DNDO Seeks Info on Human Portable Tripwire

The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for human-portable spectroscopic radiological and nuclear detection and identification systems in support of the Human Portable Tripwire program. The agency is interested in systems for use on land and in the maritime environment. DNDO will host a teleconference on Nov. 14. The dial-in information will be provided to responders of the RFI. Sol. No. HSHQDC-14-R-00001. Respond by Nov. 7. Contact: Willie Lindsey, contracting officer, [email protected], 202-254-7008.

LLNL Offers Opportunity to Commercialize Rad Detection Simulation Technology

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is offering the opportunity of an industry partnership to commercialize the simulation of radiation detection to support training for first responders using their actual radiation detection instruments. LLNL says that the technology that is available has the capability to inject realistic radiation detection spectra into the amplifier of a radiation detector and produce all the observables that are available with that radiation detection instrument. The first responder in this exercise will see the count rate, spectrum, and/or dose rate on his radiation detection instrument that would occur if the point and/or distributed sources were actually present. LLNL says a prototype of the detection simulation system has been built and tested. The main effort to provide a system for use by first responders is to miniaturize the electronic package required to do the inject of the signals. Sol. No. FBO278-14. Respond by Nov. 8. Contact: Connie Pitcock, [email protected], 925-422-1072.

DHS Seeks Security Officer Services throughout Upstate New York

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Protective Service is conducting market research seeking potential small business sources capable of providing Protective Security Officers services throughout upstate New York. The contractor will be required to be armed and some posts may require screening of visitors using X-Rays and metal detectors. Sol. No. HSHQE2-14-R-00001. Respond by Oct. 17. Contact: Margie Cox Marvel, contract specialist, [email protected], 215-521-3113.

DHS Issues RFP for Security Officer Services at NBACC

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Protective Service has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for armed protective security officer services for the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC). The planned contract is for a one-year base period and four one-year options. The requirement is for a mix of fixed and roving armed security officers providing interior and exterior coverage. Sol. No. HSHQE3-14-R-00001. Respond by Nov. 15. Contact: Gerald Buday, contract specialist, [email protected], 215-521-2271.

TSA Postpones SPP Industry Day Due to Shutdown

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has again postponed an Industry Day for the Screening Partnership Program that had been rescheduled for Oct. 21 due to the shutdown of the federal government. Sol. No. TSA_SPP_Industry_Day_2013. Contact: Ian Somppi, contracting specialist, [email protected], 571-227-5406.

SOCOM Plans Industry Collaboration Day

The Program Executive Officer Special Operations Forces Warrior will hold an Industry Collaboration Day on Nov. 14 in Tampa, Fla., in support of the Special Operations Forces (SOF) operator. The intent is to share ideas that accelerate the delivery of innovative capabilities to the SOF warfighter. The Program Executive Office provides rapid and focused acquisition of Special Operations peculiar capabilities to Special Operations Command operators conducting decisive ground activities and global operations against terrorist networks. Warfighting commodity areas include, among other things, handheld and weapon-mounted capture devices for facial recognition. The agenda will include an overview of the various commodity areas and forecasted contracting opportunities for FY ’14 and beyond. The event is unclassified. Sol. No. H92222-14-SOFWIC. Contact: [email protected].

Coast Guard Surveys Industry for Small UAS To Operate From Large Cutters

Following evaluations of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) aboard two of its National Security Cutters (NSC), the Coast Guard yesterday published a Request for Information (RFI) seeking feedback from industry on small UAS (sUAS) systems that could meet persistent surveillance requirements for its high-endurance cutters. The Coast Guard plans to use the information gained through the RFI to develop a Request for Proposal for a sUAS, which would be an interim capability until the service develops a longer-term solution for UAS to operate from its NSCs. Currently the Coast Guard operates three Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII]-built NSCs and plans on having a fleet of eight of the cutters. The RFI posted on the FedBizOpps.gov website maintained by the General Services Administration says the Coast Guard is looking for an sUAS that can remain airborne for 12 hours per day out to at least 75 nautical miles to extend the “eyes and ears of the NSC” to support surveillance, detection classification, identification and prosecution for all of the cutters missions in its maritime operating areas. The evaluations last year and this spring aboard two NSCs used the ScanEagle UAS, which is built by Boeing [BA].