ICE to purchase two more AFIX fingerprint and palm print systems

AFIX Tracker RW

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unit of DHS plans a sole source purchase of two additional automated fingerprint and palm print identification systems for remote workstations to supplement the two it already uses.

The remote workstation versions, which are known as AFIX Tracker RWs, are supplied by AFIX Technologies, Inc., headquartered in Pittsburg, KS.

“AFIX Tracker is a fully featured minutia-based fingerprint and palmprint identification system (AFIS/APIS),” explains AFIX on its Web site. “This product has multiple applications but is aimed principally toward crime scene investigations.”

The remote workstation version must be used in conjunction with the basic software, as the company says on its Web site. “AFIX Tracker RW is designed to perform all the functionality of Tracker in regards to fingerprints, palmprints and latents including full search capability, but is reliant on an existing Tracker to perform tasks related to the database.”

The ICE solicitation was released online on August 11. Further information is available from Christopher Jackson, a contracting officer, at 214-905-5448 or Christopher.L.Jackson@dhs.gov.