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compliance assessment by third-party
laboratory accreditation organizations.
As a first step in the process, the DHS
is gauging interest from laboratory
accreditation bodies. This Request for
Expressions of Interest (REI) is for
information and planning purposes
only. It is not a broad agency
announcement, Request for Proposals or
Quotations, or other form of solicitation
for bids, and it is not a commitment or
obligation by DHS to make award of any
contractual instrument or make any
payment.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
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[Docket No. DHS–2013–0027]
P25 Compliance Assessment Program
for Communications Equipment
Science and Technology
Directorate, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Homeland
Security is seeking Expressions of
Interest from laboratory accreditation
bodies, which are International
Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation
(ILAC) Full Members and signatories to
the ILAC mutual recognition
arrangements (MRAs) and which are
capable of providing accreditation
services for laboratories participating in
the Project 25 (P25) Compliance
Assessment Program (P25 CAP).
P25 is a standard which enables
interoperability among digital two-way
land mobile radio communications
products created by and for public
safety professionals. P25 CAP is a
formal, independent process for
ensuring that communications
equipment that is declared by the
manufacturer to be P25 compliant in
fact meets P25 standards. Accreditation
of the test laboratories that carry out the
compliance assessment is currently
conducted by P25 CAP itself, but DHS
is considering a transition to
SUMMARY:
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May 28, 2013.
Expressions of interest
should be submitted to
SandTFRG@hq.dhs.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cuong Luu, Program Manager, Office for
Interoperability and Compatibility, U.S.
Department of Homeland Security, tel:
202–254–6374, cuong.luu@hq.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
P25 is a standards development
process for the design, manufacture, and
evaluation of interoperable digital twoway land mobile radio communications
products created by and for public
safety professionals. The goal of P25 is
to specify formal standards for
interfaces between the various
components of a land mobile radio
system commonly used by emergency
responders in portable handheld and
mobile vehicle-mounted devices. The
P25 standard enables interoperability
among different manufacturers’
products.
P25 CAP was developed by DHS and
the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) to identify
equipment that complies with P25
standards. P25 CAP provides first
responders with documentation of
interoperability they need to inform
their purchasing decisions. P25 CAP is
a voluntary program that allows
manufacturers to publicly attest to their
products’ compliance with P25
standards through a Suppliers’
Declaration of Compliance Document
(SDoC), substantiated by an Official
Summary Test Report. P25 CAP makes
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these documents available to the first
response community on the Federal
Emergency Management Agency’s
(FEMA) Responder Knowledge Base
(RKB) Web site at https://www.rkb.us.
P25 CAP accepts test reports from
certified first (where the laboratory is
operated by the manufacturer), second
(where the laboratory is operated by the
Federal government), and third party
laboratories (where the laboratory is
operated by an independent party).
Products are tested for performance,
conformance, and interoperability. The
relevant technical requirements and test
methods have been selected by P25
CAP, and the currently accredited
laboratories have been assessed for their
competence to test to specific or all of
the test criteria. The current P25 CAP
laboratory recognition process is
detailed in NIST Handbook 153.
Eight test laboratories are currently
accredited under P25 CAP. P25 CAP has
informed these eight laboratories that
they may be required to seek reaccreditation from any DHS-identified
designated laboratory accreditation
body(ies) in order to maintain their P25
CAP accreditation. The P25 CAP will
consider accreditation organizations for
participation and will recognize
laboratories appropriately-accredited by
any DHS-identified designated
accreditation bodies. P25 CAP has
developed a transition plan that will
allow time for DHS-designated
laboratory accreditation body(ies) to
develop and offer an accreditation
program for P25 CAP testing. This
transition program may include
appropriate workshops for interested
parties, i.e., candidate laboratories,
radio manufacturers, and others.
Expressions of Interest
Laboratory accreditation bodies are
invited to respond to this notice with an
expression of interest, including (1) the
name of organization; (2) a contact
person; (3) telephone number; and (4)
email address.
Laboratory accreditation bodies
participating in the P25 CAP program
will be required to: (a) Maintain their
ILAC MRA Signatory status; (b)
Nominate subject matter expert
assessors; (c) Participate in P25provided training activities, and (d)
Accredit laboratories to the
requirements of ISO/IEC 17025, the
international standard for requirement
for competence of testing and
calibration laboratories, and P25 CAP
specific requirements.
A responding laboratory accreditation
body should also discuss its: (e) Access
to assessors with expertise in areas
relevant to the P25 standard; (f) Prior
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experience with similar technologies;
and (g) Accreditation of one or more of
the currently designated laboratories for
similar technologies.
Expressions of Interest should note
the FRN docket number in the subject
line and be no longer than 10 pages.
They the above factors and be submitted
to SandTFRG@hq.dhs.gov. Responses to
this notice will be acknowledged by
DHS. Information obtained as a result of
this notice will be used as
considerations for the restructuring of
the P25 CAP.
Interested parties should avoid
including any business confidential or
proprietary information in its
expression of interest. If such
information must be included, it should
be clearly marked and the interested
party must provide justification as to
why such information is confidential
and/or proprietary. DHS will handle
such information in accordance with the
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C.
552).
This Request for Expressions of
Interest is for information and planning
purposes only. It is not a broad agency
announcement, Request for Proposals or
Quotations, or other form of solicitation
for bids, and it is not a commitment or
obligation by DHS to make award of any
contractual instrument or make any
payment. The cost for the preparation
and submission of a response to this
notice is solely the responsibility of the
interested party. DHS will make no
payment(s) associated with this Request
for Expressions of Interest.
Additional information can be found
at:
Project 25: https://www.safe
comprogram.gov/currentprojects/
project25.
Project 25 Compliance Assessment
Program and Compliance Assessment
Bulletins: https://www.safecomprogram.
gov/currentprojects/project25cap.
NIST Handbook 153: https://www.safe
comprogram.gov/SiteCollection
Documents/NISTHandbook1532009REV
Edition_16Jul09.pdf.
P25 CAP Laboratory Recognition
(eight laboratories and their scopes of
recognition): https://www.safe
comprogram.gov/currentprojects/project
25cap/webpages/lr.aspx.
FEMA Responder Knowledge Base:
https://www.rkb.us.
Dated: April 12, 2013.
Tara O’Toole,
Under Secretary for Science and Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS-2013-0027]
P25 Compliance Assessment Program for Communications Equipment
AGENCY: Science and Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security is seeking Expressions of
Interest from laboratory accreditation bodies, which are International
Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) Full Members and
signatories to the ILAC mutual recognition arrangements (MRAs) and
which are capable of providing accreditation services for laboratories
participating in the Project 25 (P25) Compliance Assessment Program
(P25 CAP).
P25 is a standard which enables interoperability among digital two-
way land mobile radio communications products created by and for public
safety professionals. P25 CAP is a formal, independent process for
ensuring that communications equipment that is declared by the
manufacturer to be P25 compliant in fact meets P25 standards.
Accreditation of the test laboratories that carry out the compliance
assessment is currently conducted by P25 CAP itself, but DHS is
considering a transition to compliance assessment by third-party
laboratory accreditation organizations.
As a first step in the process, the DHS is gauging interest from
laboratory accreditation bodies. This Request for Expressions of
Interest (REI) is for information and planning purposes only. It is not
a broad agency announcement, Request for Proposals or Quotations, or
other form of solicitation for bids, and it is not a commitment or
obligation by DHS to make award of any contractual instrument or make
any payment.
DATES: May 28, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Expressions of interest should be submitted to
SandTFRG@hq.dhs.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cuong Luu, Program Manager, Office for
Interoperability and Compatibility, U.S. Department of Homeland
Security, tel: 202-254-6374, cuong.luu@hq.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
P25 is a standards development process for the design, manufacture,
and evaluation of interoperable digital two-way land mobile radio
communications products created by and for public safety professionals.
The goal of P25 is to specify formal standards for interfaces between
the various components of a land mobile radio system commonly used by
emergency responders in portable handheld and mobile vehicle-mounted
devices. The P25 standard enables interoperability among different
manufacturers' products.
P25 CAP was developed by DHS and the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) to identify equipment that complies
with P25 standards. P25 CAP provides first responders with
documentation of interoperability they need to inform their purchasing
decisions. P25 CAP is a voluntary program that allows manufacturers to
publicly attest to their products' compliance with P25 standards
through a Suppliers' Declaration of Compliance Document (SDoC),
substantiated by an Official Summary Test Report. P25 CAP makes
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these documents available to the first response community on the
Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Responder Knowledge Base
(RKB) Web site at https://www.rkb.us.
P25 CAP accepts test reports from certified first (where the
laboratory is operated by the manufacturer), second (where the
laboratory is operated by the Federal government), and third party
laboratories (where the laboratory is operated by an independent
party).
Products are tested for performance, conformance, and
interoperability. The relevant technical requirements and test methods
have been selected by P25 CAP, and the currently accredited
laboratories have been assessed for their competence to test to
specific or all of the test criteria. The current P25 CAP laboratory
recognition process is detailed in NIST Handbook 153.
Eight test laboratories are currently accredited under P25 CAP. P25
CAP has informed these eight laboratories that they may be required to
seek re-accreditation from any DHS-identified designated laboratory
accreditation body(ies) in order to maintain their P25 CAP
accreditation. The P25 CAP will consider accreditation organizations
for participation and will recognize laboratories appropriately-
accredited by any DHS-identified designated accreditation bodies. P25
CAP has developed a transition plan that will allow time for DHS-
designated laboratory accreditation body(ies) to develop and offer an
accreditation program for P25 CAP testing. This transition program may
include appropriate workshops for interested parties, i.e., candidate
laboratories, radio manufacturers, and others.
Expressions of Interest
Laboratory accreditation bodies are invited to respond to this
notice with an expression of interest, including (1) the name of
organization; (2) a contact person; (3) telephone number; and (4) email
address.
Laboratory accreditation bodies participating in the P25 CAP
program will be required to: (a) Maintain their ILAC MRA Signatory
status; (b) Nominate subject matter expert assessors; (c) Participate
in P25-provided training activities, and (d) Accredit laboratories to
the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025, the international standard for
requirement for competence of testing and calibration laboratories, and
P25 CAP specific requirements.
A responding laboratory accreditation body should also discuss its:
(e) Access to assessors with expertise in areas relevant to the P25
standard; (f) Prior experience with similar technologies; and (g)
Accreditation of one or more of the currently designated laboratories
for similar technologies.
Expressions of Interest should note the FRN docket number in the
subject line and be no longer than 10 pages. They the above factors and
be submitted to SandTFRG@hq.dhs.gov. Responses to this notice will be
acknowledged by DHS. Information obtained as a result of this notice
will be used as considerations for the restructuring of the P25 CAP.
Interested parties should avoid including any business confidential
or proprietary information in its expression of interest. If such
information must be included, it should be clearly marked and the
interested party must provide justification as to why such information
is confidential and/or proprietary. DHS will handle such information in
accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).
This Request for Expressions of Interest is for information and
planning purposes only. It is not a broad agency announcement, Request
for Proposals or Quotations, or other form of solicitation for bids,
and it is not a commitment or obligation by DHS to make award of any
contractual instrument or make any payment. The cost for the
preparation and submission of a response to this notice is solely the
responsibility of the interested party. DHS will make no payment(s)
associated with this Request for Expressions of Interest.
Additional information can be found at:
Project 25: https://www.safecomprogram.gov/currentprojects/project25.
Project 25 Compliance Assessment Program and Compliance Assessment
Bulletins: https://www.safecomprogram.gov/currentprojects/project25cap.
NIST Handbook 153: https://www.safecomprogram.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/NISTHandbook1532009REVEdition_16Jul09.pdf.
P25 CAP Laboratory Recognition (eight laboratories and their scopes
of recognition): https://www.safecomprogram.gov/currentprojects/project25cap/webpages/lr.aspx.
FEMA Responder Knowledge Base: https://www.rkb.us.
Dated: April 12, 2013.
Tara O'Toole,
Under Secretary for Science and Technology.
[FR Doc. 2013-09805 Filed 4-24-13; 8:45 am]
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