DARPA messina program
Ended Definitive Contract Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- N6523622C8004
- Awardee
-
Research Innovations Incorporated UEI RRJJSML1SCE6
- Awarding agency
-
Naval Information Warfare Systems Command
Department of the Navy, Department of Defense
- Obligated
- $9,838,572
Award facts
- Opportunity
-
- Detect It with Gene Editing Technologies (DIGET) Pre-Solicitation · HR001120S0016 · Posted Nov 27, 2019
- Contract value 84% obligated
- $11,695,598.56 Current and potential, with all options
- Completion date 100% complete
- Current and potential, with all options
- Contracting staff
- Funding agency
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Department of Defense
- NAICS code
- 541714 Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition · 14 offers Basic Research
- Pricing
- Cost Plus Fixed Fee
- Place of performance
- Franconia, VA 22310, USA
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $450,800 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Funding Only Action | $1,000,000 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Funding Only Action | $1,435,385 | |
| Exercise an Option | $856,939 | |
| Change Order | $0 | |
| Funding Only Action | $2,273,702 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $721,120 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $197,294 | |
| Funding Only Action | $640,263 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $1,000,000 | |
| Original award | $1,263,069 |
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About this award
Research Innovations Incorporated received a $11.7M cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for the MESSINA program, with an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2026. The contract, awarded on December 13, 2021, was subject to an administrative modification to change the delivery date. Work will be performed in Franconia, Virginia. This award was not designated as a set-aside contract, reflecting the contractor's broad competitive capabilities across federal agencies.
The underlying opportunity sought to develop low-cost, sensitive, and rapidly reconfigurable diagnostics and biosurveillance technologies leveraging advances in gene editing under DARPA's Detect It with Gene Editing Technologies program. Research efforts focused on point-of-need and massively multiplexed detection capabilities designed to achieve limits of detection below 100 copies of nucleic acid from various sample types within 15 minutes, with emphasis on integration into field-deployable platforms and regulatory engagement. Research Innovations Incorporated's selection reflects its extensive experience delivering advanced technical solutions and research and development services to the Department of Defense and related federal agencies.
Quick answers
Who was awarded contract N6523622C8004?
N6523622C8004 was awarded to Research Innovations Incorporated by Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (Department of the Navy) on December 13, 2021.
How much is contract N6523622C8004 worth?
The government has obligated $9,838,572 on N6523622C8004. Its current value, with exercised options, is $11,695,599.
Which agency awarded contract N6523622C8004?
Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (Department of the Navy) awarded N6523622C8004, with funding from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Department of Defense).
Was contract N6523622C8004 competed?
The extent of competition for N6523622C8004 was full and open competition. The government received 14 offers.
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