Contract Award: Charles River Analytics (Cambridge, Massachusetts) – $16,461,532

Charles River Analytics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, is awarded a potential $16,461,532 cost-reimbursement contract to develop an integrated system that simultaneously reduces the burden of personal protective equipment while increasing protection against current and future chemical and biological threats. This five-year contract includes no options. Work will be performed in Cambridge, Massachusetts (29%); Washington, D.C. (22%); St. Louis, Missouri (10%); Houston, Texas (7%); Irvine, California (3%); Queensland, Australia (15%); Leiden, Netherlands (11%); and Wellington, New Zealand (3%). The period of performance is from April 15, 2021, through April 14, 2026. Fiscal 2021 research, development, test and evaluation (Department of Defense) funds in the amount of $3,383,699 will be obligated at the time of award. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) broad agency announcement published on the beta.SAM.gov and DARPA websites. Seven proposals were received and three were selected for award. Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity (N66001-21-C-4013).