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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF FEBRUARY 19, 2005 FBO #1181
SOLICITATION NOTICE

A -- Food Biological Agent Detection Sensor (FBADS) Broad Agency Announcement 05-06 (BAA 05-06)

Notice Date

2/17/2005
 

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

HSHQPA-05-R-021705
 

Response Due

6/3/2005
 

Archive Date

6/18/2005
 

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 is the external funding arm for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate. 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 (FFRDCs), government laboratories, and academic institutions. HSARPA seeks to develop, test, and commercialize a new set of laboratory-based or portable detection methods for use on the food supply system. Food detection systems will require rapid, high-confidence detection of microbial and toxin threats in order to enable advanced strategies to protect individuals from exposure and reduce contamination of critical food supply infrastructure. HSARPA intends to initiate the Food Biological Agent Detection Sensor (FBADS) Program, which seeks to develop, test, and transition cost-effective detection methods for use on the food system, with a focus on liquid substrates. Specifically, HSARPA is looking for portable or laboratory-based detection methods that can be used at food manufacturing facilities, or before the food enters a processing or production facility. The FBADS Program will develop optimized detection systems characterized by the following capabilities: ? Low Limit of Detection; ? Extremely low probability of false positive (Pfp); ? Low probability of false negatives (Pfn); ? Automated operation, easily used by non-technical personnel; ? Rapid analysis time; and ? Low total cost of ownership The FBADS initiative responds to Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD)-9, ?Defense of United States Agriculture and Food?, January 30, 2004. We anticipate that the detection systems developed under this FBADS Program will provide DHS with a capability to prevent any wide-spread harm to our nation?s critical food infrastructure.
 

Place of Performance

Address: Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate Washington DC

Zip Code: 20528

Country: USA
 

Record

SN00753376-W 20050219/050217211521 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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

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