NATO Agency Plans Procurement on IED Recognition Lanes and Training Facilities
The NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency intends to issue an Invitation for Bid on Provision of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Recognition Lanes/Training Facilities at Kandahar, Camp Bastion, Mazar-e-Sharif and Heart in Afghanistan. The cost of the project, which is expected to include one contract for all four locations, is estimated in the range of $5.4 million. Sol. No. IFB-NAMSA-ISAF-OOPS-052. Respond by Sept. 27. Contact: Elsie Carroll, NATO Program Specialist, [email protected], 202-482-8228.
DoD Issues BAA for Rapid Innovation Fund
The Defense Department has issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the solicitation of white papers related to its Rapid Innovation Fund. DoD components participating in the BAA include Special Operations Command, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Missile Defense Agency, and the Joint Science and Technology Office for Chemical and Biological Defense. The fund was established to facilitate the rapid insertion of innovative technologies into military systems or programs that meet critical national security needs, such as those supporting the resolution of operational challenges characterized by Joint Urgent Operational Needs. The program also intends to facilitate innovative technologies that show a clear transition path to fielding the technology into existing Acquisition Category programs or other defense acquisition programs. Requirements include cyber space operations, biometric, forensics and sensitive site exploitation, developing portable field methods and systems for identifying bomb triggers, stand-off explosives detection, improvised explosive device detection and more. Sol. No. HQ0034-11-BAA-RIF-0001. Respond by Oct. 31. Contact: Julie Fox, contract specialist, [email protected], 703-545-1257.