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JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY · Maryland, 20723

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Response status

Active notice

Not published

SAM.gov has not published a response deadline.

Posted
Oct 19, 2026
Archive date
Nov 18, 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 Maryland.

Procurement identity

Notice ID
bbb330117065468cba78b17e6f255e14
Solicitation
DARPA-JA-26-01
Base type
Justification
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
DARPA-JA-26-01
NAICS
—
PSC
AC11 — NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; BASIC RESEARCH
Set-aside
—
Set-aside code
—
Posted
Oct 19, 2026
Responses due
Not published
Archive date
Nov 18, 2026
Archive type
auto30
Base type
Justification
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
Maryland, 20723
City code
—
State
Maryland
State code
MD
Postal code
20723
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
HR001127DE001
Award date
Oct 14, 2026
Award amount
—
Line item
—
Awardee
—
Awardee UEI
—
Awardee CAGE
—
Awardee location
—

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

See attached Justification and Approval document for description.

Comparable award range

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

Low end (p25)$980,454
Median$2,965,806
High end (p75)$9,251,183
Comparable awards
36
Median
$2,965,806
Computed
Nov 6, 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
PROPOSAL #: F244-0004-0295 SBIR PHASE I: AI-ENHANCED PRIVACY AND SECURITY ARCHITECTURE FORBAM TECHNOLOGIES LLC$139,986.19Apr 9, 202640Same product and service code (25), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) AND MACHINE LEARNING (ML) SOLUTION THAT PROACTIVELY IDENTIFIEKONIAG TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INC$1,243,148.04Mar 24, 202640Same product and service code (25), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
DARPA RESEARCH SUPPORT SERVICES UNDER JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$9,750,821.00Mar 24, 202640Same product and service code (25), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
DARPA RESEARCH SUPPORT SERVICESTHE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$3,008,783.00Mar 27, 202640Same product and service code (25), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
DARPA RESEARCH SUPPORT SERVICES UNDER JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$5,283,987.00Mar 12, 202640Same product and service code (25), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
UNDEREXPLORED SYSTEMS FOR UTILITY-SCALE QUANTUM COMPUTING (US2QC) AND QUANTUM BENCHMARKINGTHE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$42,470,702.00Mar 11, 202640Same product and service code (25), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
DARPA RESEARCH SUPPORT SERVICES UNDER JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$20,605,986.00Mar 23, 202640Same product and service code (25), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
IV AND V SUPPORT TO DARPA TRIAGE CHALLENGE (MTC) SUPPORT SERVICESTHE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$7,659,346.00Mar 3, 202640Same product and service code (25), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
DARPA RESEARCH PROGRAM UNDER JHU/APL UARC SUPPORT SERVICESTHE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$19,751,378.00Apr 16, 202640Same product and service code (25), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
ASSURED NEURO SYMBOLIC LEARNING AND REASONING (ANSR) SUPPORT SERVICES EFFORT UNDER JOHNS HTHE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$4,423,633.00Mar 12, 202640Same product and service code (25), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
DARPA RESEARCH SUPPORT SERVICES UNDER JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$7,752,267.77Mar 23, 202640Same product and service code (25), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
DARPA RESEARCH SUPPORT SERVICES UNDER JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$2,922,829.00Mar 31, 202640Same product and service code (25), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
SCALABLE ON-ARRAY PROCESSING (SOAP) EFFORT UNDER JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$884,328.00Apr 7, 202640Same product and service code (25), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
DARPA RESEARCH SUPPORT SERVICES SUPPORT SERVICES EFFORT UNDER JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPTHE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$1,851,466.00Mar 18, 202640Same product and service code (25), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
ASSURED MICROBIAL PRESERVATION IN HARSH OR REMOTE AREAS (AMPHORA) EFFORT UNDER JOHNS HOPKITHE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$2,228,680.00Mar 20, 202640Same product and service code (25), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
NEXT BIG THING (NBT) STUDY PROGRAM UNDER JHU/APL UARC SUPPORT SERVICESTHE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$34,261,331.00Mar 27, 202640Same product and service code (25), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
DARPA RESEARCH SUPPORT SERVICES UNDER JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$3,260,294.00Mar 12, 202640Same product and service code (25), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY (JHU/APL) UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED RESEARTHE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$231,362,494.00Mar 24, 202640Same product and service code (25), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
DARPA RESEARCH SUPPORT SERVICESTHE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$393,239.00Feb 27, 202640Same product and service code (25), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
JHU/APL UARC SUPPORT SERVICES IAW THE STATEMENT OF WORK (ATTACHMENT 1).THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$3,259,077.00Apr 20, 202640Same product and service code (25), 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 36 completed federal awards using comparables@2026.08.1, as of Nov 6, 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.