Business Opportunities
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...
Biz Opps: FEMA invites service-disabled-vet-owned biz to reconstruct NOLA jail
July 21st, 2008
FEMA is inviting service-disabled- veteran-owned small businesses doing business in the State of Louisiana to respond to and attend a pre-proposal conference and site visit to facilitate reconstruction of the FEMA property known as the "Orleans Parish 800-Bed Temporary Jail." The NOLA jail property is located at the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s office, 2700 Perdido Street, New Orleans, LA 70119. Response date is July 31. For additional information, contact , contracting officer, at 225-892-8114.
Coast Guard HVAC on South Padre Island and more...
Industry Day on preparedness training requirements slated for July 31
July 15th, 2008
The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), a unit of FEMA that is based at the former Fort McClellan in Anniston, AL, wants to identify commercial contractors who can help it develop and manage a broad range of training courses it offers to the nation’s first responders.
Life of security zone around LNG port in Massachusetts Bay is extended
July 15th, 2008
The Coast Guard intends to extend the life of two temporary safety zones that surround the submerged turret-loading buoys about 18 miles offshore, east of Boston, MA, known as the Northeast Gateway Deepwater Port. The buoys enable liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers to unload their gas, so it can be transferred underwater and merged into New England’s gas pipeline network.
An intruder triggers a photo and an instantaneous e-mail
July 14th, 2008
EvidencePix, Inc., a young company, has announced that it has received a U.S. patent for an innovative system that can take a digital photo of an intruder or thief, and instantly e-mail that photo to the property owner’s cell phone or to a law enforcement agency.
Biz Opps: DHS seeks aircraft cabin training simulators
July 14th, 2008
The Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) in the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has a requirement for aircraft cabin training simulators to accommodate Federal Air Marshals Service, Federal Flight Deck Officer and other TSA OLE training programs. The proposed indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity-type contract is for a base period of one year, with three one-year options. The total value of the contract, inclusive of all option years, will not exceed $4.5 million. Response deadline is Aug. 4, 2008. For additional information, contact , contracting officer, at 609-813-3362.
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Biz Opps: DHS seeks biometric land exit ID verification
July 7th, 2008
The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Chief Procurement Officer seeks to identify potential solutions, service providers and suppliers interested in participating in the design and development of the Biometric Land Exit Solution. Biometric identity verification is established by matching valid travel document(s) with biographic information and a biometric image or scan that agree with existing entries in DHS records.
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Gerber foods exposed to "infestation" at FEMA warehouse in Fort Worth, TX
July 7th, 2008
FEMA issued a one-sentence solicitation notice last week indicating that it needed to dispose of 478 pallets of "contaminated food products" sitting in a warehouse in Fort Worth, TX.
But, when pressed by GSN for more details, FEMA eventually said its original description of the food as contaminated was "inaccurate" and that a large quantity of Gerber finger foods and snack packs originally intended for the children of Hurricane Katrina victims had been "exposed to infestation hazards" and would be "destroyed through our normal GSA disposal process."
FEMA said, "No one consumed the food."
