[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 19 (Monday, January 30, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 5757]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2243]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Availability of Solicitation for Explosive Detection System (EDS)
Demonstration Project Cooperative Agreement
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of availability of solicitation.
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SUMMARY: The FAA is authorized under section 107 of the Aviation
Security Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-604) to award grants and
to enter into cooperative agreements to fund research to improve
aviation security. A cooperative agreement is used instead of a
research grant when substantial involvement by the FAA in the research
activity is anticipated. The FAA is soliciting proposals from eligible
applicants to enter into one or more cooperative agreements for an
Explosive Detection System (EDS) Demonstration Project to be
temporarily installed at a qualified airport.
DATES: Requests for the solicitation must be received before February
14, 1995. The solicitation will open February 14, 1995 and will close
March 16, 1995. All applications responsive to the solicitation must be
received on or before March 16, 1995.
ADDRESSES: Inquiries regarding this matter should be detected to: EDS
Proposals, Federal Aviation Administration Technical Center, Office of
Research and Technology Applications, Grants Officer, ACL-1, Building
270, Room B115, Atlantic City International Airport, NJ 08405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions of a technical nature may be
addressed to Mr. Tom Guarini at (609) 485-7098. Questions related to
grants and cooperative agreements may be addressed to Ms. Kathleen
Fazen at (609) 485-4431.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Section 107 of Pub. L. 101-604, The Aviation Security Improvement
Act of 1990, provides for grants to colleges, universities, and other
appropriate research institutions and facilities with demonstrated
ability to conduct research in technologies and procedures to
counteract terrorist acts against civil aviation (49 U.S.C. 44912). The
purpose of the EDS Demonstration Project is to evaluate the
feasibility, effectiveness, and suitability of an advanced, FAA
certified EDS being considered for full deployment to protect civil
aviation from terrorist and other criminal action. This effort will
involve using an FAA certified EDS as the key element in a Baggage
Inspection System (BIS). The grantee shall design and install the BIS
within 12 months of award, deploy it for up to 12 months at a Category
X Airport to inspect all checked baggage traveling to extraordinary
security locations, and collect data. The BIS includes all materials,
equipment, facilities, baggage control system interfaces, procedures,
training, personnel, special coordinating agreements, logistics
support, threat containment and disposal provisions, security, safety
and technical data necessary to install, operate, and remove the
system. The BIS shall provide a capability to load, automatically
inspect, and unload baggage. It also shall include a capability to
track all bags and resolve alarms.
Additional requirements are identified in the solicitation: FAA
Cooperative Agreement for Explosives Detection System (EDS)
Demonstration Project Solicitation 95.2.
II. Eligibility
The applicant must be a US Flagged Air Carrier handling
approximately 10 to 15 daily flights from its proposed site at a
Category X Airport to extraordinary security locations.
Specific selection criteria is set out in the solicitation.
Clyde A. Miller,
Manager, ATM Automation Division, ARD-100.
[FR Doc. 95-2243 Filed 1-27-95; 8:45 am]
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