The Army Joint Program Executive Office (JPE) for Chemical and Biological Defense (CBD), Force Protection Systems has selected seven companies to complete for task orders under a potential $248.5 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for the Entry Control Point Phase 3 program. Under the contract, Alutiiq, LLC, American Science and Engineering [ASEI], Bering Straits Information Technology, LLC, Kazi Investment Group, LLC, OSI Systems [OSIS] Rapiscan Systems division, Raytheon [RTN] and Smiths Detection, will compete for work for providing ruggedized, commercial-off-the-shelf non-intrusive inspection systems to U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Rapiscan says that under the award the Army may purchase multiple products and services, including the company’s Eagle cargo and vehicle inspection products and its Secure 1000 whole body imager. AS&E says that the award also includes Entry Control Point hardware sets that include day/night cameras, command and control stations, environmentally protected work stations, biometric systems, barriers and protective shelters. The contract has a three-year base period and a two-year option. There is a 35 percent small business goal for the contract.