DHS/CBP Commercial Solutions Opening - General Solicitation - Linear Ground Detection Systems (LGDS)

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) is a non- Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) based solicitation authority for acquiring innovative and commercial solutions. Section 880 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2017 (Pub. L. 114-328) authorized DHS to implement a pilot program to competitively procure innovative commercial items, technologies, and services using CSO procedures. CSO is a new acquisition mechanism that provides a streamlined acquisition process and simplified contract terms that is designed to maximize efficiency and economy and minimize burden and administrative costs for both the Government and industry. The DHS, U.S. Customers and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Acquisition (OA) will use the CSO procedures to acquire innovative, commercial items, technologies and services currently in the production/commercialization phase as well as adaptations of existing commercial products. The CSO procedures are described throughout sections 1, 3, and 4 of the attached General Solicitation document. This General Solicitation announcement invites prospective submitters to respond to the attached solicitation document. For purposes of this posting, "Innovative" is defined as follows: Any item that is- A new technology, process, or method as of the date of submission of a proposal; or A new application or adaptation of an existing technology, process, or method as of the date of submission of a proposal. The CSO solicitation process will include a multi-phased solicitation and evaluation approach: Phase 1 - Submission and Evaluation of the Written Solution Brief, which may also include invitation for Oral Presentations/Product Demonstrations, and Phase 2- Request for Full Proposal Submission. Potential submitters are hereby advised of the following: - 1. Solicitation for solution briefs is not a guarantee that award and obligation of funds will be made. - 2. The costs incurred by companies in the preparation and submission of their solution briefs in response to solicitations will not be paid by the government. - 3. All potential recipients of CSOP awards must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) before the recipient is awarded the CSOP contract. - 4. Section 3 of the attached General Solicitation document provides for two different response submission dates. Please review the attached solicitation instructions for submission instructions and evaluation procedures. Additionally, please review Attachment 1 as a supplement to the solicitation document. Amendment 1 Please ensure to see the attached Q&A Docment - Amendment 1 & Updated General Solicitation - Amendment 1 attached to this amendment. This Amendment is to make the following changes to the Commercial Solutions Opening General Solicitation CSOP-BP-GS-000002: 1.) Remove the For Official Use Only (FOUO) stamp on the solicitation document Cover page. 2.) Provide a response to questions submitted pertaining to this General Solicitation. For this purpose, "Questions & Answers" (Q&A's) are provided with attached document "CSOP-BP-GS-000002_Q&A Document_Amendment 1.docx". 3.) Add Language to Section 4.5 "TECHNICAL DEMONSTRATIONS/ORAL PRESENTATIONS" in regards to Contractor's responsibilities for conducting Technical Demonstrations. Note: Technical Demonstrations are by invite only following solution brief submissions. 4.) Add language to Section 8 "TERMS AND CONDITIONS". Contract Terms 8.27 through 8.34 are hereby added with this amendment. 5.) Attachments provided with this amendment: a. Q&A Document - Amendment 1: CSOP-BP-GS-000002_Q&A Document_Amendment 1.docx b. Updated General Solicitation - Amendment 1: CSOP-BP-GS-000002_LGDS Solicitation_Amendment 1.docx Amendment 2 Please ensure to see the attached Q&A Docment - Amendment 2 & Updated General Solicitation - Amendment 2 attached to this amendment. This Amendment is to make the following changes to the Commercial Solutions Opening General Solicitation CSOP-BP-GS-000002: 1.) On Page 5, Section 3.1 of the solicitation, correct the page limit from 10 to a 15 page limit. 2.) Provide a response to questions submitted pertaining to this General Solicitation. For this purpose, "Questions & Answers" (Q&A's) are provided with attached document "CSOP-BP-GS-000002_Q&A Document_Amendment 2.docx". 3.)Attachments provided with this amendment: a. Q&A Document - Amendment 2: CSOP-BP-GS-000002_Q&A Document_Amendment 2.docx b. Updated General Solicitation - Amendment 2: CSOP-BP-GS-000002_LGDS Solicitation_Amendment 2.docx