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The Advanced Handheld Detection Program (AHH) is requesting a sole-source contract to modify the technical performance of CWMD’s current fleet of 77 AHH devices. Components have requested that the cap... The Advanced Handheld Detection Program (AHH) is requesting a sole-source contract to modify the technical performance of CWMD’s current fleet of 77 AHH devices. Components have requested that the capability of these instruments be extended to 8 MeV to better- identify certain threat materials in the device fleet’s spectral output from secondary search operations. Data gathered at this higher energy range will provide greater detail and understanding of threat materials. The range increase will also provide Department of Energy Triage with more useful information. Physical/system changes (i.e., change of resistor preamp to lower gain; conversion of multi-channel array from 8K channels to 16K channels) will be needed to affect this upgrade. The only changes made under this proposed action will be to each device’s Multi Channel Array subassembly; no software changes are required. This work will functionally convert the devices’ MCAs to those contained within ORTEC’s current commercial AHH variant.