Tactical Security System (TSS)

AMENDMENT ONE: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ARE ATTACHED- USAF TSS Support Consolidated Q and A THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. The Force Protection Division Modernization Branch (AFLCMC/HBUM) is seeking information from industry to learn if and how a prospective vendor could provide a commercial, rapidly deployable Tactical Security System (TSS) to the Government to be used in expeditionary environments.

It is expected that a commercial TSS solution will equip the United States Air Force (USAF) Security Forces (SF) enterprise with a rapidly deployable system that can provide area threat detection and assessment to an integrated reporting station and connected mobile devices. The Government is interested in commercial TSS solutions that are self-contained, modular, scalable, tailorable, lightweight (can be carried to a site by a 2 person team), and rapidly deployable.

Future efforts will likely integrate longer range capabilities with this initial lightweight system. The Government’s desired TSS solution needs to be usable in all weather and light conditions and be able to operate when they are geographically dispersed from a Base Defense Operations Center (BDOC). The desired TSS solution should also let the user view and manipulate the TSS solution through a simple and intuitive user interface.

This solution shall be capable of operating at least 72 hours on stored energy and storing- at least 72 hours of continuous surveillance data. Interested vendors should identify their TSS solution’s ability to withstand world-wide environmental conditions. Finally, the desired TSS solution shall be able to surveil a base perimeter and temporary base security zones in tactical environments continuously for at least 3 months.

The security information collected by the commercial TSS solution is expected to be no higher than unclassified but may require information protection controls. Since the Government is interested in a commercial TSS solution, the Government is requesting information about potential solutions that are at a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 7 or higher. Currently, the Government is not seeking information relative to development efforts.