NIH Imaging Contract

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NIH Imaging Contract

• Contract is NIH-wide
• Contract award December 16, 2001
• Vendor Quality Associates, Inc. (QAI)
• Services Free to ICs for the first two years
• ICs can opt in or out

2
Paper Process Remains the Same

• CSR receives paper applications
• ORS creates TIFF images
• ORS prints from TIFF images

3
New Imaging Process

• QAI is co-located with ORS
• QAI renders TIFF images into PDF
• QAI indexes and bookmarks images
• ORS/QAI uploads images into IMPAC II
• CDs available upon request

4

Specifics

• PDF images in IMPAC II within 72 hours
• CDs delivered within five days
• Scanning standard _at_ 1 bit
• 4-bit scanning optional
• Conflict CDs available
• Standard procedure
• Application only
• Appendixes optional