IONSCAN Trace Detection Project

Forecast Recompete Updated

Agency
Solicitation expected
Estimated value
$5,000,000 to $10,000,000
Set-aside
No set-aside

Forecast facts

Incumbent contract
Previous solicitation
IONSCAN Trace Detection Recapitalization and Disposal Limited / Sole Source Justification · 70Z02322CMLE00001 · Posted Sep 29, 2023
Anticipated award
Through
Acquisition strategy
Follow-on to Existing Contract
NAICS code
334511 Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
Place of performance
Portsmouth, VA
Forecast number
F2025071635
Points of contact

Forecast details come from DHS's Acquisition Planning Forecast System. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.

About this forecast

The U.S. Coast Guard is recompeting a firm fixed-price contract for service support, loaner devices, consumable kits, and training for IONSCAN 500DT and 600 trace detection equipment used in maritime law enforcement operations, with solicitation release estimated for March 15, 2027, and award targeted for September 23, 2027. The devices detect and identify trace residue of illicit narcotics and explosives; work includes establishing service support for Coast Guard units conducting maritime law enforcement activities, maintaining a pool of loaner devices accessible across the fleet, delivering consumable kits to select units, and providing training.

The estimated award value ranges from $5 million to $10 million for a one-year period of performance running from September 23, 2027, through September 22, 2028. Performance takes place in Portsmouth, Virginia. Cora Good, Contract Specialist at the Coast Guard's C5I C2 Contract Operations Division 2, serves as the primary point of contact at cora.b.good@uscg.mil or (703) 417-5588.

Forecast text

IONSCAN is the trade name for a device that detects & identifies trace residue of illicit narcotics & explosives. Smiths Detection’s IONSCAN 500DT (Dual Tube) is a reliable, highly sensitive detector that can accurately identify trace residues of a wide variety of explosives and narcotics. The detector can detect very small (trace) amounts of substances.

Contract with Smiths Detection to continue to provide service support for IONSCAN devices deployed in the Coast Guard fleet, to provide a pool of loaner devices accessible by all Coast Guard units that conduct Maritime Law Enforcement activities, to provide consumable kits to select units, and to provide for training.

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