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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF APRIL 20, 2008 FBO #2337
DOCUMENT

A -- RFI - Chemical Infrastructure Risk Assessment - RFI - CIRA

Notice Date

4/18/2008
 

Notice Type

RFI - CIRA
 

NAICS

541711 — Research and Development in Biotechnology
 

Contracting Office

Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Washington, District of Columbia, 20528
 

ZIP Code

20528
 

Solicitation Number

RFI-08-CIRA
 

Response Due

5/19/2008
 

Point of Contact

Albert J Dainton, Phone: 202-254-6371, Michele Midgett,, Phone: 202-254-6836
 

E-Mail Address

albert.dainton@dhs.gov, michele.midgett@dhs.gov
 

Small Business Set-Aside

8a Competitive
 

Description

Request for information- Chemical Infrastructure Risk Assessment: The Chemical Security Analysis Center (CSAC), part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Directorate of Science and Technology (S&T), is seeking sources to execute various components of a probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) focused on the chemical supply chain. The DHS Directorate of S&T is tasked with researching and organizing the scientific, engineering, and technological resources of the United States and leveraging these existing resources into technological tools to help protect the homeland. The Chemical Countermeasures Program Area will support this effort through the Chemical Infrastructure Risk Assessment program (CIRA). The CIRA is a formal statistical risk assessment which will calculate the acute risk to human health (lethalities and casualties) and the economic consequences due to a terrorist-initiated release of DHS Appendix A list of Chemicals of interest (http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/chemsec_appendixafinalrule.pdf (Appendix A) from a point in the chemical supply chain. The assessment will consider a number of factors such as technical and financial resources of the terrorist group, initiating frequency of events, interdiction frequency, efficacy of post-event mitigation measures, medical mitigation and dissemination of the released chemical. The uncertainty associated with each of the events and parameters will be carried through the calculation so that the final risk is expressed as a mean or median value with an overall uncertainty band. The economic consequences of the release, in terms of damage and lost production of affected facilities, damage to transportation infrastructure and the secondary effects to related businesses as well as medical costs, will be calculated. The economic impact of decontamination and costs for reentry to an area will also be estimated as part of this program. The tasks described in the attached RFI will support a quantitative risk assessment of events that could occur within the chemical supply chain making, using, storing or transporting Appendix A chemicals at or above the standard threshold quantity (STQ). The risk assessment is expected to be based on a similar methodology developed by the nuclear industry and modified for use in the Bioterrorism Risk Assessment (BTRA) and chemical terrorism risk assessment studies (CTRA) previously conducted for DHS. The risk assessment will be broken into distinct project areas commensurate with the tasks described in the attached RFI. Each project area will be assessed and awarded separately, so potential performers whose expertise are limited to one area may choose to submit a response to this RFI that is limited/focused to that task/project area. In responding to this RFI, please provide a 3-5 page summary, containing a description of the technical approach to be taken to address a particular task and a rough order of magnitude (ROM) of the scope of the effort.
 

Web Link

FedBizOpps Complete View
(https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=1e15af0e56dc4099788178a49232f076&tab=core&_cview=1)
 

Document(s)

RFI - CIRA
 

File Name: RFI attachment includes information about tasks/project areas and deliverables for which contracts will be awarded. (CIRA RFI.pdf)

Link: https://www.fbo.gov//utils/view?id=730f70c43bcf9062e438d8192287516d

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Note: If links are broken, refer to Point of Contact above or contact the FBO Help Desk at 877-472-3779.
 

Place of Performance

Address: TBD, Washington, District of Columbia, 20528, United States

Zip Code: 20528
 

Record

SN01557262-W 20080420/080418220405-1e15af0e56dc4099788178a49232f076 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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