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CLASS ACT

DEFENSE INNOVATION UNIT

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Response status

Active notice

Not published

SAM.gov has not published a response deadline.

Posted
Sep 24, 2026
Archive date
Oct 1, 2035
SAM status
Active

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • DEFENSE INNOVATION UNIT published this special notice.
  • Competition is listed as No Set aside used.
  • The notice uses NAICS 541715 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
10ab7985f1044f4e8149acdc2acab43d
Solicitation
HQ084526SC002
Base type
Special 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
Special Notice
Solicitation number
HQ084526SC002
NAICS
541715 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
PSC
AC33 — NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEFENSE-RELATED ACTIVITIES; EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT
Set-aside
No Set aside used
Set-aside code
—
Posted
Sep 24, 2026
Responses due
Not published
Archive date
Oct 1, 2035
Archive type
autocustom
Base type
Special 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
Immediate Office of the Secretary of Defense
Subagency code
—
Office
DEFENSE INNOVATION UNIT
Organization path
—
Organization path codes
—
Office address
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, 94043, USA
Place of performance
—
City code
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State
—
State code
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Postal code
—
Country
—

Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

In accordance with the FY25 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) �874, Establishment of Pilot Program for Access to Shared Classified Commercial Infrastructure, the Department of War Innovation Unit (DIU) would like to expand the number of available Nontraditional Defense Contractors seeking access to, and competing for, classified contracts issued by the Department of War (DoW). This pilot solicitation titled, �Classified Access to Address Critical Technology (CLASS ACT)�, seeks to assist entities with capabilities or technology highly relevant to the DOW to gain facility clearances so that they can bring their innovation to the Department, and help solve classified technical challenges. This solicitation and its accompanying instructions constitute a pilot program under 10 U.S.C. � 4022. DIU anticipates that topic areas, submission and evaluation criteria, and administrative guidelines will undergo active iteration and amendments following initial implementation based on operational insights and participant feedback. Potential offerors should reference amendments to this solicitation for updated guidance and revised solicitation instructions.

Comparable award range

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

Low end (p25)$624,346
Median$3,259,862
High end (p75)$6,329,121
Comparable awards
19
Median
$3,259,862
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
IST PULSE SBIR III DO 27 SOCSOUTH P00002: FINAL DE-OB AND CLOSEOUT MODIST RESEARCH, LLC$4,159,407.00Jul 6, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
IST PULSE SBIR III DO 29 DTRA P00003 - MODIFICATION 03 CONTRACT CLOSEOUTIST RESEARCH, LLC$3,465,503.00Jul 6, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
IST PULSE SBIR III DO 31 JSOC P00004 - MODIFICATION 04 CONTRACT CLOSEOUTIST RESEARCH, LLC$1,427,597.00Jul 6, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
IST PULSE SBIR III DO 30 DELTA 6 P00001 - MODIFICATION 01 CONTRACT CLOSEOUTIST RESEARCH, LLC$1,333,786.00Jul 6, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
IST PULSE SBIR III DO 34 JMWC P00001 - MODIFICATION 01 CLOSEOUTIST RESEARCH, LLC$549,960.00Jul 6, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
IST PULSE SBIR III DO 36 PACAF P00001 - MODIFICATION 01 CONTRACT CLOSEOUTIST RESEARCH, LLC$679,282.00Jul 6, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
IST PULSE SBIR III DO 38 1ST SFC P00002: FINAL DE-OB AND CLOSEOUTIST RESEARCH, LLC$6,486,091.00Jul 6, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
IST PULSE SBIR III DO 37 DELTA 6 P00001 - MODIFICATION 01 CONTRACT CLOSEOUTIST RESEARCH, LLC$1,047,621.00Jul 6, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
IST PULSE SBIR III DO 40 SPACECOM P00001 - MODIFICATION 01 CONTRACT CLOSEOUTIST RESEARCH, LLC$3,259,862.00Jul 6, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
IST PULSE SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE RESEARCH PHASEE III DELIVERY ORDER 57 SPECIAL OPERATIOIST RESEARCH, LLC$7,229,630.00Jul 31, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
IST PULSE SBIR III DO 58 DARPASAFIST RESEARCH, LLC$9,517,432.00Sep 30, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
AUSTERE AUTONOMOUS RECOVERY AND MONITORING SYSTEM (AARMS) SOLUTION - EXERCISE OY2 AND FUNDANALYTIC DESIGNS INC$569,409.09Jun 24, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
SBIR PHASE III RUSTY DAGGER NOTE: PSC CODE WAS CHANGED FROM AC15 TO AC33 IN P00003 AND DUZONE 5 TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$12,362,281.00Jun 18, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
AMC DATA/DIGITAL ENGINEERING AND MODERNIZATION SUPPORTSMALL BUSINESS CONSULTING CORPORATION$6,172,150.42May 6, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
SATELLITE SYSTEM NUCLEAR SURVIVABILITY (SSNS) PROTECTION STANDARD (MIL-STD-3065) AND SATELPERATON INC.$7,627,387.09May 29, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
RECOVERY OF SCANDIUM (SC), VANADIUM (V), AND MIXED RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (MREES) FROM THE METHE CHEMOURS CO FC LLC$4,500,000.00May 7, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
CIRCULAR ECONOMY/R3 LOOKUP TOOL EMERGENT IV BAA PROJECTINTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION$159,875.35May 1, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
RECLAMATION, RECOVERY, AND RESUPPLY (R3) LOOKUP TOOL EMERGENT IVLMI CONSULTING, LLC$159,753.15May 1, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
AIM1 GLOBAL CAPABILITIES EXCHANGE FOR HARD-TO- SOURCE DLA WEAPONS SUPPORT PRODUCTSVENLY INC$300,000.00Jun 4, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), 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 19 completed federal awards using comparables@2026.08.1, as of Nov 5, 2026. Award values are neither unit prices nor a forecast.

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