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This Government Contract opportunity from Department Of Homeland Security was posted on September 6, 2023. The submission period has ended. Browse the details below for market research, or find similar active opportunities.

Integrated Surveillance Towers (IST) Consolidated Tower & Surveillance Equipment (CTSE) Award

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The Integrated Surveillance Towers (IST) Consolidated Tower and Surveillance Equipment (CTSE) award, managed by the Department of Homeland Security's Air and Marine Contracting Division, focuses on the acquisition and upgrading of surveillance infrastructure to support U.S. Border Patrol operations. The program aims to deploy approximately 277 new surveillance towers across 53 separate Areas of Responsibility and upgrade roughly 191 legacy towers in 31 separate areas. These systems are designed to provide continuous, 24/7 detection, identification, classification, and tracking of items of interest along the northern and southern borders, with each tower customized to meet specific environmental and operational threats. The CTSE systems are comprised of four primary subsystems: tower, power, instrumentation, and communications. To ensure operational effectiveness, the program emphasizes critical performance metrics such as detection sensitivity, localization accuracy, and reliability thresholds. This effort is supported by market research and vendor inquiries to establish updated cost estimates and define sustainment maturity levels, ensuring the long-term viability and maintenance of the surveillance network.

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Contract Value

$0

NAICS

334511 - Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing

Place of Performance

DC, USA

Set-Aside

NONE

Award Issued Date

Documents

2

CBP Persistent Surveillance and Detection (PSD) RFI

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Notice type changed from Award Notice to Sources Sought. Response deadline changed from Sep 1, 2023 to Apr 19, 2024. The notice title changed. The notice description changed. The point of contact changed.

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AgencyDepartment Of Homeland Security → Air And Marine Contracting Division
Contacts1 person available
OfficeWASHINGTON, DC, 20229, USA
Office AddressWASHINGTON, DC, 20229, USA
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The IST Program will use the CTSE IDIQ contracts to acquire medium and long-range surveillance towers. These surveillance towers will be comprised of multiple subsystems that allow U.S. Border Patrol agents to continuously detect, identify, classify, and track Items of Interest (IoI) 24 hours a day, seven days a week within each tower system's area of coverage under typical operating conditions found along the southern and northern borders. Each CTSE surveillance tower will be customized to the threat and operational/ environmental conditions of the Border Patrol Station Area of Responsibility (AoR) in which they will be deployed. CTSE consists of the following subsystems: Tower subsystem, Power subsystem, Instrumentation subsystem, and Communications subsystem. The IST Program will acquire approximately 277 new IST towers in 53 separate USBP AoRs and upgrade approximately 191 legacy surveillance towers in 31 separate AoRs.

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