The government needs innovative research concepts in accelerated materials testing and prediction for concrete, issued by DARPA's Defense Sciences Office.
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We are seeking quotes for innovative research concepts in accelerated materials testing and prediction for concrete, issued by DARPA's Defense Sciences Office.
Scope: Basic or applied research in accelerated materials testing and prediction for concrete.
Solicitation type: A DARPA Disruption Opportunity under Program Announcement DARPA-PA-25-07 Amendment 1.
Award form: Awards are made as a Disruptioneering Other Transaction for Prototype Agreement (DO OT Sample) project.
Phase 1 value: The base phase may not exceed $1,000,000.
Phase 2 value: The option phase may not exceed $1,000,000.
Total award limit: Combined award value is capped at $2,000,000, including Government funding and any required or proposed performer cost share.
The basics
Price due
October 19, 2026
Buyer
Department of Defense, Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy
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Due date and time
Proposals are due October 19, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. (Attachment 3, p. 1)
Abstracts are due September 9, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. (Attachment 3, p. 1)
How to submit
Submit all abstracts and proposals for DARPA-PA-25-07-04 electronically through DARPA's BAA Portal (https://baa.darpa.mil). (Attachment 3, p. 15)
Pre-bid meeting or site visit
A DO Information Session (DARPA-SN-26-106) is listed for August 24, 2026. (Attachment 3, p. 1)
Questions deadline
Question submittal closes October 12, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. (Attachment 3, p. 1)
Contract term
Phase 1 base is 12 months and Phase 2 option is 12 months. Combined effort should not exceed 24 months. (Attachment 3, p. 3)
Pricing format
Total award is limited to $2,000,000 for Phase 1 and Phase 2 combined, not to exceed $1,000,000 per phase, including cost share. (Attachment 3, p. 3)
Price is proposed per phase: Phase 1 (Base, 12 months), Phase 2 (Option, 12 months), and a total price proposed. (Attachment 2, p. 1)
Design and build a prototype Material Accelerator that subjects concrete coupons to coupled, accelerated stressors from varied US climates (marine, freeze-thaw, seasonal). (Attachment 3, p. 3)
Develop a physics-informed, multi-scale scalability model predicting macroscopic structural failure from accelerated coupon-level data. (Attachment 3, p. 3)
Contribute historical concrete degradation data in the government template to a federated database. (Attachment 3, p. 3)
Phase 1: build a benchtop accelerator and correlate accelerated degradation with historical baseline data. (Attachment 3, p. 3)
Phase 2: refine the accelerator, expand the test matrix, and validate the model with more rigor. (Attachment 3, p. 3)
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