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Strategic Technology Office-wide Innovation Solutions Opening Announcement
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency · DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY
Respond by: Dec 18, 2026, 11:59 PM (time zone not stated)50 days left
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Notice facts
Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities public data file
- Solicitation number
- DARPA-PS-26-09
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Posted
- Dec 19, 2025 · Amended Dec 19, 2025
- Response date
- Respond by Dec 18, 2026, 11:59 PM (time zone not stated)Time zone not stated; FedSub reads it as Eastern time.
- Set-aside
- None stated
- NAICS code
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- Product or service code
- AC13
- Place of performance
- Not stated
- Contracting office
- DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY (HR0011)ARLINGTON, VA 22203
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Past prime awardees
Source: Award history, not a list of bidders on this notice
Past prime awardees · award history, not a list of bidders on this notice
320 companies held prime contracts from this office under NAICS 541715; 144 of them reported first-tier subawards to companies with NAICS 541715 in FedSub's records.
- CACI, INC. - FEDERAL · Reported first-tier subawards to 393 companies with NAICS 541715 in FedSub's records (latest Sep 2026).
24 more past prime awardees on Professional
Description
Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities public data file
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) anticipates funding a limited number of proposals under this solicitation. Specifically excluded is research that primarily results in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of practice. Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in science, devices, or systems. The Strategic Technology Office (STO) at DARPA regularly publishes solicitations requesting responses to specific program topics. This announcement seeks revolutionary research ideas for topics not addressed by ongoing STO programs or other published DARPA solicitations. To avoid proposals that duplicate existing activities or are responsive to other published STO solicitations, potential proposers are highly encouraged to review current STO programs and solicitations, respectively listed at http://www.darpa.mil/about-us/offices/sto and http://www.darpa.mil/work-with-us/opportunities. Contacting STO program managers to discuss their research interests is also encouraged. A current list of program managers is available at http://www.darpa.mil/about-us/people. This Innovation Solutions Opening solicits under the procurement authorities of 10 U.S. Code § 4001, 10 U.S.C. § 4021, 10 U.S.C. § 4022, and 10 U.S.C. § 4023, that allow procurement activities authority to enter into agreements with industry, academia, and other organizations to fund research and development through cooperative agreements, Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs) for research, OTAs for prototypes, and procurement for experimental purposes. Proposals received as a result of this Innovation Solutions Opening will be evaluated by the Government in accordance with the evaluation criteria specified herein through a scientific review process. DARPA solicitations are posted on the SAM website under the Contract Opportunities link at https://sam.gov/. The following information is for those wishing to respond to the Innovation Solutions…
Versions on SAM.gov
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