ENHANCEMENT OF DIGITAL IMAGES OF FIREARMS

The purpose of this Request for Standing Offer (RFSO) is to provide enhancement of digital images of firearms on an ongoing basis for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Canadian Firearms Program. 

The offeror must have the ability to enhance images supplied by the RCMP in JPEG, TIFF, PSD, or NEF (Nikon RAW) formats on compact disks of DVD’s.

The RCMP estimates an average of two thousand one hundred seventy three (2173) original sets of images per year. The Offeror must have the ability to produce a minimum of fifty (50) set or one hundred (100) enhanced images per week however this should not be construed as a level of efforts guarantee.

The initial Standing Offer period will from April 1st, 2014 until March 31, 2015 with three (3) additional one year option period(s).

A pre-selected set of sample images will be provided to the Offeror upon request.

Offerors will be required to enhance the images to comply with the list of mandatory technical criteria listed below (M5 thru M12 inclusive). The samples will be evaluated by the RCMP for compliance with the image specifications. 

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT).

Mandatory Criteria

Offerors must meet the following Mandatory Criteria in order to be considered to be compliant:
A pre-selected set of sample images will be provided to each Offeror via electronic mail upon request by the Offeror.  It is the responsibility of the Offeror to contact the Contracting Authority at diane.perkins@rcmp-grc.gc.ca by December 13, 2013 to request a copy of the images.  ANY REQUESTS RECEIVED AFTER THIS DATE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

The Offeror will be required to enhance the images to comply with the list of mandatory technical criteria (M5 to M12). The Offeror’s final images are to be returned back to the RCMP via CD/DVD along with their bid submission to the RCMP Bid Receiving Unit by the date, time and place indicated on page 1 of the Request for Standing Offer.  The CD/DVD will be evaluated by RCMP for compliance with the image specifications.

#	Mandatory Requirements
M1	The Offeror must have the ability to acquire and enhance images supplied in JPEG, TIFF, PSD, and NEF (Nikon Raw) format on compact discs or DVD’s.

M2	The Offeror must have the capability to produce a minimum of 50 sets of 100 enhanced images per week.

M3	The Offeror must have a minimum of five (5) years demonstrated experience using Adobe Photoshop software.

M4	The Offeror must provide a final image on suitable* CD/DVD’s along with the bid submission to be evaluated against the mandatory criteria listed below M5 to M12 inclusive.

*The term “suitable” refers to a CD/DVD which is compatible with the majority of CD/DVD drives commonly used on PC/Windows platforms.

M5	Each firearm must be horizontally and vertically centered in the final image.
M6	Each firearm must be straight in the final image.
M7	Uniform background colour value settings must be; “R” 227, “G” 255 and “B” 240.
M8	Two final images (one set) are required

Image 1: must be produced with the following resolution: Width 480 Pixels; Height 319 Pixels with the Resolution set at 582 Pixels /inch in PSD (Adobe, Photoshop Document), unflattened, with correction layers present.

Image 2: must be produced with the following resolution: the original file resolution left at original file size, (layers, corrections and background present). 

Finished images must be in PSD (Adobe, Photoshop Document), unflattened, with correction layers present.

M9	For Image 1, Long Arms (full views only): A border of the specified background colour of at least 20 pixels at its thinnest point must be visible.
    	
For Image 1, Hand Guns (full views only): A border of the specified background colour of at least 55 pixels at its thinnest point must be visible.
M10	Any discolorations, distortions etc. caused by the digital camera or electronic media are to be removed/corrected from the surface of the firearm.  It is not required to correct discoloration and fading of the firearm caused by the firearms age or normal wear and tear caused by actual use.
M11	All work must be done in “Lab Mode”; enhanced images must have the following corrections made in separate layers;

	Background layer: selection of the firearm must be saved as “Alpha 1” and the background filled with the specified FRT background colour.

	Sharpen layer: sharpening adjusted in lightness channel only (this layer must also have the background filled)

	Levels layer: adjustments to density should appear in this layer

	Hue & Saturation: adjustments to image to improve colour and saturation appear in this layer

M12	Enhanced images must retain their original file/image numbers.


A offer must comply with the requirements of the Request for Standing Offer and meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria to be declared responsive. The responsive bid with the lowest evaluated price will be recommended for award of a contract.

The RCMP has published its National Procurement Plan for 2013-2014. For further information, please see link: 

http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/pubs/cm-gg/index-eng.htm
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/pubs/cm-gg/index-fra.htm