The Secret Service has awarded Secure Mission Solutions, LLC, a $4.8 million contract for an access control and visitor management system. The system is for a geographically distributed campus with a workforce population of 10,000 people across separate security zones and multiple entry points for personnel and vehicles.
The Transportation Security Administration has awarded Thermo Fisher Scientific [TMO] a sole-source Basic Purchasing Agreement worth up to $3.6 million for hardware and software maintenance for the agency’s chemical analysis device units. The award has a five-year performance period.
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) Director Warren Stern and representatives of the European Commission Joint Research Center (JRC) have finalized testing procedures for evaluating the performance of radiation detection equipment to provide decision makers and private sector stakeholders with reliable detection system performance information. In a series of performance tests over the next year the JRC will evaluate eight categories of equipment while DNDO will test nine categories of equipment. The U.S. and its international partners are working on the Illicit Trafficking Radiation Assessment Program+10 to ensure that testing standards are clearly defined, comprehensive and realistic.