Technology Licensing Opportunity Bioengineered Tender - 140043013

Procurement Summary

Country: USA

Summary: Technology Licensing Opportunity Bioengineered Peptide Platform for Lowwater Critical Mineral Recovery

Deadline: 10 May 2026

Posting Date: 24 Apr 2026

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 140043013

Document Ref. No.: S-195398

Competition: ICB

Financier: Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership: Public

Tender Value: Refer Document

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Tender Details

This Bioengineered Peptide Platform enables selective recovery of high-value critical minerals from dilute and complex process streams using a bioengineered, low-chemical, low-water approach that integrates directly into existing bioleach operations. As demand for critical minerals accelerates across clean energy, electronics and defense sectors, mining operators need more efficient and sustainable enrichment methods. This platform offers a biologically enabled preconcentration step that can unlock value from low-grade ores and complex streams while reducing environmental impact.
The Challenge:
Critical mineral recovery from bioleach and hydrometallurgical circuits faces persistent bottlenecks:
High reagent consumption in solvent extraction (SX), ion exchange (IX), and precipitation steps
Poor economics at low ppm concentrations, where valuable metals are diluted or masked by competing ions
High water usage and secondary waste streams
Increasing ESG and regulatory pressure to reduce environmental footprint
Growing demand for secure domestic supply of gallium, rare earth elements (REEs), cobalt, nickel and other critical materials
Traditional separation technologies are chemical-intensive, multi-stage and inefficient in early-stage or dilute process streams.
Problems Solved:
This technology introduces a bioengineered, low-water preconcentration step that integrates directly into existing bioleach operations.
The platform:
selectively binds target metals in complex, dilute streams;
concentrates them at the liquid surface for physical recovery;
reduces reliance on external chemical reagents; and
enables earlier-stage enrichment where conventional systems are least efficient.
The result is a cleaner, more efficient pathway to recover high-value critical minerals. The platform combines engineered metal-binding peptides designed for high selectivity and cooperative binding to specific critical minerals with self-a...
Notice ID: s-195398

Department/Ind. Agency: energy, department of

Sub-tier: energy, department of

Office: triad - doe contractor

Product Service Code: aj11 - general science and technology r&d services; general science and technology; basic research

NAICS Code: 541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)

Inactive Dates: may 10, 2027

Inactive Policy: manual

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