DHS COVID-19 COMMERCIAL
SOLUTIONS OPENING PILOT (CSOP)
INDUSTRY DAY
Office of the Chief Procurement Officer
June 3, 2020
2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Agenda
Opening Remarks Soraya Correa, CPO
Submission and Peer Review Process OPO CSOP Contracting Officers (Joseph
Pianese and Phorsha Peel)
Organization Priorities Polly Hall (Director, Procurement Innovation Lab)
OCRSO (Trae Watkins, Deputy Chief Readiness Support Officer)
OCHCO (Roland Edwards, Deputy Chief Human Capital Officer)
S&T (John Fischer, Director, Technology Scouting and Transition)
FEMA (Denise Morales, Acting Deputy Director, Customer Support Division)
TSA (Mario Wilson, Assistant Administrator, Component Acquisition Executive)
Q&A
Closing Remarks Soraya Correa, CPO
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SORAYA CORREA
DHS Chief Procurement Officer and Senior Procurement Executive
SUBMISSION AND PEER REVIEW
PROCESS
Joseph Pianese CSOP Contracting Officer
Phorsha Peel CSOP Contracting Officer
Office of Procurement Operations
Joseph Pianese, CSOP Contracting Officer
First: Do you have an innovative commercial product to offer? Product must be:
New or new application of a product, technology, process, method, or R&D
Support the COVID-19 response or similar microbial threats
Cannot be a service-oriented response
Second: Thoroughly review the Special Notice on beta.SAM.gov, including the General
Solicitation
Third: Completely answer all 6 items in the Technical Questionnaire
Lastly: Submit completed questionnaire to COVID19CSOP@HQ.DHS.GOV, at any time
through August 31st, 2020.
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Office of Procurement Operations
Phorsha Peel, CSOP Contracting Officer
Phase I
Initial Compliance Review
Technical Review peer review panel will assess the technical merit of the proposal (Technical
Questionnaire).
Notifications at the completion of the peer review process, respondents will be notified whether or
not the submission will advance to Phase II.
Phase II
Confirming Registration in SAM (sam.gov).
Invitation to submit additional technical and pricing information.
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OPERATIONAL PRIORITIES
OCRSO, OCHCO, S&T, FEMA, TSA
Polly Hall, Director
Procurement Innovation Lab
High-Level Overview of Proposals Received
As of June 1, 2020 - received
100 proposals
Stages of Phase 1 Process:
Peer Review
Complete/Preparing Offeror
Notifications 27
Assessment by Peer Review
Preparation for Peer Reviews
Panel 57
COVID-19 CSOP Proposal Categories
PPE Alternatives, 4
Contact
Tracing, 10
Medical
Supplies/Equipment, 9
Decontamination /
Disinfection, 15
Other IT, 28
Screening, 18
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Office of the Chief Readiness Support Officer (OCRSO)
Trae Watkins, Deputy Chief Readiness Support Officer
COVID-19 Capability
Needs/Gaps:
Return to the Workplace
Sanitizing/Decontamination of
Administrative and Shared Spaces
Contact Tracing
Component Needs
PPE Supply Chain (i.e., N95
respirators)
Sanitizing/Decontamination of Public
Spaces, Vehicles, Cutters, PPE, etc.
Potential Challenges/Constraints:
Cyber Security
Data Security
Privacy (PII, HIPPA)
Systems Interoperability
Shared Tenant Spaces
Other DHS Components
Public/Private (650 Mass)
User-friendly solutions
Deployment Capability/Strategy
US/US territories, Ports of Entry (POE)
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Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO)
Roland Edwards, Deputy Chief Human Capital Officer
Post-COVID-19 - Impact on Human Resources
The New Normal
Staying Healthy
Staying Productive Never Stopped Working
Contact Tracing Status
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Science & Technology Directorate (S&T)
John Fischer, Director, Technology Scouting and Transition, S&T
COVID-19 Capability
Needs/Gaps:
Potential
Challenges/Constraints:
Decontamination/Reconstitution
Cleaning of workspaces
Environments of deployed DHS
personnel
PPE
Screening
Contactless body temperature and 20
infection confirmation
Component info sharing
Privacy
PII
HIPPA
Data Security
Systems Interoperability
Validation of disinfectant efficacy
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Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Denise Morales, Acting Deputy Director, Customer Support Division
Current COVID-19 Environment
Personal Protective Equipment
Logistics support (e.g. transportation, warehouses)
Community Based Testing Site support
Disaster Response and COVID-19
Federal, State, Local guidelines to consider
What work can be done remotely?
Resurgence of COVID-19
Lessons learned
How to operate our current contracts considering distancing challenges and safety
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Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Mario Wilson, Assistant Administrator, Component Acquisition Executive, TSA
COVID-19 Capability
Needs/Gaps:
Security Screening Area Protection
Contactless Equipment/Passenger
Potential
Challenges/Constraints:
Security Equipment Performance
Impacts
Baggage Sanitization
Personnel Sanitization
PPE Reusability/Sanitization
Barriers
Software Solutions
Data Fusion/Analysis Tools
(e.g., PPE usage, workforce infections,
passenger volume and flow)
User/Environmental Safety
Ease-Of-Use
Systems Interoperability
Cybersecurity
Passenger Privacy
TSA is planning additional Industry Days in the coming months.
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QUESTION AND ANSWER
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