Introduction

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s National Urban Security Technology Laboratory’s (NUSTL) System Assessment and Validation for Emergency Responders (SAVER) Program is requesting information Screening Thermograph for Non-Invasive Febrile Temperature Screening of Individuals.

NUSTL is requesting information and conducting market research to identify potential vendors, manufacturers or distributors who have Screening Thermographs for Non-Invasive Febrile Temperature Screening of Individuals to meet the needs of emergency responders and protective services.

No content in this RFI shall be interpreted as a commitment on the part of NUSTL to enter a contract with any respondent or to make any procurement.

Each respondent, by submitting a response to this RFI, agrees that any cost incurred in responding to this request, or in support of activities associated with this RFI, shall be the sole responsibility of respondent. NUSTL shall incur no obligations or liabilities whatsoever, to anyone, for any costs or expenses incurred by the respondent in responding to this RFI.


This questionnaire consists of 19 questions. Required questions are marked with an asterisk. You will be unable to complete the section without providing an answer to required questions, but you may answer “NA” for any required question that does not apply to the product. Please do not include any proprietary information. A colored bar at the bottom of the page indicates your progress towards completing the questionnaire.

Please submit a separate questionnaire form for each product model you wish to include for consideration. If you are completing multiple questionnaires, you do not need to repeat redundant company information on subsequent forms; instead, please fill out the first line (Company and Point of Contact [POC]) and then you may leave the additional company information field blank.

You may go back, update and edit your responses until the survey is submitted or until you close your browser window. You will not be able to review a submitted form.

Please contact Bhargav Patel at NUSTL@hq.dhs.gov with any questions or assistance needed.

Thank you for your participation.

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* 1. What is the name of your company or organization?

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* 2. Please provide the contact information of the person that can best answer further questions and provide additional details on this product.

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* 3. What is the name of your non-invasive febrile temperature screening product?

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* 4. What is the model number of version(s) of the product mentioned in question 2?

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* 5. Please provide a brief description of your product, and how it works.

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* 6. Please provide any important and relevant product specifications

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* 7. We would like to publish photograph of each product in the SAVER Market Survey Report. Do you grant permission to use your company’s photographs of the product described in this questionnaire? Check all that apply:

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* 8. Please provide a URL to the product webpage or the company's website.

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* 9. What is the estimated cost for one unit of the product?

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* 10. Is your product able to thermally discriminate between two points on an subject that vary by less than 0.2 degrees Celsius?

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* 11. Is your product able to operate and provide temperature readings on subjects that are greater than or equal to two meters away from the primary sensor?

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* 12. Does your product capture the temperatures of subjects in less than or equal to one second?

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* 13. Does your product require the use of a blackbody reference object to be within frame of the image?

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* 14. What accessories is your product compatible with (i.e. batteries, mounts, lenses, etc.)?

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* 15. Does the subject of a temperature reading need to be stationary for an optimal reading?

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* 16. What part of a human subject does your product attempt to take a temperature reading from?

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* 17. Does your product include software that allows an end-user to set temperature alarm or trigger thresholds?

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* 18. Has your product been submitted to the FDA for 510(K) approval?

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* 19. If your product did submit for 510(K) approval, did it receive a substantially equivalent (SE) designation from the FDA?

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