SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- High Fidelity Counting and Measuring CBP Queues - Package #1
- Notice Date
- 10/20/2017
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541715
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Washington, District of Columbia, 20528, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20528
- Solicitation Number
- 70RSAT18R00000001
- Point of Contact
- DHS-Silicon-Valley, , Aaron H. Ford, Phone: 202-254-6302
- E-Mail Address
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DHS-Silicon-Valley@hq.dhs.gov, Aaron.Ford@hq.dhs.gov
(DHS-Silicon-Valley@hq.dhs.gov, Aaron.Ford@hq.dhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- SVIP Application Template with Instructions Technical Call Documentation This Other Transaction Solicitation (OTS) Call (70RSAT18R00000001) - High Fidelity Counting and Measuring of CBP Queues and Service Times at Ports of Entry - is a call issued against Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Science & Technology (S&T), Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP), 5-Year Innovation Other Transaction Solicitation (OTS), HSHQDC-16-R-B0005 (current issue). The OTS describes the overarching program details whereas the call describes the specific problem set. International air travel continues to grow with over 112 million passengers entering the United States in Fiscal Year 2015 and over 119 million in Fiscal Year 2016. These travelers are entering the U.S. through hundreds of different size airports with different infrastructure limitations and facility designs. The continued growth of international travel requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to innovate in order to facilitate the entry of international visitors, increase tourism and foster economic growth while ensuring the highest level of security. The international travel continuum typically begins when a traveler books a ticket on an international air carrier. In addition, travelers must obtain the necessary travel documents such as a valid passport, U.S. visa, or for citizens of visa waiver eligible countries, an Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) before a traveler can board an aircraft destined to the United States. Upon arrival in the United States, travelers will enter the Federal Inspection Service (FIS) areas in U.S. international airports, where a CBP officer will ensure the traveler has proper travel documents, conduct law enforcement queries, and conduct a purpose and intent interview. CBP does not have a method to capture passenger queue lengths and wait times for each step of the international arrivals process in the air environment in a highly precise and granular manner, with lane level fidelity. This capability gap prevents CBP from providing international travelers with highly accurate estimated wait-times upon arrival and prevents integrated services such as routing passengers to the shortest available queue. Automated counting and measuring (C&M) systems can provide near real-time situational awareness to airport stakeholders about traveler wait times, traveler movement within a region of interest, and the speed of airport processes such as security checkpoints. This OTS call is looking for innovative solutions and techniques for counting and measuring that provide lane-level fidelity and can be deployed more broadly throughout the airport process in a more cost effective manner. Industry Day - November 14, 2017 at 10:00 AM PT • Location: SRI Innovation Center, 333 Ravenswood Ave., Menlo Park, CA 94025 • Registration Link: https://regonline.com/DHS-SVIP-CBP-Seamless-Nov2017-ID We strongly advise that you read the documents that are associated with this call: Technical Call : Provides the use cases, problem sets, constraints, technical and programmatic requirements and other pertinent submission information. Application : You must complete the application template provided with this call to be considered for award. How to Apply and FAQs (Will Be Posted Following the 11/14/17 Industry Day) : Gives you an overview of the Silicon Valley Innovation Program, how to apply and provides answers to questions we have received. Industry Day Files (Will Be Posted Following the 11/14/17 Industry Day): Presentations, Attendee list and other documents from our Industry day The OTS call is open through 12:00 PM PT October 18, 2018. Applications will be accepted on a continuous, rolling basis. Applications and Application resubmissions received after the closing date/time will not be considered for review. DHS/S&T will evaluate applications four (4) times on a quarterly basis. The quarterly deadlines for submitting an application are: 01/18/2018, 04/18/2018, 07/17/2018 and 10/18/2018. Applications must be submitted prior to a quarterly deadline to be evaluated in the respective quarterly review cycle. Please complete the High Fidelity Counting and Measuring of CBP Queues and Service Times Ports of Entry Application and submit to dhs-silicon-valley@hq.dhs.gov prior to the deadlines. Please also check this site for updates to the call. IMPORTANT NOTE--DHS may decide to close this OTS Call early. If this action occurs, DHS/S&T will publish a notification in Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) 30 days prior to closing the call.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DHS/OCPO/DHS-OCPO/70RSAT18R00000001/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: TBD, United States
- Record
- SN04719261-W 20171022/171020231055-af6bbceeeb00b6d29a43d574acf4108e (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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