16.2      Baggage Handling and Baggage Inspection Systems Performance

BHS and CBIS shall meet the following performance criteria:

A.     Baggage spacing (space between head and tail end of adjacent bags) shall be regulated to comply with current and future EDS technology requirements.

B.     Speeds between two adjacent belts shall not vary more than 30% from sending to receiving conveyor.

C.      CBIS/BHS shall transport all baggage from originating locations to security screening areas and then transport cleared bags to makeup, within the user’s (airline and TSA) designated time frame. The consultant shall model the entire system with EDS which is given by TSA to ensure that the maximum time of a bag in the system is not exceeded.

D.     Existing system shall be tied into new system.

E.      CBIS/BHS shall queue bags into security areas to allow for varying processing times and efficiently feed TSA workstations as they become available.

F.      Configure merges prior to make up units in a manner that does not cause dieback into the security screening matrix.

G.     The BHS/CBIS shall not have jams in excess of 1%, based on number of checked bags over the course of an hour.

H.     The maximum percentage of error bags entering the CBRA shall be 2% of the total bags for systems without a reinsertion line and 3% for systems with a reinsertion line, in a 24 hour period of time.

I.       ATR’s misread rate shall not exceed 5% during normal operation.

J.       BMA’s misread rate shall not exceed 5% during normal operation.

K.      Bag tracking error rate (Lost in track, Added bags, or Missing bags) shall not exceed 0.5%.

L.      Fail Safe operation activation shall not exceed 0.5% of total bag volume.

M.    All conveyor input lines that feed an EDS matrix shall have a minimum capacity of 1800 bags/hour.