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DHS Creating Strategic Sourcing Initiative for ETDs

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, January 27th, 2015

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says the next Qualified Products List (QPL) for explosives trace detector (ETD) systems will be a strategic sourcing ordering vehicle for the department, marking a turn toward an enterprise approach for testing and qualifying the systems, which are frequently used by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to screen for explosives at the nation’s airports.The QPL will be managed by TSA and will allow for the qualification of two kinds of ETDs, desktops systems, which…

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