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The Office of Procurement Operations (OPO) on behalf of the Office of Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) hereby issues this notice of intent to award a sole source procurement. DHS OPO intends to solicit and award an extension of systems engineering and technical assistance (SETA) support services for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) efforts as a sole source Task Order modification to Noblis, Inc, 2002 Edmund Halley Drive, Reston, VA 20191. This is a notice of intent to solicit and award a sole source contract under the authority of FAR 6.103-1 “Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements”. The relevant NAICS code is 541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services, with a size standard of $24.5 million. The PSC code is R408, Support-Professional: Program Management/Support. Summary of the requirement Background DHS S&T's mission promotes the development of effective techniques to protect our citizens and our country's infrastructure against the devastating effects of explosives by seeking innovative approaches in detection and in countermeasures. S&T provides concepts, science, technologies, and systems that increase protection from explosives and promotes the development of field equipment, technologies, and procedures to interdict explosives. Among its missions, S&T develops explosives countermeasures, including the detection, mitigation, and response to explosive threats including: all modes of transportation within the Transportation Systems Sector (Aviation, Maritime, Mass Transit, Highway, and Freight Rail); in checked and carry-on baggage; homemade explosives (HME); improvised explosive devices (IEDs); vehicle borne IEDs (VBIEDs); person borne IEDs (PBIEDs); and response and defeat technologies. S&T accomplishes this through interactions with potential partners in the private sector, university communities, national labs, government agencies, and international partners to leverage collective expertise, resources, and knowledge to efficiently and effectively develop capabilities aligned to the mission-critical needs of the HSE. Within S&T, several of these Programs are executed by the Mission and Capability Support (MCS) Office. The Screening at Speed (SaS) program conducts research and development of new technology, techniques, and processes that allow aviation checkpoints to screen 300 passengers and their carry- on belongings per lane per hour to TSA's highest security standards. New systems will reduce the need for divestiture of outerwear or removal of liquids and electronics from carry-on bags and adapt dynamically to information provided by risk-based screening. Raising throughput and lowering costs will also enable highly secure screening to support other Homeland Security customers. The Screening at Speed program aims to deliver solutions and shape future screening technology development. S&T is identifying opportunities to au…

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