Notice

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.

Documents

Annex: Glossary

Details

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

Published 5 August 2020
Last updated 22 September 2020 + show all updates
  1. Final sentence in mandatory criteria updated to clarify item 2 was referring to phase 2.

  2. The last mandatory criteria sentence (in section 5.3 of the competition document) has been updated to reference the IRC terms clause 21.

  3. Q&A document attached.

  4. First published.

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