TSA Issues BAA for TWIC Readers
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is seeking vendors that can provide smart card biometric readers—fixed and handheld—capable of reading the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) currently being issued to workers in the maritime transportation industry. The goal of the Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) is to conduct the fifth round of Initial Capability Evaluations (ICE) on all qualifying readers so that pilot test participants can continue to acquire, install and use readers as part of the TWIC pilot test. The ICE will be conducted at TSA headquarters in Virginia. The purpose of the evaluation is to demonstrate the ability of a reader to properly recognize, read and match the biometric on the TWIC to the biometric of the owner of the TWIC using the TWIC privacy key capability as provided in the TWIC card and reader specification. Sol. No. BAA_TWIC_READER_08242011. Contact: Gloria Uria, contracting officer, [email protected], 571-227-2429.
Secret Service Seeks Quotes for Personal Radiation Detectors
The U.S. Secret Service has issued a Request for Quotation for 30 personal radiation detectors, including training and support services. The devices must have a response time of one to two seconds. They must also be able to function in “finder mode” after detecting an unknown source.
Sol. No. RFQ282787. Respond by Sept. 12. Contact: David Leonard, [email protected].
DTRA Issues BAA for Chem/Bio Technologies Directorate New Initiatives
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), Chemical and Biological Technologies Directorate, has issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the New Initiatives Fiscal Year 2012-2013 Program Build. The effort is focused on applied research and advanced technology development objectives encompassing a broad spectrum of topics in the chemical and biological science to include Physical Science and Technology, Medical Science and Technology, including the Transformational Medical Technologies, Threat Agent Science, and Information Systems Capabilities Development topics. The BAA is soliciting research proposals.
Sol. No. HDTRA1-12-Chem-Bio-BAA. Contact: Cheryl Hyatt, [email protected].