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Business Opportunities

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, September 6th, 2016

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CBP Seeks Large Scale Fixed NII System for PakistanCustoms and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a solicitation for a full and open competition for a single large-scale fixed non-intrusive inspection (NII) system for deployment in Karachi, Pakistan. The solicitation was originally sole-source for Smiths Detection but CBP opened the requirement for competition based on vendor comments to the sole-source announcement and draft statement of work. The requirement includes maintenance and spare parts. Sol. No. HSBP10-16-Q-0136. Respond by Sept. 9. Contact:…

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