Business Opportunities
Biz Opps: DOE is offering the Wireless Sentinel
August 25th, 2008
The Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory is offering interested companies the opportunity to license, develop and commercialize a new technology, commonly called the Wireless Sentinel, to ensure secure, encrypted wireless communications and financial transactions. The Wireless Sentinel system can be configured differently for corporations, military or mobile commerce users. For systems installed for national or corporate security purposes, an organization can use the Wireless Sentinel to detect a compromised or unauthorized cell phone and alert security officers or surveillance systems. The system also secures designated use areas – detecting unauthorized cell phones and permitting only authorized wireless devices to operate in the zone. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis and may include specific fields of use. Response deadline is Sept. 30, 2008. For additional information, contact at 208-526-1113.
ICE’s Federal Protective Services unit seeks a surveillance van and more...
FBI needs to convert millions of fingerprint cards to electronic records
August 19th, 2008
The FBI is looking for one or more vendors who can continue scanning millions of hard-copy fingerprint cards stored in West Virginia and convert the fingerprints and accompanying text data into electronic format.
GSA seeks architect for new DHS headquarters in Washington
August 18th, 2008
The search is on for a "lead design architect" to design the new headquarters building for the Department of Homeland Security -- plus offices for FEMA, Customs & Border Protection, TSA, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and a National Operations Center -- on the West Campus site of St. Elizabeths Hospital in Southeast Washington, DC.
TSA to assess different air cargo screening technologies
August 18th, 2008
In an effort to identify mature explosives detection technologies that can be used effectively to screen cargo being loaded onto passenger aircraft, TSA is planning a 5-year program to test in laboratories and the field different categories of detection equipment.
Four different approaches to thwarting a terrorist attack
August 18th, 2008
Because a terrorist attack in the U.S. using explosives could come from a variety of directions -- and take a variety of shapes and sizes – the U.S. Government is moving forward in a variety of ways to thwart such attacks.
Different technical concepts and different business models are being pursued by different agencies to address these dire scenarios.
Biz Opps: CBP looking for trailer conversion
August 18th, 2008
DHS’s Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has a requirement for the refurbishment and conversion of two government-provided tow-behind travel trailers into mobile field offices (MFOs). These MFOs will be utilized to provide oversight and control of the Secure Border Initiative project by CBP’s field office personnel and contractors within the southwest border area of operations. The MFOs need to be able to operate either from a generator or connected to a power utility. Response deadline is Aug. 29, 2008. For additional information, contact , contract specialist, at 520-342-8402.
TSA seeking San Jose office space and more...
Biz Opps: ICE looking for Miami-area detention facility
August 11th, 2008
The Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) unit is seeking a qualified source to provide an existing contractor-owned detention facility within 50 miles of the DHS/ICE Miami field office, located at 865 SW 78th Avenue, Plantation, FL. The facility will accommodate up to 700 non-criminal alien detainees, along with additional capacity to house up to 10 percent of the maximum population in a special segregation housing unit. The facility will need to be operational and capable of accepting detainees by April 1, 2009. The contractor will be responsible for all personnel, management, equipment, supplies and services necessary for performance of all aspects of the contract. Response date is Aug. 14, 2008. For additional information, contact, , contracting specialist, at 202-353-4019.
Coast Guard wants a vessel to support aviation training
Biz Opps: TSA looking to set fitness standards for Air Marshal Service
August 4th, 2008
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is seeking education and training services to confirm relevant physical job tasks necessary to accomplish the Office of Law Enforcement/Federal Air Marshal Service (OLE/FAMS) mission, and to determine job-performance physical fitness standards and minimum requirements. The end product of the TSA solicitation will be used by FAMS management in conjunction with FAMS training officers to develop recruitment screening, a basic fitness training program for recruits, a recurrent training program for the OLE/FAMS, a process for measuring a given FAM’s level of fitness and a fitness standard for making employment decisions. Respond by August 15, 2008. For additional information, contact, , contracting officer, at 609-813-3370.
Customs & Border Protection EAP and more...
