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On-Person Screening and Alarm Resolution Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)

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70T04026BAA7573N001Federal

Submission Closed05/29/2026, 06:00:00 PM UTC

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AI Contract Overview

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) soliciting concept papers for development projects aimed at enhancing its On-Person Screening (OPS) and Alarm Resolution (AR) processes. The goal is to advance the TSA's ability to detect and respond effectively to emerging threats concealed on individuals, improving security operations and resource targeting. The solicitation is divided into two submission tracks: Track 01 focuses on OPS and includes technical topic areas such as limited mobility, footwear screening, touchless resolution, and emerging on-person technologies; Track 02 pertains to AR and centers on tabletop X-ray diffraction for alarm resolution. Interested offerors must submit questions by May 11, 2026, and concept papers by May 29, 2026, via email to the designated contracting officers. All communications must avoid classified or Sensitive Security Information unless prior coordination is made with the contracting officers. The announcement includes attachments covering submission instructions, pricing evaluation, relevant ITAR terms, and configuration management plans. This BAA supports TSA's mission to ensure safe and efficient security screening, aligning with strategic roadmaps to realize near-term improvements. The solicitation was posted on April 29, 2026, and no set-aside types apply to this opportunity.

General Info

TSA seeks concept papers to improve On-Person Screening and Alarm Resolution by May 29, 2026.

Agency

Department Of Homeland Security → Security Technology

NAICS

541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) View NAICS

Place of Performance

Springfield, VA, USA

Set-Aside

NONE

Documents

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BAA 70T04026BAA7573N001 TSA On-Person Screening and Alarm Resolution

PDF•baa

Government Q&A Response for BAA 70T04026BAA7573N001

PDF•q-and-a

OPS BAA 70T04026BAA7573N001 Price Evaluation Template

XLSX•price-evaluation-template

BAA 70T04026BAA7573N001 TSA On-Person Screening and Alarm Resolution

PDF•baa

Configuration Management Plan for OAPM TSA Version E August 31, 2018

PDF•configuration-management-plan

Attachment 2 - ITAR Terms and Conditions for BAA 70T04026BAA7573N001

PDF•terms-and-conditions

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PhaseClosed

PostedMay 18

special-notice

Response DeadlineMay 29

Deadline has passed

Submission Closed

05/29/2026, 06:00:00 PM UTC

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Organization & Contact Information

AgencyDepartment Of Homeland Security → Security Technology

Contacts2 people available

OfficeSpringfield, VA, 20598, USA

Organization / Agency

Department Of Homeland Security → Security Technology

Office AddressSpringfield, VA, 20598, USA

Contacts

Siobhan Mullen

contact@example.gov

Matthew Coniglio

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Full Description

Amendment 0001

The purpose of this Amendment 0001 to BAA 70T04026BAA7573N001 is to provide the responses to the contractual questions submitted.

Attached please find "Government QA Response BAA 70T04026BAA7573N001" with the above referenced responses.

In addition, Amendment 0001 corrects page 35 of Attachment A to state: "...evidence of the stated TRL Level of 4 or higher for Track 02; the potential importance, relevance, and timeliness of the effort to the BAA TTA objective(s) and TSA/RCA mission;" Attached please find Attachment A_BAA 70T04026BAA7573N001_V1 - updated version.

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This announcement is being made to support the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Requirements and Capabilities Analysis (RCA), Capabilities Management and Modernization division (CM&M) to open a BAA 70T04026BAA7573N001. The TSA RCA is interested in receiving concept papers for development projects that support the TSA mission of ensuring the safety and freedom of movement for people and commerce. To achieve its mission, the TSA seeks development opportunities across targeted strategic areas related to On-Person Screening (OPS) and Alarm Resolution (AR) processes for potential advancement and improvement to strengthen the agency’s ability to respond to shifting adversarial threats, detect emerging and evolving threats concealed on-person, and enable efficient and effective targeting of screening resources. The TSA is specifically interested in development that will provide for near term improvement of current security operations and capabilities, as aligned with RCA’s OPS and AR Roadmaps, by addressing several Technical Topic Areas (TTAs) in two submission tracks as shown below and further defined in Section B.

OPS - Track 01

TTA- 01, Limited Mobility
TTA- 02, Footwear Screening
TTA- 03, Touchless Resolution
TTA- 04, Emerging On-Person Technologies

AR - Track 02

TTA- 05, Tabletop X-Ray Diffraction for Alarm Resolution

All questions for this BAA must be electronically submitted to the BAA Contracting Officer (CO) at Siobhan.Mullen@tsa.dhs.gov and Matthew.Coniglio@tsa.dhs.gov, referencing the BAA number, title, and company name “OPS/AR BAA 70T04026BAA7573N001 [company]” no later than 2:00pm Eastern Time on May 11th, 2026. All communications shall be submitted via e-mail. Do not include any classified material or Sensitive Security Information (SSI) as defined in 49 CFR 1520. If Offerors must ask questions that contain classified material or SSI, please notify the BAA CO and additional instructions will be provided.

Answers to contractual questions related to this BAA will be addressed in the form of an Amendment and will be posted to the System for Award Management (SAM) webpage at https://www.Sam.gov. Answers to technical questions will be provided solely to the requester.

All concept paper submissions shall be sent electronically to the following email address of the Contracting Officer at Siobhan.Mullen@tsa.dhs.gov and Matthew.Coniglio@tsa.dhs.gov no later than 2:00pm Eastern Time on May 29th, 2026. All concept paper submissions shall have a subject line of the email that reads “OPS/AR- BAA 70T04026BAA7573N001 Concept Paper” and include the TTA, company name, and a short title of the concept. See Attachment A for additional instructions.

Please see attached BAA documents for details:

Attachment A- BAA 70T04026BAA7573N001
Attachment 1- Price Evaluation template
Attachment 2 – ITAR Terms and Conditions
Attachment 3 – Configuration Management Plan for OAPM

Tentative Schedule:

Announcement Released: April 29, 2026
Concept Paper Questions Due: May 11, 2026
Concept Paper Submissions Due: May 29, 2026