Request for Information Human Portable RNID Devices CT FEMA Attachment 1

Attachment 1

INTRODUCTION

The mission of the FEMA CBRN support Directorate is to prepare communities to anticipate and counter CBRN threats through detection, awareness, and operational support. To achieve these ends, The CBRN Test & Evaluation (T&E) Division conducts assessments through the Directed Testing (DT) Program to respond to inquiries from federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial (FSLTT) stakeholders on the performance and utilization of available CBRN detection systems. Directed tests can either provide exhaustive performance data on CBRN detection systems or focus on specific scenarios to assist in the fielding of disruptive capabilities to address an immediate need identified by operators. To fulfill CBRN Support Directorate’s mission, the DT Program regularly assesses the performance of detection technologies in controlled and operational environments against CBRN threats under specified and relevant concept of operations (CONOPS). Starting in FY24, the DT Program initiated a survey of human portable radiation and nuclear (RN) identification (ID) systems to determine whether device capabilities can support more of the RN mission space for which they are traditionally considered. To conduct this inquiry, the Komodo Dragon (KD) test campaign uses multiple varied-approach phases to assess and compare individual instrument capabilities against all the instruments rather than just within their traditional product classification type.
The four phases include Replicative Assessment of Spectrometric Equipment (RASE), Characterization Test (identifying and characterizing critical device factors that influence operational usability), Operational Assessment (assessing operator use in a controlled environment), and Operational Test (testing operator use in an operational environment). Each phase will be separately announced and solicit participation from providers.
The first phase, RASE, was successfully completed in FY24 KD CT, will include Replicative Assessment of Spectrometric Equipment (RASE) and will give preference to vendors/devices with replay tools 1, incorporate a cyber security assessment, and start in the 2nd quarter of FY27. Additional RASE information is available on GitHub at https://github.com/LLNL/RASE#readme-ov-file. Replay tools allow CBRN T&E to process spectral data to determine the identification capabilities of the instrument. It should be noted by vendors that CBRN T&E plans to use injected data with the replay tool. Vendors should note there will be environmental and