# Bio-SERS - working prototype for single bacteria detection

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Defence Science and Technology Laboratory](/buyers/defence-science-and-technology-laboratory/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [University of Strathclyde](/contract-winners/university-of-strathclyde/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £615,985
- Tender value: £615,985
- Award date: 24 August 2021
- Published: 11 February 2022
- Contract start: 1 September 2021
- Contract end: 31 March 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: cee227c8-99f6-4a44-9e32-ac10a8306e49-509610
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-74e20ec8-870a-493f-83b9-64baf44be3f0

## Description

The overall aim is to develop a rapid, sensitive and multiplexed optical bionanosensor for the detection and identification of bacteria\. This will involve using the inherent sensitivity of enhanced Raman scattering combined with portable Raman instrumentation for optical readout\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cee227c8-99f6-4a44-9e32-ac10a8306e49-509610)