The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) awarded a $368,919 firm-fixed-price definitive contract to Allonnia LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to conduct research on the biotechnology-enabled recovery of rare earth elements (REEs). The contract, titled "BIOTECHNOLOGY ENABLED RECOVERY OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (BIOREE) BY HARNESSING PROTEIN SURFACE DISPLAY ON SOLID SUPPORT BEADS," is not set aside for any specific business category. Allonnia has previously received prime contracts and subcontracts from ERDC, the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP), and the Department of Defense (DoD) to develop and demonstrate technologies for addressing contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and extracting REEs from waste. The contract work will be performed in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
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