TSA to Host Industry Day for Innovation Task Force BAA
The Transportation Security Administration Innovation Task Force will hold an Industry Day on Sept. 6 to discuss its 2018 Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), which is seeking potential solutions in a number of areas, including alarm resolution, identify verification, automated security design, and more. The event will be held in Crystal City, Va. TSA officials will discuss the ITF and current initiatives, and the recent BAA, which is entitled, Innovative Demonstrations for Enterprise Advancements. Sol. No. 70T04018K9NSTD105 Contact: Jennifer Springer, contracting officer, [email protected], 571-227-1576.
DHS CWMD Office Postpones Industry Days
The Department of Homeland Security Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Office has postponed an Industry Day event that had been planned for Aug. 28 and 29 and Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md. DHS says the event will be rescheduled to the first quarter of 2019.
CBP Plans Industry Day for Pre-Primary Inspection System
Customs and Border Protection plans to hold an Industry Day on Sept. 10 for vendors interested in the upcoming acquisition for Pre-Primary Inspection Systems. The location of the event will be provided once vendors register. The agency says it intends to deploy Non-Intrusive Inspection privately owned vehicle systems at land border crossings to inspect vehicles prior to them arriving at a primary inspection booth in an effort to increase its screening and interdiction capacity. CBP’s long-term goal is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of NII operations by expanding the use of automated tools and processes, and integrating multiple sensors, technologies and data platforms. The agency says it intends to perform testing and evaluation of proposed systems and complete a competitive procurement by the end of fiscal year 2019. CZBP expects to acquire single and multiple lane systems to be deployed at over 30 locations. Sol. No. 081318-3POVIS-IA. Respond by Aug. 31. Contact: Nathan Briggs, contract specialist, [email protected], 317-614-4929.