Definitive Contract HR001115C0084

This is a contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as the prime contractor under DARPA's "Living Foundries: 1000 Molecules" program. The objective is to build a scalable, integrated, rapid design and prototyping infrastructure for engineering biology. The $31,863,305.85 contract has three phases, with the first phase requiring the production of at least 10 molecules. This contract has no set-aside designation. MIT has collaborated with multiple subcontractors, including Boston University, The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco, The Broad Institute, Infors USA Inc., Agilent Technologies, and others to execute the various technical tasks. This work supports DARPA's effort to develop advanced biotechnology capabilities.