Funding-DOI --
DETECTION SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING AGRICULTURAL PATHOGENS; June 1, 2015
Agency
Department
of the Interior
National
Business Center
Description
The
Department of the Interior, Interior Business Center, Acquisition
Services Directorate releases BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) 15DHS-002
Agricultural Screening Tools Project Detection Systems for Identifying
Agricultural Pathogens on behalf of Department of Homeland Security Science and
Technology (S&T) Directorate. The threat of terrorist or unintentionally
introduction of a foreign animal, emerging, or zoonotic disease on the U.S.
economy is of great concern in the United States. There are vulnerabilities
that create the need to perform surveillance and monitoring of endemic and
foreign animal diseases rapidly, accurately, and economically using a single
diagnostic sample. This BAA seeks to provide sound scientific techniques
related to supporting development and deployment of diagnostic and screening
technologies for surveillance and detection efforts to protect against any
high-consequence livestock pathogens. Both laboratory based approaches and
field deployable approaches will be considered although preference will be
granted to field deployable solutions. The mission of this project is the
development of screening systems to aid in protecting the U.S. public health,
food supply and livestock. Specific areas that are being addressed include: 1)
veterinary medical countermeasures to detect, control, and eradicate foreign or
endemic animal diseases; 2) screening tools that can be used to inspect
packages or people entering the U.S. for agricultural threats. Tools developed
must provide rapid detection of multiple agents prioritized as the highest risk
agents for use in a national laboratory network or portable and rugged enough
for use in the field by local/state/federal diagnosticians.
Announcement
Number:
15DHS-002
Closing
Date:
Jun
01, 2015
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.fbo.gov/index?id=b8bd685f028f42477340267b2420f826
Contact
Information
Russell
Choate
(520)
439-2431