ITF Innovative Demonstrations for Enterprise Advancement (IDEA) 2018 BAA

The purpose of Amendment 5 is to extend the BAA response submission date until Friday, October 26, 2018, at 12:00PM EDT. Vendors that have already provided submissions may revise and resubmit materials. .

The purposed of Amendment 4 is to:
1. Provide the Industry Day Slide Presentation dated 09/06/2018; and
2. Update the Primary Point of Contact.

The purpose of this amendment is to add language to Attachment 1 -IDEA BAA No. 70T04018K9NSTD105 in the following areas:

1.Page 6/7 - V. BAA Problem Statements, Problem Statement 9. On-Person Screening at Speed
2.Page 11 - VII. Review of Vendor Responses
3.Page 11 - VIII. Procurement Instrument

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The purpose of this amendment is to announce the Innovation Task Force Industry Day and include revised language in Attachment 1 -IDEA BAA No. 70T04018K9STD105, which adds Problem Statement #9 and applicable details.

Please join TSA's Innovation Task Force (ITF) on Thursday, September 6th for an Industry Day. The day will include an overview ofand current initiatives, a discussion of the requirements for ITF's recent Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) - Innovative Demonstrations for Enterprise Advancement (IDEA), and an opportunity to understand which solutions and innovations are most impactful in the field. The day will also include time to network with your peers in the transportation security industry. To register for the Industry Day, see the attached link.

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This publication constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.102(d)(2) and 35.016.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Innovation Task Force (ITF) is interested in receiving concept papers and proposals to improve its understanding of existing market capabilities and identify vendors capable of enhancing the transportation security system in accordance with the attached details of the announcement.
The objective is to obtain potential solutions to a number of problem areas associated with aviation security. These areas include:

1. Alarm Resolution
2. Identity Verification
3. Emerging Threat Detection
4. Automated Security Design
5. Passenger Communications
6. Real Time Support Tools for Transportation Security Officers (TSO) to increase security effectiveness.
7. Passenger Load Distribution/Passenger Wait Times

A formal Request for Proposals (RFP), other solicitation, or additional information regarding this announcement will not be issued. Readers should note that this is an announcement to declare TSA's broad role in competitive funding of meritorious research across a spectrum of science and engineering disciplines.

The TSA will not issue paper copies of this announcement. TSA reserves the right to fund all, some or none of the proposals received in response to this BAA, a factor of which will depend upon availability of funds. TSA provides no funding for direct reimbursement of proposal development costs. Technical and cost proposals (or any other material) submitted in response to this BAA will not be returned. It is the policy of TSA to treat all proposals as sensitive competitive information and to disclose their contents for the purposes of evaluation.

The following attachments are hereby incorporated:

Attachment 1 -IDEA BAA No. 70T04018K9NSTD105
Attachment 2 - TSA Terms and Conditions: The attached clauses may be applicable to a resultant contract.
Attachment 3 - IDEA Cover Sheet

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