DARPA diget program - tactical rapid pathogen identification and diagnostic ensemble (TRIAGE)

Ended Definitive Contract Awarded Last action

Contract number
N6600122C4012
Awardee
Awarding agency
Obligated
$8,865,328

Award facts

Opportunity
Contract value 36% obligated
  • $9,284,660.00 Current, with exercised options
  • $24,582,734.00 Potential, with all options
Completion date 100% complete
  • Current, with exercised options
  • Potential, with all options
Contracting staff
Funding agency
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Department of Defense
Set-aside
No set-aside
Competition
Full and Open Competition · 7 offers Negotiated Proposal / Quote
Pricing
Cost Plus Fixed Fee
Place of performance
Atlanta, GA 30332, USA

Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.

Transactions

Action Obligated Date
Funding Only Action P00007 · Diget -$71,182
Supplemental Agreement for work within scope P00006 · P00006 - incorporate cost neutral SOW revision $0
Other Administrative Action P00005 · P00005 - NCE base period phase I and revise SOW $0
Funding Only Action P00004 · Incremental funding $522,217
Other Administrative Action P00003 $4,577,256
Supplemental Agreement for work within scope P00002 · The overarching goal of this effort is to develop and manufacture one new pathogen detection technology that meets the FDA requirements for regulatory approval. $0
Supplemental Agreement for work within scope P00001 · Incremental funding and update dfars clause 252.245-7400 $230,346
Original award $3,606,691

About this award

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded a $24.6 million definitive contract to Georgia TECH Applied Research Corp for the DARPA DIGET Program — Tactical Rapid Pathogen Identification and Diagnostic Ensemble (TRIAGE) on July 18, 2022, under cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing with no set-aside.

The originating pre-solicitation, posted November 27, 2019, solicited low-cost, sensitive, rapidly reconfigurable diagnostics and biosurveillance technologies leveraging advances in gene editing. Research falls under NAICS 541715 and PSC codes C199 and R425. The effort required demonstration of limits of detection of less than 100 copies of nucleic acid from a variety of sample types within 15 minutes. Place of performance is Atlanta, GA 30332. The contract ceiling is $24.6 million with an ultimate completion date of July 17, 2026.

Georgia TECH Applied Research Corp is a non-profit research subsidiary of Georgia Tech Research Corporation. The contract engaged Emory University Office of Sponsored Programs (subcontractor awarded November 22, 2022), Mologic Inc. (subcontractor awarded August 26, 2022), and Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. (subcontractor awarded August 11, 2022) to undertake portions of the TRIAGE effort. Emory brought biomedical research and infectious disease expertise; Mologic contributed lateral flow immunoassay development and custom antibody capabilities; Ginkgo provided metagenomic sequencing and pathogen identification solutions.

Subawards

Subcontractor Amount Awarded
Emory University DARPA DIGET PROGRAM - TACTICAL RAPID PATHOGEN IDENTIFICATION AND DIAGNOSTIC ENSEMBLE (TRIAGE) The contractor has undertaken certain efforts for the United… $910,081
Mologic Inc. DARPA DIGET PROGRAM - TACTICAL RAPID PATHOGEN IDENTIFICATION AND DIAGNOSTIC ENSEMBLE (TRIAGE) The contractor has undertaken certain efforts for the United… $2,321,164
Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. DARPA DIGET PROGRAM - TACTICAL RAPID PATHOGEN IDENTIFICATION AND DIAGNOSTIC ENSEMBLE (TRIAGE) The contractor has undertaken certain efforts for the United… $2,340,500

Quick answers

Who was awarded contract N6600122C4012?

N6600122C4012 was awarded to Georgia TECH Applied Research Corp by Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (Department of the Navy) on July 18, 2022.

How much is contract N6600122C4012 worth?

The government has obligated $8,865,328 on N6600122C4012. Its current value, with exercised options, is $9,284,660. Its potential value, with all options, is $24,582,734.

Which agency awarded contract N6600122C4012?

Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (Department of the Navy) awarded N6600122C4012, with funding from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Department of Defense).

Was contract N6600122C4012 competed?

The extent of competition for N6600122C4012 was full and open competition. The government received 7 offers.

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