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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 18, 2005 FBO #1392
SOLICITATION NOTICE

A -- BAA 05-08 Low-cost Bio-Aerosol Detector Systems (LBADS)

Notice Date

5/27/2005
 

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

HSHCHQ-05-R-LBADS
 

Response Due

7/15/2005
 

Point of Contact

Charlotte Rupprecht, Contracting Officer, Phone 202-254-5856, Fax 202-254-6167, - Charlotte Rupprecht, Contracting Officer, Phone 202-254-5856, Fax 202-254-6167,
 

E-Mail Address

Charlotte.Rupprecht@dhs.gov, Charlotte.Rupprecht@dhs.gov
 

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. These systems, the Bioagent Autonomous Networked Detectors (BAND) and the Rapid Automated Biological Identification System (RABIS), 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 also initiated the BAA04-18 Instantaneous Bio-Aerosol Detector Systems (IBADS) program to develop, test and transition the next generation of rapid bio-aerosol sensors for use in Detect-to-Protect system architectures. As a compliment to the above programs, HSARPA is initiating the Low-cost Bio-Aerosol Detector Systems (LBADS) program. This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) intends to address the need for very low-cost bio-aerosol sensors (<$1,000 each for high quantity production runs) to further enhance the Detect-to-Protect technologies developed under the IBADS program. The LBADS program will develop optimized sensor systems characterized by the following performance metrics (see Appendix G for definitions): + Improved Sensitivity (Level of Detection) + Low Probability of False Positive (Pfp) + High Probability of Detection (Pd) + Rapid Response Time + Very Low Cost of Ownership The LBADS program will support research to determine trade-offs between the above metrics for selected sensor concepts, with a particular emphasis on the development of very low cost (<$1,000) biological sensors. DHS intends to collaborate with the Department of Defense (DoD) to complete this effort and will place a high priority on transferring technology developed under DARPA’s SUVOS Program. Attached to this synopsis is the Broad Agency Announcement for the LBADS effort. This document and additional information is available at http://www.hsarpabaa.com. NOTE: THIS NOTICE MAY HAVE POSTED ON WWW.FEDBIZOPPS.GOV ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (27-MAY-2005). IT ACTUALLY APPEARED OR REAPPEARED ON THE FEDBIZOPPS SYSTEM ON 16-SEP-2005, BUT REAPPEARED IN THE FTP FEED FOR THIS POSTING DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
 

Web Link

Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.eps.gov/spg/DHS-DR/OCPO/DHS-OCPO/HSHCHQ-05-R-LBADS/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate Washington, DC

Zip Code: 20528

Country: USA
 

Record

SN00897778-F 20050918/050916213106 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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

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