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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF OCTOBER 10, 2004 FBO #1049
SOLICITATION NOTICE

A -- BAA04-18 Instantaneous Bio-Aerosol Detector Systems (IBADS)

Notice Date

10/8/2004
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

541710 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
 

Contracting Office

DHS - Direct Reports, Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Office of Procurement Operations, Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Washington, DC, 20528
 

ZIP Code

20528
 

Solicitation Number

HSSCHQ-04-R-10084
 

Response Due

11/24/2004
 

Archive Date

12/9/2004
 

Description

The Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA) invests in programs offering the potential for revolutionary changes in technologies that promote homeland security and accelerate the prototyping and deployment of technologies that reduce homeland vulnerabilities. HSARPA performs these functions in part by awarding procurement contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or other transactions for research or prototypes to public or private entities, businesses, federally funded research and development centers and universities. A critical area of focus for DHS is the protection of the homeland from the release of a biological agent as demonstrated by the currently deployed BioWatch surveillance system. In FY04 HSARPA initiated two critical bio-sensor development initiatives under the Detection Systems for Biological and Chemical Countermeasures (DSBCC) Program, RA03-01. The Bioagent Autonomous Networked Detectors (BAND) and the Rapid Automated Biological Identification System (RABIS) initiated under RA03-01 will provide a cost effective, robust capability for continuous monitoring for a broad range of potential bio-aerosol threats with very high sensitivity and specificity. As a complement to the technology programs initiated under RA03-01, HSARPA is initiating the Instantaneous Bio-Aerosol Detector Systems (IBADS) program which seeks to develop, test and transition the next generation of rapid bio-aerosol sensors for use in Detect-to-Protect system architectures. The IBADS program will develop optimized sensor systems characterized by the following metrics (see Appendix G for definitions): ��?nImproved Sensitivity (Level of Detection) ��?nLow Probability of False Positive (Pfp) ��?nHigh Probability of Detection (Pd) ��?nRapid Response Time ��?nLow Cost of Ownership The IBADS program will support research to determine trade-offs between the above metrics for selected sensor concepts with a particular emphasis on the relationship of performance to lifecycle cost, facilitating the evaluation of candidate Detect-to-Protect system architectures. The term ??bidders?? is used generically to refer to respondents to this BAA. The BAA should not be construed as an Invitation for Bids within the meaning of Federal Acquisition Regulations Part 14.
 

Place of Performance

Address: Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate Washington D.C.

Zip Code: 20528

Country: USA
 

Record

SN00691710-W 20041010/041009084756 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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