting Office Address

Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition and Logistics Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 3571, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-3571

Description

The U. S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, MD seeks to identify potential sources that currently can provide, or will soon be able to provide, commercially available, or soon-to-be commercially available, fingerprint identification and verification systems. THIS FEDBIZOPPS POSTING IS STRICTLY A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE THAT PART OF A TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH SURVEY THAT IS BEING CONDUCTED FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY; IT IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS A SOLICITATION OR A REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS OR PROPOSALS. Available systems may be selected by the Government to participate in the Fingerprint Vendor Technology Evaluation (FpVTE) 2003, a government-sponsored technology evaluation of fingerprint matching technologies. Potential sources of fingerprint technology will not be funded, nor charged, to participate in FpVTE 2003. Rules for participants are outlined in the FpVTE 2003 HOW TO PARTICIPATE page at http://fpvte.nist.gov. A deadline for submission is shown on the CALENDAR page of http://fpvte.nist.gov.

Point of Contact

Joseph Widdup, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 975-6324, Fax (301) 975-8884, Email joseph.widdup@nist.gov