TSA Selects 15 Firms to Compete for $3.3 Billion in SPP Awards
The Transportation Security Administration has awarded a contract worth up to $3.3 billion for 15 companies to compete for privatized screening services at the nation’s airports. The potential 10-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract under the Screening Partnership Program (SPP) was made to: Aegis Defense Services, LLC; Akal Security Inc.; PAE’s A-T Solutions business; Aviation Security Management, LLC; BOS Security Inc.; Centerra Group, LLC; Contemporary Services Corporation; Covenant Aviation Security, LLC; FirstLine Transportation Security, Inc; Jackson Hole Airport Board; Securitas-Trinity Security Services; Technica, LLC; Trinity Technology Group, Inc.; and VMD System Integrators, Inc. TSA, in its original solicitation for the new contract, said it would only provide future airport task order solicitations to companies that are on the ID/IQ contract. The SPP program allows airports to opt-out of using federal screeners in favor of their own or private screeners. Services include comprehensive screening of passengers and baggage at participating airports. Currently, there are 22 airports in the program. The ID/IQ contract is a new vehicle for TSA to compete work under the SPP program.
Kratos Nabs $6M in CBRNE Support, Mass Transit Security Work
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] has received $2.6 million in contract awards for specialized product and hardware in support of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high explosives (CBRNE) program, the company says. The awards were made to the company’s Modular Systems Division. The customer and other information about the awards were not disclosed. Separately, the company’s Public Safety & Security Division has received about $3.6 million in contract awards for the design, engineering, deployment and integration of specialized security systems into command and control infrastructure for two major mass transportation customers in the U.S. The systems to be deployed include access control, video surveillance, analytics, communications and other security assets and infrastructure and will be deployed over the next several months. The customers were not disclosed.
DHS S&T Awards $3M in SBIR Contracts
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) branch awarded $3.1 million in competitive research awards to 29 small businesses under its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. Each awardee received about $100,000. In all, 31 contracts were awarded in 10 topic areas. The topic areas and awardees are: Security systems video and interoperability, Balfour Technologies LLC, McQ Inc., and Systems Engineering Inc.; Applicability of blockchain technology to identity management and privacy protection, Digital Bazaar Inc., Respect Network Corp., Narf Industries LLC, and Celerity Government Solutions, LLC; Autonomous indoor navigation and tracking of first responders, Robotic Research LLC, Oceanit Laboratories Inc., Integrated Solutions for Systems, and Human Systems Integration Inc.; Internet of Things low-cost flood inundation sensor, Physical Optics Corp., Progeny Systems Corp., and Evigia Systems Inc.; Low-cost, real-time data analytics for underserved EMS agencies, Azavea Inc.; Real-time assessment of resilience and preparedness, InferLink Corp. and Datanova Scientific LLC; Using social media to support timely and targeted emergency response actions, Physical Optics Corp., Decisive Analytics, and UtopiaCompression Corp.; Blockchain applications for homeland security analytics, Block Cypher and RAM Laboratories Inc.; and Remote identity proofing alternatives to knowledge-based authentication and verification, Card Smart Technologies, PreID Inc., and Pomian & Corella.