Telexistence Phase 2
DASA seeks innovations to develop a complete telexistence system, integrating telepresence, robotic and haptic technologies on to a single platform.
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The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is seeking proposals on behalf of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). We are looking for suppliers to develop a complete telexistence system. This will involve the integration of telepresence, robotic and haptic technologies on to a single platform. We will invite successful suppliers to evaluate the capabilities of their systems against a series of tasks that are representative of a Use Case chosen by each supplier from the following: Specialist Nuclear Decommissioning Tasks, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), or Defence and Security Medical applications.
It is not compulsory to have been involved in the previous DASA competition to apply. You should, however, make yourself aware of the previous telexistence competition and the bids that were funded. We are supportive of collaboration between organisations for this competition. To facilitate this, we have a short survey to collect details of those who wish to explore collaboration possibilities. If you are interested in a collaboration, please complete the survey and your details will be shared with other potential suppliers who have completed the survey and are interested in collaborating.
This competition is jointly funded by Dstl and NDA. £1.3m (ex VAT) is available to fund contracts with a maximum value of £400k (ex VAT) each. We anticipate funding 3 to 5 proposals with contract durations no longer than 10 months. The contracts will aim to start at the beginning of July 2022 and complete before the end of April 2023. Dstl and NDA aim to fund a balanced set of proposals over the 3 Use Cases.
Last updated 21 February 2022 + show all updates
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Added: 11. Clarification Questions and Answers (the questions and answers from the Open Q&A and Supplier 1 to 1's.) Added: "Please select only one Use Case when submitting a proposal." reminder to the top of the competition document
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