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By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, July 25th, 2017

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CBP Issues RFI for Maintenance of NII and Rad Detection SystemsCustoms and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for corrective and preventative maintenance for large and small scale non-intrusive inspection gamma and X-Ray equipment, and radiation equipment. The work will be performed on the following original equipment manufacturer systems: Rapiscan Systems; Astrophysics, Inc.; Smiths Detection; and Varex Imaging. The equipment is located within and outside of the U.S. CBP’s objective is to find a qualified list…

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