FEMA Awards SERCO $600M Contract to Support Disaster Recovery
Serco, Inc. has received a potential five-year, $600 million contract from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to support the Public Assistance Program during major disasters and emergencies. The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract was made under the agency’s Public Assistance Technical Assistance IV contract and represents new work for the company. SERCO is responsible for hiring and deploying staff to supplement FEMA’s recovery efforts, with support to include advisory and assistance services, technical assessments, cost analysis, and project management support to see relieve efforts through to completion. SERCO is the sole awardee for Zone 2, which covers 17 states across the Midwest. A company spokesman tells HSR that the contract represents new work for SERCO.
OSI Systems Nabs $14M International Order
OSI Systems [OSIS] says its Rapiscan Systems division has received a $14 million contract from an unnamed customer in the Pacific Rim region for multiple units of its Rapiscan Eagle M60 mobile high energy X-Ray cargo and vehicle inspection system and follow-on life cycle maintenance and support. The company says the order is from a new customer.
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Polimaster Nab $90M CWMD Award
The Department of Homeland Security Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office (CWMD) has awarded Thermo Fisher Scientific [TMO] and Polimaster potential five-year, $90 million contracts to supply Personal Radiation Detectors (PRDs) for Department of Homeland Security components and stakeholders. The original Request for Proposal said up to five indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts could be awarded for the PRDs, which provide radiological and nuclear detection and personal protection.
Engility, Block MEMS on $8B DoD Contract to Provide CBRNE Expertise
Engility [EGL] and Block MEMS have been selected by the Defense Department’s Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense to compete for work under the potential $8 billion Joint Enterprise Development Acquisition and Procurement (JE-RDAP) Omnibus contract. The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract allows DoD to obtain research, design and development services related to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high yield explosives (CBRNE) defense systems and equipment. “For decades, the DOD has relied on Engility for high-end CBRNE expertise, and this contract is a great opportunity to expand our relationship and deliver the latest capabilities,” says Scott Whatmough, senior vice president, Defense and Security Group at Engility. “Through these contract task orders, we’ll couple our systems engineering expertise with a manufacturing capability to produce unique solutions to help solve the government’s most difficult CBRNE challenges.” The contract has a 10-year base period and five-year option.
TSA Awards $40M for Role Players Support Services
Narcorps Specialties, LLC has received a $40 million contract from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to provide Role Player Support Services for the Office of Law Enforcement/Federal Air Marshal Service, Federal Flight Deck Officer Recurrent Training Programs, and the Canine Training Center. The work will be performed in multiple locations. Role players are a key part of training exercises for these TSA organizations. Narcorps is an economically disadvantaged women owned small business based in New Jersey.
IARPA Awards Block MEMS $11M for Standoff Explosives Detection
Block MEMS, LLC has received a $10.7 million Phase II award from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) for continued work on standoff detection of explosives and toxic chemical threats under the Standoff Illuminator for Measuring Absorbance and Reflectance Infrared Light Signatures (SILMARILS) program. Block says the award was the result of a competitive down-select. “The achievements of the previous phase have taken a significant step towards the ultimate goal of the SILMARILS program to be able to detect explosives and other chemicals at standoff distances of 30 and 50 meters,” says Dr. Anish Goyal, vice president of Technology and Principal Investigator of the SILMARILS program at Block. “The ability to not only detect chemical warfare agents, but explosives and pharmaceutical-based agents such as Fentanyl as well as well at these standoff distances is addressing a strong need within the intelligence community, the Defense Department and the Department of Homeland Security.” In the first phase Block demonstrated the ability to detect trace quantities of explosives and other threats on multiple surfaces at 1 and 5 meter standoff distances in a few seconds. The company also developed a benchtop system based on quantum cascade lasers and a new chemical detection algorithm to eliminate the effect of clutter, reduce false alarm rates and improve limits of detection.