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Homeland Security

Amid Pandemic, TSA Looking at Acquiring Solutions More Rapidly

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, August 18th, 2020

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Amid Pandemic, TSA Looking at Acquiring Solutions More Rapidly

The Transportation Security Administration has initiated a new framework to more rapidly review potentially demonstrate and even acquire solutions to urgent needs due to urgent needs arising from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The urgent solutions intake process leverages existing non-traditional procurement mechanisms available to TSA and then institutes a rapid review and decision process, Mario Wilson, the agency’s assistant administrator within the Acquisition Program Management branch, said during a virtual industry day this month hosted by TSA’s Innovation Task Force…

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