Technical Area Tasks (TATs) provide a pre-competed, convenient and responsive task-order contract vehicle for life-cycle coverage from basic research through fielding TATs can include:

  • Studies and Analyses  
  • Hardware Development  
  • Technical Consulting  
  • Training Courses  
  • Information Collection and Compilation
  • Design and Development of Models, Simulations, and Databases   
  • Support of Conferences, Symposia, Working Groups  
  • Test and Evaluation of Materials, Components, and Systems  
  • Laboratory Studies (including Surety work)  
  • Engineering Design, Prototyping, and Low-rate Production

TAT Flyer

The TAT flyer describes the full range of services available through the CBRNIAC's TAT program.

For more information on TATs, contact Janice Rhodes at
cbrniac-tat@battelle.org.

More than a just a deliverables-based contract vehicle! 

TATs provide valuable analysis and Research and Development (R&D) solutions to tough Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Defense and Homeland Security problems. TATs create new Scientific and Technical Information (STI) which is readily accessible to the CBRN Defense community. This saves federal resources by encouraging the re-use of STI.

  • Broad CBRN Scope - R&D aspects of CBRN defense technology that produce new STI.
  • Immense Repository – Our full-time professional staff will conduct literature searches of the CBRN Defense STI repositories. Basic inquiries of 4 hours or less are free for authorized users.
  • Reasonable Rates – DTIC charges 1.0% for Customer Shared Direct Cost (CSDC) percentage.
  • Quick Turnaround – The CBRNIAC is a pre-competed single-award CPFF IDIQ. New tasks are put on contract simply by adding new delivery orders in 6-8 weeks.
  • Excellent Performance – Average customer satisfaction rating is 4.8 out of 5.0 scale. 
  • Team Building – Integrate across DoD, federal government, industry, and academia.
  • Reachback – Gain access to Battelle's vast nationwide resource of technical experts as well as its small business team members.

TAT Benefits

The CBRNIAC deliverables-based contract features:

  • A pre-competed single-award CPFF IDIQ (Contract number SP0700-00-D-3180)
  • Unlimited total task values
  • Period of performance of up to 3 years
  • Incremental funding (R&D, O&M)
  • Access to free Technical Inquiry and Referral Services
  • Access to Battelle and team member reachback support