Request for Information: CPE CBRND Seeking Miniature Sensing Elements for Chemical and Biological Threat Detection
Contract Opportunity Analysis
The Department of Defense, through the Army’s CPE CBRND and W6QK ACC-APG office, is seeking market information on miniature sensing elements for chemical and biological threat detection. The effort focuses on surveying industry capabilities to develop, test, and manufacture miniaturized sensing elements that can provide class-based detection with enough specificity to suppress environmental interferants, along with supporting transduction mechanisms and ASIC-based scalable manufacturing methods. Responses should address design feasibility, integration paths, operational readiness, sustainment strategies, and related technical considerations, with performance context tied to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. This is a Request for Information for planning purposes, and responses are requested no later than June 17, 2026; the primary contacts are Valerie Holden-Stewart and Alex M. Schupp.