The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate, Chemical and Biological Defense Division has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to determine the availability of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) portable instrumentation capable of performing bio-threat identification from environmental samples. The bio-detector technology is intended to support multiple federal agency needs in rapidly and accurately identifying bio-threat agents in the field with a simple-to-use interface that integrates or minimizes sample preparation. Some of the requirements include being able to detect and identify at least eight bacterial and viral organisms from one sample. Sol. No. DHS_ST_CBD_11_01_PBDS. Respond by Feb. 21. Contact: Shelby Buford, contracting officer, 202-254-5781, [email protected].