Funding-Chemical
Attribution Signature Studies for Chemical Threat Agents; September 18, 2009
Agency
Department
of Homeland Security
Description
The
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296) states that DHS S&T will
“support basic and applied homeland security research to promote revolutionary
changes in technologies; advance the development, testing and evaluation, and
deployment of critical homeland security technologies; and accelerate the
prototyping and deployment of technologies that would address homeland security
vulnerabilities.” Pursuant to this mission, the Chemical and Biological
Division (CBD) seeks technologies to prevent and defend against a chemical and
biological attack. In addition, the division is charged with the responsibility
to pursue research to improve response and restoration, conduct threat risk
assessments, and invest in chemical forensics and bioforensics
research and development. 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 threat of terrorist or criminal use of chemical threat agents (CTA) remains
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.
This solicitation is a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) issued under the
provisions of Paragraph 6.102(d)(2) of the Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to provide for the competitive selection of
research proposals. Contracts based on responses to this BAA are considered to
be the result of full and open competition and in full compliance with the
provisions of Public Law (PL) 98-369, “The Competition in Contracting Act of
1984.” A formal Request for Proposals (RFP) will not be issued. Awards under
this BAA are planned in Fiscal Year (FY) 2010. No contract awards or other
instruments that obligate funds will be made until appropriated funds are
available from which payment for contract purposes can be made.
Announcement
Number: BAA_09-16_DHS_ST
Closing
Date: Sep 18, 2009 5:00
pm Eastern
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=248570fe5986538bc17421d11ad915d3&tab=core&_cview=0
Contact
Information
Janet
Herman
Phone:
202-254-6918