Business Opportunities
Biz Opps: Coast Guard wants armed guards in Alameda, CA
April 14th, 2008
The U.S. Coast Guard’s Integrated Support Command in Alameda, CA, is planning to award a small business set-aside contract to a HUBZone small business to provide armed guard services in Alameda, CA. The Coast Guard envisions a one-year base contract, running from October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009, plus four one-year options. Contact , contracting officer, at 510-437-3026. Respond by May 8.
Monitoring Osama bin Laden and other Islamic terrorists
April 10th, 2008
More than 50 companies have expressed interest in displacing the incumbent contractor, Detica DFI International, when DHS awards a new contract to monitor Web sites and chat rooms frequented by Islamic terrorists, and to translate those sites’ Arabic content into English.
Biz Opps: Coast Guard requires HAZMAT services
April 7th, 2008
The U.S. Coast Guard’s Integrated Support Command, in Seattle, WA, needs management support for its HAZMIN Center and assistance in the operations of its Hazardous Waste Accumulation Center. The center serves as an inventory control center for HAZMAT/HAZWASTE, using a system of Authorized Use List (AULs) to limit the range and quantities of hazardous material purchases, data management in the Regional Hazardous Inventory Control System (RHICS) to manage the inventory and the Unit Environmental Guide (UEG) program to manage hazardous waste and to facilitate preparation of periodic reports, and centralized material storage and management at the Seattle facilities. Contact at 510-437-5980. Respond by June 4, 2008.
Federal Protective Service, ICE and more...
Biz Opps: USCIS seeks secure identity card supplies
March 31st, 2008
The Integrated Document Production branch of U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services seeks vendors who can provide secure identity card stock and peripherals. The items sought include non-optical laser engraveable poly-carbonate card stock, CR80 PVC card stock (with or without magnetic stripe), holographic overlay rolls, polyester laminate patch rolls and clear overlay rolls. USCIS anticipates issuing a single source, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract. Contact , contract specialist, at 802-872-4111.
ICE, TSA and more...
PACTS contracts to boost service-disabled veteran-owned businesses
March 31st, 2008
The Department of Homeland Security is planning to steer as much as $1.5 billion in contracts to "Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses" to perform non-IT-related work.
DHS "target analysts" to be trained in watchlisting
March 27th, 2008
The folks who run the National Targeting Center in Reston, VA, want to provide online training for 70 of the NTC’s rookie "target analysts" to teach them how to use the federal government’s integrated terrorist watchlist to target suspicious inbound and outbound passengers.
National Guard may outsource its aviation surveillance duties
March 27th, 2008
The National Guard Bureau has maintained its own fixed wing aircraft to perform its required domestic homeland defense responsibilities since 1994, but it is now thinking about outsourcing many of its aviation surveillance services to a commercial company.
Security exec salaries capped at $612,196 for government contracts
March 26th, 2008
Executives can earn more than $612,196 per year working for security or defense contractors, but that’s the maximum "allowable" compensation for any individual exec that the Office of Management and Budget will permit a federal contractor to include in its cost-plus government contracts.
