Research, Engineering and Development, Test and Evaluation II (RE&D DT&E II)

The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate awarded a Master IDIQ for research, engineering and development; developmental test and evaluation; general engineering; laboratory operations; and supplemental laboratory and test range facilities supporting the Transportation Security Laboratory at the William J. Hughes Technical Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey, with ordering authority through June 15, 2023—now closed as of three years ago.

The vehicle established on June 4, 2018, is no longer accepting new task orders. Of the $91 million shared ceiling, task orders totaling $76.7 million in combined potential value were awarded across 31 orders, with $67.5 million obligated (88% of potential value). Ordering momentum peaked in 2019 with 12 task orders, then declined to one order in 2023, reflecting the vehicle's approaching expiration. The most recent task order award was March 31, 2023.

Work spans developmental test and evaluation of screening and detection technologies, including advanced imaging and automated threat recognition systems for cargo, baggage, and on-person screening; explosives and chemical detection capability development; commercial aircraft vulnerability mitigation and blast response modeling; and electromagnetic signatures and synthetic opioid detection research. All 31 orders are unrestricted, with no set-aside designations. Pricing is consistently time and materials across the portfolio.

Competition is concentrated: Battelle Memorial Institute holds 64% of awarded orders by potential value ($44.1 million across 20 awards), while Signature Science LLC holds 42% ($32.5 million across 11 awards). These two primes account for 100% of orders under the vehicle. Customer concentration is similarly narrow—the DHS Science and Technology Directorate funded 30 of 31 orders ($76.2 million), with a single $505 thousand order from the DHS Chief Financial Officer.

Task orders range from under $300 thousand to $18.8 million in ceiling value. The largest single award was Delivery Order 70RSAT18D00000004-70RSAT19FR0000016 to Signature Science LLC at $18.8 million ceiling for applied research and development in test and evaluation support (awarded February 13, 2019). Other substantial orders include one to Battelle for checked and carry-on baggage certification readiness testing at $5.95 million (June 14, 2019) and another to Battelle for millimeter-wave imaging screening at speed at $5.0 million potential value (April 19, 2021). The vehicle is closed to new task orders and represents a legacy opportunity for retrospective analysis only.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded a Master IDIQ for technical services to support research, engineering and development (RE&D); developmental test and evaluation (DT&E); general engineering; laboratory operations; and supplemental laboratory and test range facilities in support of the Science and Technology (S&T) Transportation Security Laboratory (TSL), located at the William J. Hughes Technical Center Atlantic City International Airport in New Jersey. These mission critical services will support DHS national security efforts to counter current and emerging terrorist threats and criminal acts through research, development, and implementation of deterrent and detection technologies.