SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- BAA 09-09 Sensing All-Threats to Reveal Concealed Hazards - BAA 09-09
- Notice Date
- 5/19/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Washington, District of Columbia, 20528, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20528
- Solicitation Number
- BAA_09_09_DHS_ST
- Archive Date
- 7/11/2009
- Point of Contact
- William C Fuller, , Anne Hultgren,
- E-Mail Address
-
William.C.Fuller@dhs.gov, anne.hultgren@dhs.gov
(William.C.Fuller@dhs.gov, anne.hultgren@dhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- BAA 09-09 Document The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate administers programs to develop, test and evaluate, and transition to commercialization next-generation technologies required to effectively counter potential attacks on the Nation. DHS S&T achieves this goal through sponsorships and partnerships with the private sector, National Laboratories, universities, and other government agencies (both domestic and foreign). The Chem/Bio Division of DHS S&T supports this mission by identifying and developing technologies for transition to DHS operational components that are needed to reduce the probability and potential consequences of a biological pathogen or a chemical attack on the nation’s civilian population, its infrastructure, or its agricultural system. DHS Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have indentified a need to detect and identify chemical, biological, explosive (CBE) and contraband materials being transported in cargo, parcels, and luggage, to deter the transportation of these materials and to increase their interdiction effectiveness. CBP and TSA share a mission to secure our borders and transportation systems, not only from a devastating attack using CBE materials, but also in the discovery and capture of smuggled narcotics, weapons, agricultural products, stowaways, and other contraband materials. In order to meet these challenges, new inspection and detection tools are necessary that will be able to detect and identify a wide range of threats and suspicious materials, rapidly alert operators to the presence of suspicious materials, and synthesize information from disparate sources for decision support. DHS S&T is initiating a multi-layered research and development approach to addressing this technology need. The components of an effective CBE and contraband detection architecture that DHS S&T will be developing are: •Non-intrusive inspection technologies to detect anomalies and support targeting efforts; •Sensors to be installed and operated in containers during transit, such as inside cargo shipping containers, railcars, trucks, and air cargo holds; •Sample collection and preparation techniques to extract samples from various shipping containers and packaging materials; •Secondary inspection sensors for identification and confirmation of threats and contraband; •Data management and decision support tools; and, •Test and evaluation support. This solicitation will be focused on the development and fielding of sensors for secondary inspection and detection confirmation. The sensors developed under this project will be expected to function within the current supply chain infrastructure and security architecture described above. PLEASE SEE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN ATTACHED BAA DOCUMENT
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- Record
- SN01822759-W 20090521/090520002310-80d8be7bdc7cefb7dc2cd1f932b62d52 (fbodaily.com)
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