PSD Presolicitation Notice.pdf

Presolicitation Notice – 70B02C25R00000082 “Persistent Surveillance Detection (PSD) System Expansion”

The United States Border Patrol (USBP), Program Management Office Directorate (PMOD), Cross Border Tunnel Threat (CBTT) will solicit proposals from the Open Market to perform “Persistent Surveillance Detection (PSD) System Expansion” along with the Southwest Border. The contractor will provide to provide continuous detection capabilities in high-risk areas. This capability also includes the ability to find links to existing infrastructure and to locate (within a certain degree of accuracy) the point at which a tunnel crosses the border. Additionally, USBP requires the capability to forecast the trajectory of a detected tunnel to the suspected entrance on the Mexican or Canadian side of the border, and to estimate the subsurface path to the exit point on the U.S.

side of the border.

Detection capability is required in diverse environments on both the Northern and Southwestern borders, such as rural, urban, coastal, desert, and rugged, mountainous terrain. Actionable detection information will be provided with appropriate timeliness to determine and coordinate the law enforcement response, interdiction by USBP agents, or remediation to deny adversarial tunnel use.

These systems were designed for 24/7/365-day operations and should maintain a high system reliability. The system should be designed to employ health and status monitoring capability in order to predict and identify mission critical system failures and quickly report them to the operator in a clear, understandable, and usable manner.

Contractor employees will be required to meet all USBP security screening requirements which include a criminal history, fingerprinting and background check.

This acquisition is a Full and Open procurement and will be conducted in accordance with FAR Subpart 15.1. The size standard for this requirement is 1,350 employees. USBP/PMOD/CBT anticipates publishing the RFQ on or about July 3, 2025, on the SAM.gov, with proposals due on or about July 28, 2025. Contract award is estimated on or about September 1, 2025, with an effective start date approximately 15 days later. A firm fixed price contract is contemplated with a total period of performance, including option periods, of five (5) years. The performance period consists of one 12-month base period with four 12-month option periods.

This notice is not considered to be a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for information solicited; no basis for a claim against the Government shall arise as a result from a response to this notice or Government use of any information provided. Request for the solicitation will not be accepted, DO NOT REQUEST A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION.

Place of Performance: Various location along the Southwest border

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