Open Broad Agency Announcement - Screening at Speed Program
This open DHS S&T Broad Agency Announcement is a placeholder for future call-specific submissions under the Screening at Speed program and is not accepting proposals now.
⚑ Open BAA only; no submissions are being sought at this time. · Future calls, if any, will be posted separately in SAM.gov. · Applicant restrictions are stated as federal contract-related, but specific eligible classes are not identified in this notice.
This is a DHS applied-research BAA focused on screening technology with biomedical/AI/materials flavor, which is far outside this team’s social-behavioral program on risk perception, warning communication, energy, and climate. At most they might relate only tangentially if a future call involved public acceptance or communication, but that is not indicated here.
JUDGED AGAINST THE ROSTER'S PUBLICATION DOSSIER · GPT-5.4-MINI · 2026-07-07
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 75 strong | technical depth: central; funds applied research |
| IPPRA | 58 good | portfolio topic: public_health (primary); social/behavioral work is minor; funds applied research; eligibility unclear — verify in the NOFO |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 45 partial | funds applied research; prototyping/demonstration stage; deep-tech content |
Description
This is an Open Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Screening at Speed (SaS) Program. This announcement is not seeking submissions at this time. A separate SAM.gov posting will be created for any calls under this Open Broad Agency Announcement seeking submissions.
Eligibility
Applicant restrictions (federal contract). Set-aside: . Notice type: Special Notice. Organization: HOMELAND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF / OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS / SCI TECH ACQ DIV.
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