Funding-CHEMICAL
ATTRIBUTION SIGNATURE STUDIES FOR CHEMICAL THREAT AGENTS; January 20, 2012
Agency
The
Department of Homeland Security
Description
The
Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate Chemical and
Biological Division (CBD) seeks technologies to
prevent and defend against a chemical and biological attack. Within the
Chemical and Biological Division is the Threat Characterization and Attribution
(TCA) Branch, which has the mission to conduct threat and risk assessments on
both traditional and advanced agents; conduct experiments to close major
scientific knowledge gaps; provide scientific support to the biodefense,
chemical defense and intelligence communities; and provide the Nation with an
operational biological and chemical forensics capability. The Chemical
Forensics Program (Chem FP) supports the latter part
of the above TCA mission. The threat of terrorist or criminal use of chemical
threat agents is of great concern in the United States. There are
vulnerabilities that create the need to perform chemical analyses for
attribution in a rigorous scientific manner. As part of the effort to deter
criminal and terrorist chemical attacks and strengthen the law enforcement
response to such an act, Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 22, a
classified document dealing with domestic chemical defense, was issued. An
unclassified portion of this document addresses attribution as a means of
identifying the nature and source of materials, the perpetrators and the
methods of chemical attacks.
Announcement
Number:
BAA12-002
Closing
Date:
Jan 20, 2012 4:30 pm Eastern
Link
to Full Announcement
Contact
Information
Vaughn
I. Oswald,
Contract
Specialist
Phone:
202-254-2406
Fax:
202-254-6911