Unsolicited Proposals
This Department is composed of several component agencies which handle different types of acquisitions. If you feel that your firm has a product or service which may be of interest to one or more of these component agencies, then you should do the following:
•Monitor FedBizOpps.gov, where the government publishes its notices of procurements. This site provides a wealth of information about current government requirements and offers specific guidance that will allow you to submit bids or proposals to the respective agency offices.
•Register on Central Contractor Registration, the primary vendor database for the federal government. In addition, USA.gov, a General Services Administration-based Web site, provides user-friendly service and assistance to firms that have not previously done business with the U.S. government.
In rare cases, firms have an innovative and unique product or service for which submission of an unsolicited proposal may be the right approach. Before beginning this process, however, you should:
•Carefully and objectively assess your product/service to ensure that it is, in fact, innovative and unique, and that it is not already commercially available to the government.
•Research Part 15.6 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) which provides specific criteria that must be met before an unsolicited proposal can be submitted.
Once you have reviewed these requirements and made the determination you have a valid unsolicited proposal, then you should submit your proposal to the points of contact listed below.
Headquarters Office of Procurement Operations (OPO)
•Diane Osterhus
Department of Homeland Security
Office of Procurement Operations
245 Murray Drive, Bldg 410
Washington, D.C. 20528
unsolicited.proposal@dhs.gov
Phone: 202-447-5606
U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
•Barbara Greeley
U.S. Coast Guard
Jamal Riverside Building
1900 Half Street, SW, Room JR11-0801
Washington, D.C. 20593
bgreeley@comdt.uscg.mil
Phone: 202-475-3201
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
•Nadine S. Kijak
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Procurement Directorate
1901 S. Bell Street
Arlington, Va. 22205
CBPPQAD@dhs.gov
Phone: 571-468-7053
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
•Matrice Dickens-Gaddy
FEMA
500 C Street, SW, Room 350
Washington, D.C. 20472
martrice.dickensgaddy@dhs.gov
Phone: 202-646-4274
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC)
•Timothy J. Strong
Procurement Analyst/Small Business Specialist
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
1131 Chapel Crossing Rd
Building 93, Room 140
Glynco, Ga. 31524
timothy.strong@dhs.gov
Phone: 912-267-2449
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
•Valerie Wilson
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Office of Acquisition
801 I Street, NW, Suite 910
Washington, D.C. 20536
valerie.wilson@dhs.gov
Phone: 202-732-2566
U.S. Secret Service (USSS)
•Stephan Ochs
U.S. Secret Service
950 H Street NW, Suite 6700
Washington, D.C. 20223
steve.ochs@usss.dhs.gov
Phone: 202-406-6784
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
•Zelda Proctor
TSA Headquarters
601 South 12th Street, TSA-25
Arlington, Va. 20598-4202
Phone: 571-227-4636
