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.
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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.
Updates to this page
Last updated 22 September 2020 + show all updates
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Final sentence in mandatory criteria updated to clarify item 2 was referring to phase 2.
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The last mandatory criteria sentence (in section 5.3 of the competition document) has been updated to reference the IRC terms clause 21.
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Q&A document attached.
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First published.