This is a $3,301,475 Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Biomason Inc., a for-profit small business organization. The contract is for Phase II of DARPA's Biological Materials and Strategic Formulations SBIR program, which focuses on research and development of game-changing biotechnology solutions. Biomason Inc. is a company that uses microorganisms to grow sustainable cement materials as an alternative to traditional,...
This is a $2,239,804 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Biomason Inc., a for-profit small business organization, for runway and airfield augmentation research services under the SBIR Program Phase III. The contract has an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2025. Biomason Inc. is a company that uses biotechnology to grow sustainable structural cement materials as an alternative to traditional cement. This contract supports AFRL's efforts to advance...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a $1,500,000.00 Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract to X-Hab 3D, Inc., a small business, to develop sustainable carbon-neutral materials for 3D-printable coastal infrastructure under the SBIR Program Phase II. This contract is a follow-on to a previous $224,698 SBIR Phase I contract with DARPA for developing carbon-negative magnesium oxychloride cement formulations incorporating bio-based products. The contract has a completion...
This is a $699,679 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Ecovative, a for-profit limited liability company, for the Biological Robustness in Complex Settings (BRICS) Phase I effort. The contract is for the cohabitation of a genetically modified microbial community. The contract does not have a set-aside designation and was awarded on December 4, 2015, with a completion date of December 7, 2017. DARPA is the funding agency for this...
This is a Definitive Contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Ecovative, a for-profit limited liability company based in Green Island, New York. The contract, valued at $9,395,538.00, is for the Engineered Living Materials (ELM) Program, which is in Phase I with options for Phases II and III. The contract is Firm Fixed Price and does not have a set-aside designation. The contract performance location is Troy, New York. The award date was June 20, 2017, and the...
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee, definitive contract worth $10,376,742.00 to Battelle Memorial Institute, doing business as Battelle, to provide maritime materials technologies. The contract has a completion date of June 3, 2023. The original pre-solicitation notice indicated DARPA was seeking expertise in biomimetic chemistry and lifecycle biology of r-selected marine organisms. As the prime contractor, Battelle will likely leverage its...
This is a $149,992.79 STTR Phase I firm fixed-price contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Catalyst Science Solutions LLC, a small business located in Troy, MO. The contract is for the "BIOINSPIRED INNOVATIVE OPTIMIZATION OF FLEXIBLE 3D-PRINTED CERAMIC COMPOSITE ARMOR (BIOFLEX3D)" project, which aims to develop new capabilities for the U.S. military and national security leaders in all physical domains. The contract was awarded under a...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $187,000.00 Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order contract to Bioconscientia LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, for research and development of synthetic biology applications. The contract supports the Engineer Research and Development Center's (ERDC) requirement to investigate the use of synthetic biology for developing sensing, environmental processing, sustainable cementing, and novel materials. The contract was competitively awarded under a...
This is a $18,018,800.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Leidos, Inc. The contract supports the "Maritime Materials Technologies (M2T)" program, which seeks expertise in biomimetic chemistry and lifecycle biology of r-selected marine organisms. No set-aside designation was used for this award. Leidos, a global technology and engineering solutions provider, will perform the contract work at its facility in...
This is a $167,448.63 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center to the prime contractor, Engineering And Software System Solutions, Inc. (ES3). The contract is for research to develop a mesoscale modeling capability informed by cementitious composite microstructure. As a small business set-aside, the prime contractor is a woman-owned small business specializing in engineering...