SOLICITATION NOTICE
63 -- Standoff Detection Equipment
- Notice Date
- 10/5/2018
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 335311
— Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of State, Office of Acquisitions, Acquisition Management, 1735 N. Lynn St., Arlington, Virginia, 22209, United States
- ZIP Code
- 22209
- Solicitation Number
- PR7779616
- Point of Contact
- Frederick J. Washington, Phone: 703-875-4585
- E-Mail Address
-
washingtonfj@state.gov
(washingtonfj@state.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This requirement will be solicited under Other Than Full and Open Competition for “Brand Name or Equal” equipment. This synopsis is not a request for proposals. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability by responding to this notice. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties’ bona-fide capabilities of fulfilling the requirement by submitting a capabilities statement, the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) and the certification of business size. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAMS) www.sam.gov. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely with the discretion of the Government. The information received will normally be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to proceed on a non-competitive basis or to conduct a competitive procurement. All responses must be received by October 20, 2018 at 12:00 noon Eastern Standard Time and must reference number P7779616. Responses may be submitted electronically to Frederick Washington, Contracting Officer at WashingtonFJ@state.gov. Fax responses will not be accepted. The requirement is to provide fourteen (14) Compact Standoff Detection units at three border ports of entry in the El Paso/Ciudad Juarez area on the U.S./Mexico border. This equipment provides rapid and non-intrusive screening of pedestrians and detection of concealed objects, using terahertz wavelength scanning technology. This will allow the Government to evaluate the utility and reliability of this new technology in an operational environment to determine if it provides a solution to the requirement to screen pedestrians crossing the Mexico – U.S. border for contraband. The use of terahertz wavelength, if capable of performing as described, eliminates the need for x-ray screening, which reduces screening time and reduces health concerns. At the same time, it provides the capability to detect non-metallic contraband, such as concealed drugs or currency. The Government seeks to evaluate whether or not this technology can support substantially increased screening of pedestrians crossing the U.S. – Mexico border. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS Standoff Detection Unit Model: TS4a – Compact standoff detection unit or Equal Brand: Thruvision Inc. The Standoff Detection System (SDS) captures a high definition image of hidden contraband underneath people’s clothing while traveling through a designated entry or exit lane. The SDS accomplishes this at the same time as taking live video images of the traveler imaged. The system shall display the images at an immediate system location, shall be able to send images to the analysts in the Mexican Command Center (C2) and the US Command Center (C2). § Passive Terahertz (THz) imaging technology § The system shall be able to penetrate clothing to detect weapons, explosives, and other contraband, but does not compromise personal privacy. § The system shall be able to image pedestrians 4m – 7m. § The system should be rugged enough to withstand normal wear and tear and the tactical and rugged nature of day-to-day SAT/CBP operations. § The system shall be operable by (1) operator. § The system shall be relocatable and deployable within 1 hour. § The system shall have a minimal footprint and be easily and quickly deployable in crowded, high traffic environments such as airports and land border pedestrian crossings. § The system shall be able to penetrate through clothing to see contraband worn on the body. § The system shall have a throughput of at least 100 people per hour in order to handle a high-traffic environment. § The system shall be able to transmit images to a nearby workstation such that the image analyst can view images in real time as passengers walk through the target area being imaged. § The system shall be capable of transmitting scanned images to both SAT and CBP in at least two locations. § The system shall be fully operational in an indoor environment. § The system shall have image analysis software that is able to enhance anomaly detection. Environmental Conditions § Operational Environment - Indoor, dry, air conditioned environment § Temperature - Ambient temperature range from 5ºC to 35 ºC. The current capability gaps SAT/CBP faces in the field, which may be addressed by this system, are as follows: - There are currently no technologies deployed at SAT/CBP ports of entry that allow a high throughput of pedestrian traffic to be imaged without the use of radiation. - There is a need to increase scan rates in the passenger environment across all vectors.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/State/A-LM-AQM/A-LM-AQM/PR7779616/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: El Paso, Texas, 79901, United States
- Zip Code: 79901
- Zip Code: 79901
- Record
- SN05117498-W 20181007/181005230519-9a80c14266ec713aa0c8ce6128e86234 (fbodaily.com)
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