RSPA
28-01
Wednesday, November 7, 2001
Contacts: Jim Mitchell
Damon A. Hill
Tel:
202-366-4831
RSPA
Extends Deadline to Submit Innovative Transportation Security Technologies
The U. S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Special Programs
Administration (RSPA) has extended to Nov. 21 the deadline for submitting papers
on technical or project activities that would improve the security or reduce the
vulnerability of transportation services to accidental or intentional
disruption.
Recognizing
the need to develop innovative technologies and operational concepts that
address transportation security, RSPA issued Broad Agency Announcement
(BAA) No. DTRS56-01-BAA-0002 on Sept. 25, 2001 in response to the tragic
transportation related incidents in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.
on Sept. 11, 2001.
RSPA’s
objective is to identify developing technologies, methods and concepts that
would have the ability to predict, detect or deal with security threats in all
types of transportation services and operations. Examples of these activities would be in-flight aviation
threats, service disruptions to marine operations and ports, and surveillance of
transportation systems through land and space-based sensing, communications and
control technologies.
A two-phase proposal submission process is currently underway. During the first phase, interested parties are requested to submit white papers which describe their ideas in response to the BAA. RSPA will subsequently convene an evaluation panel to review all submitted descriptions. In the second phase, submitters of the most innovative ideas will be requested to provide more detailed descriptions to have their submissions formally evaluated. These full proposals in the second phase may form the basis for a subsequent contract.
To
obtain additional information concerning the BAA, interested parties can visit: http://www.rspa.dot.gov/rbaa0002_d.html.
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