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Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

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The Transportation Security Administration has awarded BayFirst Solutions, LLC, a one-year, $2 million contract to complete the enhancement of the Transportation Sector Security Risk Assessment from the 2.0 model to 3.0. BayFirst will also perform data development to build upon existing threat scenarios and to create additional threat scenarios. Customs and Border Protection has awarded Advanced Tower Services, Inc., a potential $246,558 contract to perform support and sustainment activities of Land Mobile Radio sites at various nine locations in Texas.…

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