High-throughput synthetic biology data generation platforms for generative AI models

Active Other Transaction Agreement Awarded Last action

Contract number
HR0011269E018
Awardee
Awarding agency
Obligated
$728,467

Award facts

Contract value 49% obligated
  • $728,467.00 Current, with exercised options
  • $1,499,908.00 Potential, with all options
Completion date 96% complete
Current and potential, with all options
NAICS code
Not on record
PSC
AC12 National Defense R&D Services; Department Of Defense - Military; Applied Research
Competition
Broad Agency Announcement
Pricing
Other
Place of performance
Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.

About this award

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded an Other Transaction Agreement to Massachusetts Institute of Technology for $1,499,908 on November 3, 2025 for high-throughput synthetic biology data generation platforms for generative AI models. Performance is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with an ultimate completion date of November 2, 2026. As an OTA, this agreement operates outside the Federal Acquisition Regulation. The effort addresses prototype and research development in synthetic biology applied to generative AI training, leveraging MIT's established capabilities in artificial intelligence and biomedical innovation. The agreement ceiling is $1,499,908. This award represents one component of MIT's broader $194.5 million portfolio with DARPA across 216 awards, reflecting the agency's reliance on MIT as a targeted technology developer for defense-relevant research priorities alongside MIT's concurrent role in fundamental research partnerships with civilian agencies including the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.

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Who was awarded contract HR0011269E018?

HR0011269E018 was awarded to Massachusetts Institute Of Technology by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Department of Defense) on November 3, 2025.

How much is contract HR0011269E018 worth?

The government has obligated $728,467 on HR0011269E018. Its potential value, with all options, is $1,499,908.

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