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B -- SPECIFICATION OF BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION (BRDF) MEASUREMENT PROTOCOL AND ASSESSMENT OF BRDF DATABASE APPROACH SOL 53SBNB967073 DUE 051799 POC Anita K. Tolliver, Contract Specialist/Contracting Officer, (301) 975-6308, Fax (301) 963-7732 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to enter into a sole source purchase order with ISCIENCES, L.L.C., Principal Investigator: Mr. Michael Metzler, 220 E. Huron, Suite 270, Ann Arbor, Michigan under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 13.106-1(b) Soliciting from a single source. This procurement is for the preparation of a preliminary protocol for Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) performed at NIST that shall enable effective computer graphic rendering of the material appearance. This procurement shall also include the assessment of the requirements for a new general purpose BRDF database for use in computer visualization, environmental monitoring and military applications. This includes the evaluation of the Oregon BRDF Library software for its suitability as a prototype. The principal investigator who will be fulfilling this requirement is Mr. Michael Metzler. Mr. Metzler is uniquely qualified to perform these tasks because he is a leader in the modeling of material optical properties for remote sensing. He was the principal architect and developer of models and algorithms for the Nonconventional Exploitation Factors Data System (NEFDS) database, which is a system of hyperspectral data and algorithms for estimating material optical properties. The NEFDS database is a BRDF database that is widely used in the intelligence community. He was also a senior research staff member at the Environmental Research Institute of Michigan, a center of research in remote sensing for environmental applications. The Government anticipates the award of a firm-fixed price purchase order. The period of performance for this requirement is less than one year from contract award. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Written responses to this synopsis shall contain sufficient documentation to establish a bonafide capability to fulfill the requirement. A solicitation is not available. See Numbered Notes 1 and 26. Posted 05/13/99 (W-SN331372). (0133)

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