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DARPA Research Solutions Opening

DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY

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Response status

Due in 204 days

Jun 1, 2027, 11:59 PM UTC

Responses remain open.

Posted
Sep 3, 2026
Archive date
Jul 1, 2027
SAM status
Active

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY published this solicitation.
  • The notice uses NAICS 541715 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
3cc8e09b65444a24af6c0b6b0517c2c2
Solicitation
DARPA-PA-26-08
Base type
Solicitation
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
Solicitation
Solicitation number
DARPA-PA-26-08
NAICS
541715 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
PSC
AC11 — NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; BASIC RESEARCH
Set-aside
—
Set-aside code
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Posted
Sep 3, 2026
Responses due
Jun 1, 2027, 11:59 PM UTC
Archive date
Jul 1, 2027
Archive type
autocustom
Base type
Solicitation
Organization type
OFFICE
Benchmark category
—
Category confidence
—
Category source
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Last seen
Oct 21, 2026

Buyer and place

Office hierarchy and place of performance as published.

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

Contact details from the current notice version.

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

This Research Solutions Opening (RSO) aims to strengthen the DARPA Program Manager (PM) community by engaging academic researchers capable of addressing DARPA's hard problems. PMs that are passionate about tackling the most complex technical challenges, pushing the boundaries of science and technology, and shaping the future of defense and innovation. Together, through this effort, we will pioneer revolutionary solutions, foster interdisciplinary collaboration, and empower the brightest minds to make the impossible possible. This RSO also seeks to fund the independent research ideas of these passionate researchers. This RSO is limited to Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) candidates and proposals from accredited U.S. colleges and universities.

Comparable award range

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

Low end (p25)$844,080
Median$1,983,396
High end (p75)$5,462,250
Comparable awards
5
Median
$1,983,396
Computed
Nov 8, 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
PHASE I SBIR - 10-KW-CLASS SINGLE-MODE FIBER AMPLIFIERN.P. PHOTONICS, INC.$250,000.00Jul 29, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
TO5 DIU CIAASNOOKS LLC$50,164,168.00Jul 31, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
TASK ORDER 3 (TO3) CLASSIFIED INFRASTRUCTURE AS A SERVICE AWARD.NOOKS LLC$844,080.00Aug 31, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
TO4 NOOKS CIAAS F35 INITIAL AWARDNOOKS LLC$5,462,250.00Sep 30, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
EO 14398 & UPDATE TO SECTION B.2.2CHIPLYTICS, INC$1,983,395.70May 19, 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 5 completed federal awards using comparables@2026.08.1, as of Nov 8, 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.