The U.S DHS Seeks Advanced Metal Detectors

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The Federal Protective Service (FPS), a unit of DHS, is gathering market research information from companies capable of supplying commercial-off-the-shelf or government-off-the-shelf walk-through enhanced metal detector (EMD) equipment that can detect prohibited metallic (and potentially non-metallic) objects that are transported by people.

“DHS uses EMDs for the screening of humans, at airports, buildings and non-fixed site events,” explains a sources sought document issued by the Federal Protective Service on November 26.

iHLS – Israel Homeland Security

According to Government Security News the agency asks that interested prospective vendors answer a detailed list of 19 questions (in no more than 30 pages) by December 17. The questions ask for data about the types of equipment, the variety of metallic and non-metallic objects that the EMD can capture, the throughout capacities, the physical dimensions, the “network, system and software capabilities,” and much more.

The agency specifically asks for information about “how the equipment interacts or affects persons with medically implanted devices.”