This is a $14,605,403.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc., a Boston-based biotechnology company. The contract is part of DARPA's ReVector program, which aims to develop methods to use human skin microbiomes to modulate chemical production in order to avoid mosquito attraction and feeding, thereby reducing the threat of mosquito-borne disease to U.S. military personnel. The original solicitation, with...
<p>This is a $1,509,952.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to All Things Bugs LLC, a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract is for new technology and genetically engineered insects for sustainable food, nutrition, health, and other applications. The contract has an ultimate completion date of August 24, 2021 and was awarded on June 25, 2018.</p>
Mosquitomate, Inc. was awarded a $999,994 firm fixed price definitive contract by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to support Zika diagnostic and vector research efforts. As the prime contractor, Mosquitomate will leverage its expertise to advance the CDC's mission of monitoring and responding to the Zika virus. No subcontractors or set aside designations were indicated. This contract builds upon the CDC's ongoing initiatives to combat mosquito-borne illnesses and protect...
This is a firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) to Biosciences Research Management, Inc., a nonprofit biosciences research organization, to provide vector-borne disease surveillance and pathogen detection proficiency testing in the Pacific region. The $93,000 contract supports force health protection missions through mosquito and tick sample collection, preparation, storage, and analysis using PCR and RT-PCR techniques. This award is part of an indefinite...
<p>This contract was awarded by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) to the small business contractor All Things Bugs LLC. The contract is a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), with a firm fixed price of $179,915.46 and a completion date of May 1, 2019. The contract is set aside for small businesses. The award was made on January 2, 2018 and the place of performance is in Arlington, VA.</p>
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Tiny Farms Inc., a for-profit organization, for a project titled "Screening Random Mutagenesis for Genetic Trait Mapping in Gryllodes sigillatus." The contract has a firm fixed price of $141,650.95 and a completion date of January 19, 2018. The contract is a definitive contract, which means it is a complete and final agreement between the parties. The...
This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Shared Services Center to Adapco, LLC, a foreign-owned, for-profit organization, for the purchase of mosquito spray. The contract has a ceiling value of $91,692.00 and an ultimate completion date of March 20, 2018. The contract does not have a set-aside designation, indicating that Adapco competed for this award in the open market. Adapco is a key supplier of insecticides, pesticides, and related equipment for mosquito abatement...
This is a $1,496,660.82 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Echelon Biosciences Inc., a small business manufacturer of goods, for the development of Transgenic Black Soldier Flies for Sustainable, Improved Nutrition under the SBIR 16.3 Phase II program. The contract has a period of performance ending on October 4, 2021 and was set aside for total small business participation. Echelon Biosciences Inc. is a subsidiary of Frontier...
This is a Firm Fixed Price definitive contract awarded by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, a civilian agency, to Medimmune LLC for the procurement of storage and stability study of live attenuated master and working seed lot(s) for preparedness and response. The contract has a ceiling value of $94,705.27 and a completion date of February 21, 2027. The contract is not set aside for any specific business type. This contract award is not associated with a...
This is a Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Probiusdx Inc., a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract is for the development of point-of-care technologies to monitor and characterize host-pathogen interactions during acute severe infection. The contract has a ceiling value of $147,130.17 and an ultimate completion date of November 24, 2017. The contract is set aside for small...