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How will the competition work?
CDE Themed Competition Manager
Intellectual property
Online bid submission
Assessors
Technical partners
www.gov.uk/dstl/cde
Screening individuals and their hand baggage
Challenge 1
Proof of concept proposals that allow everything to stay in the bag maximising:
• reliability and confidence• increased throughput levels• customer experience• cost benefits
What we want
Screening cargo and hold baggage
Challenge 2
Proof of concept proposals that improve current processes:
• reliability and confidence• increased throughput levels• improved automation• reducing cost
What we want
We are also interested in:• reducing the size and weight of equipment• novel staff training technologies• techniques to increase the reliability at the manual
checking stage of the screening process
What we want
We want to see:• ambitious and innovative proposals• proposals that take a systems approach• technologies that integrate with current
technologies• techniques to increase the reliability at the manual
checking stage of the screening process
What we want
• consultancy proposals• paper-based studies or literature reviews• solutions that do not offer significant benefit to security• proposals that do not offer a practical demonstration• proposals that deliver outside the 6 month timescale for
phase 1
What we don’t want
Phase 1
Up to £1 million availableProposals typically £40 - 80,000Research completed by 29 September 2017Final deliverables:
• Proof-of-concept demonstration• Phase 2 proposal
Phase 2
Up to £1 million available
Projects up to a maximum of 12 months
Collaborations encouraged
JanuaryCompetition closes
19 January 2017 at 5pm
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Competition dates
Webinar:
23 November 2016
OFFICIAL
• proposals must be submitted using CDE’s online submission service
• contract placement initiated and feedback provided mid-March 2017
• phase 1 projects to complete by 29 September 2017
Competition information
Questions?
