This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Department of Transportation (DOT) to Giner Inc., a Boston-based research and development firm. The $149,944 contract is for a project titled "Detection of THC Use in Drivers" under SBIR Topic 17.1-NH1. The contract is a firm-fixed-price definitive contract with a completion date of December 31, 2017. Giner Inc. is a for-profit organization and Subchapter S corporation that has experience providing...
The Department of Transportation awarded a $999,988.68 definitive cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to Giner Inc. of Auburndale, Massachusetts under the Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase II Topic 17.1-NH1 for research relating to the detection of tetrahydrocannabinol in drivers. The contract has a period of performance from May 5, 2021 through May 3, 2024 and is designated as a total small business set aside. Giner Inc. will conduct the research as the prime contractor to support the...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute on Drug Abuse awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Charles River Analytics, Inc., a small business located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The contract, valued at $225,000.00, is for the development of a system to specify acute tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) impairment using validated algorithms. The period of performance is from September 30, 2018 to March 30,...
The Department of Transportation Immediate Office of the Secretary Transportation awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to N2 Biomedical, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, for a project titled "Driver Breath Measurement of Marijuana Intoxication by Infrared Spectroscopy". The firm-fixed-price contract, valued at $149,917.00, was set aside for small businesses and has a completion date of November 29, 2017. The SBIR Phase I contract supports...
Vox Biomedical LLC has been awarded a definitive contract valued at approximately $539,000 by the U.S. Department of Transportation to conduct Phase II Small Business Innovation Research work under Topic 17.1-NH1. This research effort aims to advance the detection of tetrahydrocannabinol use in drivers via breath analysis, as requested by the DOT. Performance will occur in Bedford, Massachusetts over a two-year period concluding in September 2023. The fixed-price level-of-effort contract has...
This is a $1,423,368.00 definitive cost-type contract awarded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to Yale University for a Phase II laboratory study to examine the feasibility of a standardized field test for marijuana impairment. The contract aims to assess optimum roadside sobriety tests to detect impaired driving abilities following marijuana intoxication, comparing medium and high-potency inhaled vaporized marijuana to placebo. Measures of driving-related...
This is a $149,988.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), a civilian agency, to Giner Inc., a Boston-based research and development firm. The contract is for the development of a "Rapid Touch Alcohol Sensor System" from July 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008, with a final completion date of March 31, 2010. Giner Inc. is a small business that has received numerous federal contracts...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I study contract awarded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), a Civilian federal agency, to Giner Inc., a Boston-based research and development firm. The contract is for the development of a continuous monitoring system using wearable biosensors to track alcohol use. The contract has a ceiling value of $2,499,714.00 and includes an option for a Phase II study. Giner Inc. is a Subchapter S Corporation that has...
The Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health National Institute on Drug Abuse awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract to B & W TEK Inc., a for-profit manufacturing organization, to develop new commercially viable devices, tools, technologies or integrated systems for drug detection and deactivation to deter opioid theft in hospitals. The definitive, firm fixed-price contract has a potential value of $224,656.02 and a...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded a $443,254.48 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Sugpiat Defense, LLC, an Alaskan Native Corporation-owned firm. The contract is for the development of a wearable biosensor that can quantify blood alcohol concentration in real-time. This SBIR Phase I research effort falls under Topic Area 016 of the NIH's SBIR...