CBP Issues Draft RFP for Mobile Reflective Imaging Systems
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for Mobile Reflective Imaging Systems and plans to award a single indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract with a five-year ordering period. The MRIS is considered a large scale non-intrusive inspection system. The agency wants the contractor to deliver an imaging source or sources that will incorporate reflective imaging technology that does not rely on radioactive sources. CBP wants a system that can scan conveyances moving at 3 kilometers per hour while in stationary mode. Sol. No. NII-DRFP-160407. Respond by April 29. Contact: [email protected].
PNNL Offers Licensing Opportunities for Explosives Detection
The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is soliciting licensing opportunities for improved solid phase micro extraction for explosives detection. The license provides rights to commercialize, manufacture and market the technology, which is for enhanced capture of target analyzes. The invention relates to a solid phase micro-extraction device having better capability for chemical collection and analysis. Sol. No. Battelle_IPID_30098. Respond by May 5. Contact: Eric Lund, commercialization manager, [email protected], 509-375-3764.
DHS Issues RFI to Install and Support Law Enforcement Video Network
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking information on the availability of qualified contractors to provide engineering and network management services for the installation, operation, and maintenance of a Law Enforcement Video Transmission Network (LEVTN) that as part of the department’s Advanced Wireless Spectrum Relocation Plan. The LEVTN will consist of multiple fixed sites providing wireless connectivity to wired infrastructure and an existing nationwide wired network backbone for the transport of law enforcement video. DHS says that as a result of a future spectrum auction by the federal government, it must address the challenges of operating with a reduction in microwave channels, while at the same time receiving an increase in subscribers to the system. Sol. No. HSHQDC-16-RFI-LEVTN. Respond by April 29. Contact: Kenneth Arena, contract specialist, [email protected], 202-447-0127.
DHS Surveys Market for Under Vehicle Inspection Systems
The Department of Homeland Security National Urban Security Technology Laboratory is seeking information on commercially available under vehicle inspection systems to meet the needs of emergency responders and protective services. The information is being sought for the Science and Technology Directorate’s System Assessment and Validation for Emergency Responders program for helping emergency responders making procurement decisions. The program conducts objective assessments and validations on commercially available equipment and systems and develops knowledge products that provide relevant equipment information to the emergency responder community. Sol. No. RFI-16-07. Respond by April 27. Contact: Shmuel Link, technical point of contact, [email protected].
DHS S&T issues Solicitation for Multiplexed Molecular Diagnostic Device
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) branch is soliciting proposals for a research opportunity for a rapid, intensive, small, instrumentless multiplexed molecular diagnostic device that could test for a multiplexed panel of pathogens from a single finger stick blood sample or similar biological sample. DHS and its local partners have a need to quickly collect reliable information to enable a swift and confident response to a biological and or chemical threat. In the solicitation the agency mentions concerns of travelers entering the country with potentially infectious viral diseases such as Ebola, Zika, MERS, SARS and others and the need for early detection to prevent or reduce mass casualties. Sol. No. HSHQDC-14-R-B0009. Respond by May 13. Contact: Mike Jones, contracting officer, [email protected], 202-254-5676.
TSA Finalizing Requirement for New IT Support Services Contract
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is finalizing its requirement for a follow-on contract for Information Technology Support Services in support of the agency’s Office of Information Technology, Information Assurance Division. The prospective requirement will be issued through the Department of Homeland Security EAGLE II Functional Category 2 (FC2) strategic sourcing vehicle and will be restricted to only small businesses that hold FC 2 contracts. Sol. No. HSTS03-16-R-CIO556. Contact: Matthew Ashurst, contracting officer, [email protected], 571-227-5376.
Senate Seeks Sources for Cyber Security Info Assurance Operations Support
The Senate Sergeant at Arms has issued a Sources Sought Notice to gain knowledge of potential qualified industry sources for providing cyber security information assurance operations support services to the Senate Office of the Sergeant at Arms. The office’s chief information officer has a broad range of responsibilities that includes providing a secure cyber environment in which to carry out Senate business. The information assurance operations will be a complementary effort to the Senate Cyber Threat and Intelligence Cell and Cyber Security Operations Center activities. Sol. No. 2016-S-034. Respond by April 29. Contact: Corazon Carag, procurement and contracting specialist, [email protected].