Advanced X-ray Material Discrimination

Added: Jun 04, 2013 10:14 am The purposes of Amendment 00009 are to specify that subcontractor cost proposals are due by the full proposal due date (either to BAA13-05@hq.dhs.gov or with the full proposal) and to post answers to questions received by June 3, 2013.

Added: May 23, 2013 3:39 pm The purpose of Amendment 00008 is to post answers to questions received by May 22, 2013.

Added: May 15, 2013 4:10 pm The purposes of Amendment 00007 are to extend the full proposal submission due date to 12p.m. Eastern Time on 14 June 2013, and to post answers to questions received by May 14, 2013. 

Added: Apr 16, 2013 1:15 pm The purpose of Amendment 00006 is to extend the white paper registration and white paper submission deadlines to 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 16 April 2013.

Added: Apr 15, 2013 8:54 am The purpose of Amendment 00005 is to extend the white paper registration deadline to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 15 April 2013 and to extend the white paper submission deadline to 12:00 p.m. noon on 16 April 2013.

Added: Apr 10, 2013 4:57 pm

The purpose of Amendment 00004 is to extend the white paper registration deadline through 12pm Eastern time on April 12, 2013 and to post questions and answers to questions received on April 10, 2013. 

Added: Apr 10, 2013 12:48 pm The purpose of Amendment 00003  is to post questions and answers dated April 10, 2013 to provide answers to additional questions received before April 10, 2013.  No changes have been made to the BAA 13-05 document.

Added: Apr 02, 2013 3:46 pm The purpose of Amendment 00002 is to extend the white paper registration deadline through 12pm Eastern time on April 10, 2013 and to extend the white paper submission deadline through 12pm Eastern time on April 15, 2013.

Added: Mar 20, 2013 11:04 am The purpose of Amendment 00001 is to post answers to questions received by the question cut-off date of March 14, 2013. 

Added: Mar 07, 2013 3:36 pm This BAA will advance aviation security and improvised explosive threat detection by providing enabling technology for subsequent incorporation into EDS and AT screening equipment by future development acquisitions.

The primary technical focus is significantly enhancing capabilities for improvised explosive threat detection by reducing false alarm rates on multiple improvised explosive threat classes with improved probability of detection, while increasing screening throughput, supporting TSA's risk-based screening, and reducing equipment life-cycle costs.

This BAA seeks new system solutions employing revolutionary technologies capable of offering significant enhancement to the overall detection capability metrics. Minor or incremental improvements are not of interest for this BAA. Transition periods of 4-5 years are anticipated; however S&T has interest in technologies that may offer nearer term retrofit capability into the deployed EDS and AT platforms.

Achieving revolutionary enhancements in improvised explosive threat detection requires new techniques for distinguishing the stream-of-commerce bag clutter from improvised explosive threats.

Towards these goals, this BAA solicits responses to the following five task areas:

1) Task Area 1: X-ray Test Bed Prototypes
2) Task Area 2: Supporting Analytical Tasks
3) Task Area 3: Test and Evaluation Support
4) Task Area 4: Architectural Components
5) Task Area 5: X-Ray System Architectural Design Concepts