Competition: Innovative Research Call 2020 for Explosives and Weapons Detection

This Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition seeks proposals for novel and innovative solutions for the detection of explosives and weapons. This DASA competition on behalf of the Innovative Research Call (IRC) 2020 for Explosives and Weapons Detection seeks innovative scientific and technical solutions for improved detection of explosives and weapons. The IRC competition is run on behalf of several government departments and law enforcement agencies, including: Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) Department for Transport (DfT) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) Home Office, Office for Security and Counter Terrorism (OSCT) Metropolitan Police Service U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate UK Border Force The competition seeks proposals for the screening of: buildings and areas goods people and / or their possessions vehicles This competition closes on Monday 28 September 2020 at midday (BST). Timeline for competition and deadlines Competition opens 05 August 2020 Clarification questions submitted by 31 August 2020 Clarification question response document available 04 September 2020 Competition closes 28 September 2020 Feedback release December 2020 Phase 1 contracts start December 2020 Phase 1 contracts end May 2021 Phase 2 contracts start August/September 2021 Phase 2 contracts end August/September 2023 Please note that a strict deadline will be enforced for applications and those submitting late will not be considered. Bidders are therefore encouraged to sign up to the submission system and submit their proposals early. Queries should be sent to accelerator@dstl.gov.uk .

Deadline

28 Sept 2020

Open date

05 Aug 2020

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Eligible entities

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Eligible countries

GB

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Competition: Innovative Research Call 2020 for Explosives and Weapons Detection