Army Issues Pre-solicitation Notice for JBTDS EMD
The Army has issued a pre-solicitation notice for a full and open competition for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of the Joint Biological Tactical Detection System (JBTDS), to include options for low-rate initial production and full rate production. The JBTDS is envisioned to be a lightweight, low cost, man-portable and battery operable capability to detect, collect and identify biological pathogens and toxins in a tactical environment. Sol. No. W911QY13R0036. Respond by Dec. 6. Contact: Richard Totten, [email protected], 301-619-2446.
PNNL Issues RFI for Remote Monitoring of Civilian Rad/Nuke Materials Globally
The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for interested parties capable of providing a remote monitoring system in support of the Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI). The mission of the GTRI is to reduce and protect vulnerable nuclear and radiological materials located at civilian sites worldwide. The Office of Global Threat Reductions is seeking to enhance the security of radioactive sources at civilian sites by enabling the use of a remote monitoring system to support monitoring of tamper indicating devices, area radiation monitoring, and cameras located in rooms or bunkers containing sources. The system communicates via redundant pathways to multiple monitoring locations to address both external and insider threats. Sol. No. 256066. Respond by Nov. 22. Contact: Aimee Mendoza, contract specialist, [email protected], 509-371-6702.
DTRA Seeks Sources to Modify Integrated Standoff Inspection System
The Pentagon’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has issued a Sources Sought Notice for help in meeting a requirement to modify the Integrated Standoff Inspection System as necessary to execute experiments to detect and identify shielded special nuclear material at long standoff distances. The modification will be of the existing system located at the Nevada National Security Site. The ISIS is an integrated and automated active inspection system that was developed by Raytheon [RTN] under a $20.5 million contract from DTRA in 2010. Sol. No. J9NTDRISIS. Contact: Christopher Vergien, [email protected].
DARPA Issues BAA for Cyber Grand Challenge
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the Cyber Grand Challenge: Automated Cyber Reasoning, an unmanned cyber defense tournament. The agency is soliciting proposals from team that will develop and field autonomous cyber reasoning systems capable of comprehending and protecting software during a live exercise. The Grand Challenge utilizes a series of competition events to test the abilities of a new generation of fully automated cyber defense systems. The effort seeks to engender a new generation of autonomous cyber defense capabilities that combine the speed and scale of automation with reasoning abilities exceeding those of human experts. DARPA expects to make multiple awards of $750,000 per phase of a two phase effort. Sol. No. DARPA-BAA-14-05. Respond by Jan. 14, 2014. Contact: Michael Walker, program manager, [email protected].
DHS FPS Seeks Security Officers in D.C. Locations
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Protective Service (FPS) has issued a pre-solicitation seeking protective security officer services from a service-disabled veteran-owned small business for several sites in Washington, D.C. The planned contract is for a one-year base period, four one-year options and a six-month option. Sol. No. HSHQEC-13-R-00014. Contact: John DeSimone, contract specialist, [email protected], 215-521-3050.
Coast Guard Seeks Maritime Security Risk Analysis Model Data Support
The Coast Guard has issued a Request for Information to identify potential sources able to provide support to assist the Coast Guard with Domestic Security Risk Analysis, Maritime Security Risk Analysis Model Data Analysis, and related project management support. The model and related processes were developed to assess and map maritime terrorism risks within geographic areas. Sol. No. HSCG23-14-I-MMP295. Respond by Nov. 8. Contact: Vito Bertucci, [email protected].
FBI Plans Tech Demo to Showcase Combined Face/Iris Collection Systems
The FBI is inviting vendors that have systems that can perform combined face and iris capture to participate in a technology showcase demonstration on Dec. 4 in Atlanta. The agency is evaluating the feasibility and affordability of encouraging increased collection of iris data from criminal subjects by state and local criminal justice partners. It says that recent advances in the reliability of facial recognition and comparison technologies are bringing face on par with fingerprints as a “must have” biometric. The reason use of iris is lagging is due in part to the higher cost of integrating iris sensors into the existing booking process, a more involved collection effort, and the lack of large iris databases for useful services for those organizations collecting and using iris information, the FBI says. It adds that because most state and local law enforcement partners are already capturing facial images during the criminal justice process, these agencies may be more likely to embrace iris collection if it could be accomplished from a single collection platform that also collects facial images. The purpose of the upcoming technology demonstration is to increase technical familiarity of combined face/iris collection systems among these partners. The showcase will be held in conjunction with the FBI Criminal Justice Information Division’s semi-annual Advisory Policy Board meeting. Sol. No. CHIS-APB-12042013. Respond by Nov. 6. Contact: Michael Young, [email protected]. 304-625-3910.
DHS FPS Seeks Armed Guard Services in Minnesota and Wisconsin
The Department of Homeland Security (FPS) Federal Protective Service (FPS) plans to issue a Request for Proposal around Nov. 20 for armed Protective Security Officer services at various locations throughout the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin. The planned contract is for a one-year base period and four one-year options plus a six-month option. Sol. No. HSHQE5-14-R-00001. Contact: Paul Szymanski, [email protected], 817-649-6208.