HPT_Special_Notice_06-23-14.pdf

Special Notice

Human Portable Tripwire

Synopsis:

THIS IS A SPECIAL NOTICE ONLY. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) would like to:

1. To provide advance notice of the pending release of the Human Portable Tripwire

Request for Proposal (RFP).

2. It is the Government’s intent to release the HPT RFP on or about Thursday, June 26, 2014. Questions will be due no later than Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at 5 pm EST with proposal due no later than Monday, July 28, 2014 at Noon.

3. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) intends to award one or more single award

Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (ID/IQ) contracts from this solicitation for commercial items under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, “Acquisition of

Commercial Items.” The contract(s) resulting from this solicitation will be available for use throughout the entire Department.

4. DNDO is interested in procuring “Non-Developmental,” “Commercial” or

“Commercially Available Off-the Shelf (COTS)” system(s) as defined in the Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 2, that meet the requirements identified in the HPT

Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) at Attachment 1 of the RFP. Offerors responding to this solicitation shall provide supporting documentation that their proposed system is a COTS or commercially available system.

HPT systems must be capable of detecting and identifying radiation/nuclear (R/N) threats, storing the identification results, and communicating results in real-time (wired and/or wireless) to Reach Back. In addition, HPT systems designed to be worn by officers and agents, must support the need for personal protection from exposure to R/N threats.

The HPT requirements are based on a combination of the American National Standards

Institute (ANSI), American National Standard Performance Requirements for

Spectroscopic Personal Radiation Detectors (SPRDs) for Homeland Security, ANSI 42.48, May 23, 2008 and Component unique requirements. The DHS Components with the largest potential requirements for HPT systems are the United States Coast

Guard (USCG), the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the

Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

The HPT RTM (Attachment 1 to the RFP) defines threshold and objective requirements, with a subset of the requirements designated as “High Priority.” High priority requirements are equivalent to key performance parameters (KPPs), and deemed essential or critical for an effective system.

Specific HPT requirements are designated as “Maritime Only” in support of the USCG and other maritime users. DHS reserves the right to award more than one ID/IQ contract, potentially procuring a HPT Baseline System and a HPT Maritime System.

5. The Government’s evaluation of proposals will include Offeror Demonstrations to be conducted at DNDO.

6. Offerors included in the competitive range will be invited to Government Testing. The invitation to Offerors selected to proceed to Government Testing will be in the form of a proposed bailment agreement. A draft of the bailment agreement will be included with the RFP. The bailment agreement will instruct the Offeror to provide ten (10) HPT

Systems and their ancillary equipment for government testing at no cost or liability to the

Government.

7. Offerors will be responsible for shipping the equipment; systems are to be provided

(loaned) at no cost to the Government; the Government will not be liable for any damage to test articles. Upon completion of testing, the equipment will be returned to Offerors at the Offeror's expense.

Previous Related FEDBIZOPPS Links:

Base Notice: Human Portable Tripwire (HPT) Special Announcement - DNDO_HPT_2-9-2012

Base Notice: Request for Information on a Human Portable Tripwire (HPT) - HSHQDC-14-R-

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Contracting Office Address:

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Office of Procurement Operations

Domestic Nuclear Detection Office

Acquisition Division

245 Murray Lane, SW, Bldg. 410

Washington, DC 20528

Primary Point of Contact:

Lori Lawson

Contracting Officer

Lori.Lawson@hq.dhs.gov

Phone: (202) 254-7168

Secondary Points of Contact:

Willie Lindsey

Contract Specialist

Willie.Lindsey@hq.dhs.gov phone: (202) 254-7008

Matthew Robertson

Contract Specialist matthew.robertson@hq.dhs.gov phone: (202) 254-77163 mailto:Lori.Lawson@hq.dhs.gov mailto:Willie.Lindsey@hq.dhs.gov mailto:matthew.robertson@hq.dhs.gov