Purchase Order 1333ND24PNB770500
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- The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $500,050 firm fixed price purchase order to Schwarz Forensic Enterprises, Inc. to perform extraction and matching of latent fingerprints. The work will be conducted under a sole source contract at Schwarz Forensic Enterprises' facility in Ankeny, Iowa, running from August 2020 through February 2022. Through its prior involvement in NIST's NailtoNail Challenge, Schwarz Forensic Enterprises is uniquely qualified to accurately correlate...
- This federal contract award to Schwarz Forensic Enterprises, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, was made by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency. The $90,900 firm-fixed-price purchase order is for "Latent Friction Ridge Impression Non-Distal Phalanx Region of Interest Coordinate Support Services," which involves providing specialized forensic science services related to fingerprint analysis, extraction, and quality assessment. This...
- This is a firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency, to Schwarz Forensic Enterprises, Inc., a small disadvantaged business. The $220,050.00 contract is for latent and exemplar fingerprint feature extraction and matching support services. The work supports NIST's research on fingerprint identification techniques and standards validation. Schwarz Forensic Enterprises specializes in forensic science services,...
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to Schwarz Forensic Enterprises, Inc., a for-profit small business. The contract, valued at $100,050.00, is for "Examiner Feature Extraction and Matching of Latent and Exemplar Fingerprints IV". Schwarz Forensic Enterprises specializes in fingerprint analysis services, including latent print extraction, fingerprint matching, and image quality...
- This is a $183,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency, to Schwarz Forensic Enterprises, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The contract is for fingerprint examiner services, including latent fingerprint extraction, fingerprint matching, image quality assessments, and support for NIST's fingerprint research datasets. This contract does not have a set-aside designation....
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to Schwarz Forensic Enterprises, Inc., a for-profit small disadvantaged business. The contract, valued at $250,000.00, is for examiner feature extraction and matching of latent and exemplar fingerprints. The work is to be performed at Schwarz Forensic's facilities in Ames, Iowa and does not have a set-aside designation. Schwarz Forensic Enterprises...
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency, to Schwarz Forensic Enterprises, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, for "SEQUESTERED EXAMINER LATENT FINGERPRINT QUALITY ASSESSMENT AND ABIS-DIRECT FEATURE EXTRACTION" services. The contract has a ceiling value of $218,550.00 and a completion date of December 31, 2025. Schwarz Forensic Enterprises specializes in forensic science services,...
- This is a $50,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency, to Schwarz Forensic Enterprises, Inc., a small disadvantaged business. The contract is for the delivery of quality maps for a special database of 302 latent fingerprint images. This work supports NIST's forensic research programs and the advancement of fingerprint identification techniques and standards. Schwarz Forensic Enterprises has...
- This is a firm-fixed price purchase order contract awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), under the Department of Commerce, to Schwarz Forensic Enterprises, Inc. (SFE), a small disadvantaged business. The contract is for $225,000.00 and covers the extraction and matching of friction ridge features from latent fingerprints and exemplar fingerprints. This work supports NIST's release of the "NIST Special Database 302" dataset, which contains thousands of...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $45,108.74 firm fixed-price purchase order to Strativia LLC on October 1, 2024, for technical editor services supporting the development of draft forensic science standards under the Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC). The contract, which carries no set-aside designation, is scheduled for completion by March 31, 2026, and will be performed at Strativia's location in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. This engagement...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $150,000 firm fixed-price purchase order to Schwarz Forensic Enterprises, Inc. on September 16, 2024, for certified latent print examiner support services. The contract, which runs through September 30, 2026, supports NIST's Information Technology Laboratory with sequestered examiner palm quality assessment, feature extraction, and correspondence services. These services will be utilized in the Evaluation of Latent Friction Ridge Technology (ELFT) program to measure the accuracy and performance of automated friction ridge identification algorithms. The award was issued without set-aside designation to the Winterset, Iowa-based small disadvantaged business, which was identified as a sole source provider through a Special Notice published in July 2024. Schwarz Forensic Enterprises was determined to be the only approved source capable of providing the required biometric data and possessing exclusive access to the physical items that were the source of the digitized latent fingerprints used in the IARPA Nail to Nail Challenge. The company has established a track record of specialized forensic science services exclusively supporting NIST on friction ridge and biometric technology research, with prior contract values ranging from $3,400 to over $500,000. The firm's expertise in latent fingerprint extraction, feature matching, quality assessment, and forensic equipment performance validation positions it uniquely to support NIST's advanced biometric identification research initiatives.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Sequestered Examiner Palm Quality Assessment, Feature Extraction, and Correspondence Support Services | 1333ND24QNB770420 | Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology | Special Notice 1/1 | 7/16/24, 3:56 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| P26002 | Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | 12/16/25 | |
| P25001 | Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | 4/30/25 | |
| Not listed | Not listed | $150.0k | 9/9/24 |