Army Issues RFI for Cyber Capabilities and Approaches
The Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground is conducting a market survey to identify potential sources for the procurement of cyber capabilities and seeks industry feedback on cyber capabilities and approaches to meet future strategic and protected cyber needs. Specifically, information is sought on existing technical capabilities to deliver and defend against effects with robust and mature capabilities that exploit, deny or manipulate. Sol. No. W56KGY-14-R-ARMY. Respond by Oct. 6. Contact: Phil Hansel, [email protected]
, 732-532-1213.
SOCOM Plans Industry Collaboration Days
The U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) Program Executive Office for Special Operations Forces Warrior will host Industry Collaboration Days on Oct. 29 and 30 in Tampa, Fla., with the aim of providing industry with an opportunity for a focused engagement with members of PEW-SW and the Science and Technology Directorate to share ideas that facilitate the delivery of innovative capabilities to the Special Operations Forces warfighter. Warfighting commodity areas of interest include, among other things, handheld devices to capture biometric data for facial recognition and capturing biometric data for facial recognition on a weapons mounted device. Sol. No. H92222-15-SOFWIC. Respond by Sept. 26. Contact: [email protected].
DNDO Plans Industry Day in December
The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) will host an Industry Day on Dec. 9 in Washington, DC, to provide interested vendors, universities, national laboratories and interested federal partners an overview of the agencies product acquisition product acquisition priorities and long-term research and development focus areas and show how they align to the Department of Homeland Security’s Global Nuclear Detection Architecture strategy. Part of the focus of the Industry Day will be on understanding the detector market and promoting technology transition from research and development to commercialization. The event will also feature a user panel to allow attendees to participate in a dialog with end users on the needs and challenges that can only be met through new technologies. Sol. No. DNDOIndustryDay122014. Respond by Oct. 31. Contact: Matthew Robertson, [email protected], 202-254-7163.
CYBERCOM Seeks Information about Cyber Support Services
The Defense Information Systems Agency is seeking information from small businesses to determine their availability and technical capability to provide cyber-related support services and products to further U.S. Cyber Command’s mission to improve the Defense Department’s ability to operate resilient, reliable information and communication networks, counter cyberspace threats, and assure access to cyberspace. The agency is also seeking information from other businesses for the same services and products. Most of the work will be done at Cyber Command’s facilities within the Fort Meade, Md., area. Sol. No. NCR-PL61-FY14-0001. Respond by Sept. 29. Contact: Robin Gates, contracting officer, [email protected], 301-225-4082.
DNDO Issues RFI for Handheld RIIDs
The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) Systems Engineering and Evaluation Directorate and the Army Under Secretary for Test and Evaluation are seeking information on handheld Radioisotope Identification Devices (RIIDs) to participate in a radiological/nuclear interagency characterization and assessment program joint test program. The program gathers information on the capabilities of radiological and nuclear detection systems that are currently available, identifies the equipment best suited for the proposed tests and asks the manufacturers to provide operational equipment for the tests. The results go into a shared database to inform stakeholders and provide feedback to participating manufacturers on the performance of their RIIDs and the functionality of the alternative helium-3 neutron technology. Sol. No. DNDO_14_RIIDs_RFI. Respond by Oct. 31. Contact: Timothy Davis, contracting officer, [email protected], 202-254-5676.
DHS to Assess CBRN Self-Contained Breathing Apparatuses
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Urban Security Technology Laboratory is seeking information on commercially available CBRN self-contained breathing apparatuses as part of the System Assessment and Validation for Emergency Responders (SAVER) effort. The information will be reviewed to provide the emergency responder community with information on SCBA products and services. Sol. No. RFI-14-0010. Respond by Oct. 14. Contact: Karin Decker, [email protected], 212-620-3410.