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HR001124C0315 DARPA JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY · Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109

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Response status

Active notice

Not published

SAM.gov has not published a response deadline.

Posted
Oct 16, 2026
Archive date
Nov 15, 2026
SAM status
Active

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY published this justification.
  • The place of performance is Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  • The notice uses NAICS 541714 (Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
0ec0d027c57c45bb9d97d4e6410d2c82
Solicitation
HR001124C0315
Base type
Award Notice
Version
1 of 1

Solicitation facts

Structured fields from the current SAM notice version. A dash means the source did not publish a value.

Notice type
Justification
Solicitation number
HR001124C0315
NAICS
541714 — Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)
PSC
AC11 — NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; BASIC RESEARCH
Set-aside
—
Set-aside code
—
Posted
Oct 16, 2026
Responses due
Not published
Archive date
Nov 15, 2026
Archive type
auto30
Base type
Award Notice
Organization type
OFFICE
Benchmark category
—
Category confidence
—
Category source
—
Last seen
Oct 21, 2026

Buyer and place

Office hierarchy and place of performance as published.

Department
DEPT OF DEFENSE
Department code
—
Subagency
DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA)
Subagency code
—
Office
DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY
Organization path
—
Organization path codes
—
Office address
ARLINGTON, VA, 222032114, USA
Place of performance
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109
City code
—
State
Michigan
State code
MI
Postal code
48109
Country
—

Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Award outcome

Outcome fields appear only when SAM published them on this notice.

Award number
HR001124C0315
Award date
Sep 24, 2026
Award amount
—
Line item
—
Awardee
—
Awardee UEI
—
Awardee CAGE
—
Awardee location
—

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

The Ice Control for cold Environments (ICE) program BAA was solicited on August 15, 2022, for the purpose of seeking to develop solutions for extreme cold weather DoW operational challenges by discovering and optimizing biologically sourced or inspired molecules to enable tuned inhibition or nucleation of ice crystallization, propagation, and adhesion. The ICE BAA was solicited for Phase I and Phase II with a notional Phase III that was to be solicited at a later date. This justification provides the rationale for awarding a sole-source modification to the current Phase II contractor, to continue this work into Phase III under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, "Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements."

Comparable award range

Historical award values for work matched by the fixed rubric—not an estimate of this opportunity.

Low end (p25)$3,051,835
Median$6,704,053
High end (p75)$25,662,317
Comparable awards
5
Median
$6,704,053
Computed
Nov 5, 2026
Rubric
comparables@2026.08.1
Comparable award values describe completed contracts. They do not state the government's budget and are not a bid recommendation.

Comparable awards

The match score is decomposed so each comparison can be challenged.

AwardContractorValueAwardedScoreWhy it matched
BIO-EFFECTS RESEARCH OF DIRECT ENERGY EXPOSUREGENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.$25,662,317.00Mar 24, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
OPTICAL RADIATION BIOEFFECTS AND SAFETY (ORBS) BRIDGE CONTRACTSCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$6,704,053.00Apr 28, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
OBJECTIVE PREDICTION OF TEAM EFFECTIVENESS VIA MODELS OF PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES (OP TEMPO) PRIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE$3,051,835.34Mar 18, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
NAVY SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS FOR VIRGINIA CLASS AND COLUMBIA CLASS PLATFORMS ANAPPLIED PHYSICAL SCIENCES CORP$29,639,983.00Mar 4, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
DARPA TRIAGE CHALLENGEMICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY$1,747,579.00Mar 3, 202647Same industry code (20), Same product and service code (12), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)

Record provenance

Field-level lineage for the current opportunity version.

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Sources and method

Figures on this page are computed from public federal award records. Numbers are never estimated or generated; where a figure is withheld, the reason is stated rather than filled in.

Comparable awards are scored on benchmark category, product and service code, industry code, buyer, place, recency, and contract type. Rubric version comparables@2026.08.1.

  1. 1Notice fields come from the SAM.gov contract opportunities record last seen Oct 21, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.
  2. 2Computed from 5 completed federal awards using comparables@2026.08.1, as of Nov 5, 2026. Award values are neither unit prices nor a forecast.
  3. 3Only 5 comparable awards were found. The range describes those records, not the market.

Note 1 covers the solicitation record; note 2 covers the comparable range; note 3 describes sample size. No synthetic FAQ or inferred solicitation value is published.