Business Opportunities
Biz Opps: ICE needs motorcycles for Federal Protective Service
December 17th, 2007
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Federal Protective Service needs to lease five Harley Davison FLHTPI police motorcycles for use by FPS police officers in Washington, DC. The motorcycle is currently used by more than 3,400 police departments in the U.S. alone. The initial lease period is anticipated to be nine months, plus an additional nine-month option period. Contact: at 215-521-2256.
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RFI issued for new conveyance security devices
December 17th, 2007
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued technical specifications for what it sees as a "Conveyance Security Device" (CSD) that would be able to detect any intrusion through the rear door of a cargo container while it was being transported along the global supply chain.
TSA procurement envisions 900,000 TWIC cards per year
December 14th, 2007
As the TWIC card enrollment phase arrives at one U.S. seaport after another (Los Angeles/Long Beach were scheduled to begin on December 12, while Peoria and Joliet, IL; Memphis, TN; and Buffalo, NY, are expected to commence later this month), the need for the materials to manufacture the cards themselves continues apace.
Idaho National Lab offers cyber software for licensing
December 14th, 2007
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory has developed software that would enable the operator of a critical infrastructure plant to assess the cyber vulnerability of the plant’s industrial control systems. It would now like help in bringing its software to the commercial marketplace.
DHS poses five technical challenges to small businesses
December 12th, 2007
Small business entrepreneurs: Put on your thinking caps.
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program run by the science and technology directorate of DHS is looking for creative ways to…
• identify a deceitful terrorist by seeing if the pupils in his eyes are dilating suspiciously;
• detect chemical, biological or explosive threats with miniature sensors that can communicate data via cell phones or wireless personal devices;
• graphically depict complex, long-term terrorist threats and U.S. vulnerabilities in easy-to-understand and visually appealing ways;
• gather samples of explosives from the exterior of a vehicle in order to detect a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED);
• develop a "smart sensor system" that can acquire and process data from all kinds of imaging, environmental, nuclear, chemical or biological sensors quicker and more intelligently than existing systems.
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Biz Opps: CBP seeks terror website tracking system
December 10th, 2007
Customs and Border Protection is seeking an on-line terrorist tracking service. The contractor must be able to monitor and track the Web sites and e-mail traffic of primary terrorist organizations in the Middle East, Asia and other regions. CBP wants a team with experience of working with other federal law enforcement agencies, including the Treasury Department, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the FBI and the Department of Justice. Contact: at 317-614-4937.
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ICE seeks outbound phone service vendor for its detainees
December 5th, 2007
The Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) directorate within DHS is planning to release a Request For Proposal in the near future for an outbound telephone service that will enable about 30,000 detainees in ICE detention facilities across the U.S. to phone consulates, immigration courts, pro bono lawyers and other approved parties, at no cost to the U.S. Government.
Replicating a canine’s sniffer
December 5th, 2007
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is sniffing around for research organizations that can build an artificial nose based on the actual olfactory receptors of a real dog.
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