As the number of new daily COVID-19 cases continues to climb, the Homeland Security Department’s tech wing—the Science and Technology Directorate, or S&T—released a call through its Silicon Valley Innovation Program for new technologies and processes focused on protecting employees’ and citizens’ health and privacy.
The new call for proposals is being issued against S&T’s ongoing SVIP Other Transaction Solicitation, a multiyear broad agency agreement using the agency’s other transaction authority—a procurement method outside the Federal Acquisition Regulation often used to tap nontraditional tech companies to work on edge problems.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on many facets of DHS operations as well as the health and safety of agents, officers and the public,” the new call for proposals states. “While this SVIP Emerging Needs Topic Call is intended to address several near-term use cases in response to the current pandemic, it is envisioned these solutions will have broader application to enhancing DHS operations as well as prepare DHS for any future mitigation.”
While the use cases developed through the acquisition will likely be useful across DHS, the solicitation is focused on six component offices: DHS Chief Security Officer, DHS Policy, National Biosurveillance Integration Center, Transportation Security Administration, Citizenship and Immigration, and the Secret Service.
As an added bonus, S&T officials said they are also coordinating with the research and pandemic response arms of the Health and Human Services Department to make the most of any overlap.
“Proposals offering technologies with potential application to FDA governed medical diagnostics or therapeutic ..
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