CBP Issues Pre-solicitation for CTSE; Projects 277 New Surveillance Towers
Customs and Border Protection has issued a pre-solicitation notice for its upcoming Consolidated Tower and Surveillance Equipment (CTSE) competition and plans to acquire 277 new surveillance towers in 53 Border Patrol Areas of Responsibility (AOR) and upgrade approximately 191 legacy surveillance towers in 31 AORs. The potential 14-year acquisition effort is for medium and long-range surveillance towers along the U.S. northern and southern borders to allow Border Patrol agents to continuously detect, identify, classify and track items of interest around-the-clock. The contract will have an 18-month base period, a three-year option, a five-year option, and two two-year options. The CTSE effort was previously called the Integrated Surveillance Towers program. Notice ID: 70B02C22R00000004. Respond by Sept. 30, 2023. Contact: Kimberly Cooper, [email protected]
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DHS Issues Small Business Innovation Research Pre-solicitation
The Department of Homeland Security has released the pre-solicitation notice for its fiscal year 2023 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and expects to release the final solicitation on Dec. 15 with proposals due by Jan. 17, 2023. Technical Topic Areas managed by the Science and Technology Directorate are: Accurate and real-tome hardware assisted detection of cyber attacks; Air cargo manifest analysis to aid screeners; First responder digital badges; Machine learning based integration of alarm resolution sensors; Mission critical services server-to-server communications, voice communications, 3GPP-standards; and Reduced order modeling of critical infrastructure protect surfaces. The Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office Technical Topic Area is Theoretical classification methodologies to enable detection with predicted signatures. Notice ID: 70RSAT23R00000006P. Respond by Dec. 14. Contact: Danette Williams, [email protected], 202-843-8878.
Coast Guard Issues RFP for Integrated Maintenance, Operation and Mod Support
The Coast Guard has released a request for proposal (RFP) for Integrated Maintenance, Operation, and Modification Support (IMOMS) of flight training devices, cockpit procedures trainers, desktop part-time trainers, and interoperable weapons trainer at the service’s Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Ala. The award will be on an all or none basis as a small business set aside. Notice ID: 70Z02323RATCM0073. Respond by Dec. 22. Contact: Patty Willet, [email protected], 301-848-4230.