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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: SAMPLE PRESERVATION, ANALYSIS, AND ATTRIBUTION – FUNDING
2. Awarding Authority: Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA), UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the US Department of Defence (DOD), GB. Web:
3. Contract type: Service contract
4. Description: The Awarding Authority seeks proposals for sample preservation, analysis and attribution of hazardous chemical and biological materials.
This Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition is seeking proposals that can address challenges associated with sample surface collection/preservation, analysis and attribution (SPAA) of hazardous chemical and biological (ChemBio) materials. New technology options or technical approaches could ultimately help both the successful identification of material and directly/indirectly aid in bringing perpetrators to justice. As well as addressing this diverse set of technical requirements, one of the goals of the “SPAA” is to engage with a non-traditional ChemBio supplier base in order to yield innovative solutions. Up to £1 million is available to fund multiple innovations at Technology Readiness level (TRL) 2-4 to deliver fieldable prototypes/software (TRL6+) to support investigations into CB incidents. This includes sample collection all the way through to the tools used for identification and attribution. We are expecting to fund 3 to 4 proposals.
There are three main challenge areas where innovative solutions and approaches are being sought, listed below.
This competition is jointly funded by the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the US Department of Defence (DOD), and will operate under an extant memorandum of understanding between both nations. Both the MOD and DOD will have equal rights of access to information submitted under this competition.
5. CPV Code(s): 73111000, 71620000
6. NUTS code(s): UKK, UKK1, UKK15
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: South West (England), Gloucestershire, Wiltshire And Bristol/Bath Area, Wiltshire Cc.
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.
9. Estimated value of requirement: The total possible funding available for this competition is £1 million (excluding VAT), DASA expects to fund 3-4 proposals. However, DASA reserves the right to fund one outstanding bid up to £1 million (excluding VAT) that demonstrates value for money, provides high quality supporting evidence to deliver on the competition focus.
10. Registration Closes: 30.4.2024.
11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information regarding the above contract notice please visit:

12. Other information: TKR-2024311-EX-1713364