audio and video recording systems

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ANNOUCEMENT ONLY. This is not a solicitation and is issued solely for information, planning purposes and market research only. It does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP. This RFI does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is not at this time seeking proposals. The purpose of this RFI is to seek industry information about existing commercially available small audio and video recording systems. This RFI is not seeking information about commercially available small business audio and video recording systems which are in the developmental phase. DEA consistently seeks to obtain information and comments from industry that will provide the agency with insight into market conditions and/or scientific advances that will aid in the refinements of requirements and the formation of an acquisition strategy for audio and video surveillance systems. This RFI is designed to conduct market research to determine the current level of technology and availability of such technology in the current market. DEA is interested in obtaining information related to existing, fully developed and integrated commercially available small audio and video recording systems technology described in the following sections. Small businesses are encouraged to respond to this RFI in order to assist DEA in determining the potential level of interest, adequate competition, and technical capability of the Small Business community to fulfill this requirement. However, responses to this RFI are solicited from all interested parties. DEA has a requirement for small audio and video recorders in a variety of distinct configurations and concealments to be used in gathering intelligence information in criminal investigations. These devices shall be extremely small size, shall have programming capabilities and long recording time capacity. These recorders shall provide higher quality recording using a digital format. The recorders shall be both small in size and versatility to improve effectiveness of undercover operations. The recorder size shall be no larger than 1.0' x 0.8" x 0.2". The video body recorder shall record monaural or stereo audio via a microphone level input. Microphones shall be located internal to the unit. The unit shall also have an optional external stereo microphone with a switch for ON/OFF operation. LEDs are visible for ON/OFF, unit memory FULL, audio signal presence and video signal presence verification purposes. The video body recorder shall be erase-protected to ensure each and every recorded file is downloaded as evidence prior to erasure. Each and every bit of space on the flash memory chips shall be erased. The recorder shall be capable of capturing XVGA images of 30FPS for 8 hours. This is not a solicitation, award or request for proposal and does not obligate the government to award a contract. DEA will not be responsible for any cost incurred by interested parties in responding to this RFI. Any and all associated costs shall be expended solely at the expense of the responder. Unsolicited proposals or offers of any kind will not be considered in response to this RFI. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked proprietary will be handled accordingly. Responses to the RFI will not be returned. At this time, questions concerning the composition and requirements for a future RFP, as well as those regarding the nature of the services to be performed under any future initiative will not be accepted. Responses must include the following information: Company name, mailing address, physical address, point of contact(s), telephone number, fax number, email address, Federal Tax Identification Number, DUNS Number, company business size (if small indicate type), GSA Schedule Number (if applicable) and must be registered in Systems for Award Management (www.sam.gov) to be considered for this requirement. A corporate or company capability statement between one and 5 pages that includes relevant experience within the past three years. Relevant experience is defined as possessing the experience described in the "Requirements" section above. The capability statement should include a technical description of the hardware and maintenance and other contractor support services required for the government installation and support of all items related to the hardware. A representative sample of contracts your firm was awarded to provide the requirements as described in this notice within the past three years. For each contract listed include the type of contract, total estimated value, contract period of performance (e.g. base and number of option periods), customer (i.e. federal agency) and respective point of contact (e.g. point of contact's name, phone number, and email address). Published documentation about the system to include manuals, white papers and other technical documentation (if available). The Government encourages creativity and innovation in response to this RFI. Any questions about this RFI should be submitted in writing to John Girard no later than 12:00 p.m. Noon on May 19th, 2020 Easter Standard Time (EST). Answers to general will be provided under an amendment to the RFI and posted. Answers to vendor specific questions will be provided directly to the vendors. Interested parties shall submit the above requested information directly via email to [email protected] no later than 11:00 am on May 28th, 2020 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Any responses received after the closing date will not be considered. All information received will be kept confidential and will not be disseminated to the public.