The government needs innovative basic or applied research concepts in accelerated materials testing and prediction for concrete under a DARPA Defense Sciences Office Disruption Opportunity.
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We are seeking quotes for innovative basic or applied research concepts in accelerated materials testing and prediction for concrete under a DARPA Defense Sciences Office Disruption Opportunity.
Technical domain: Accelerated materials testing and prediction for concrete.
Issuing agency: DARPA Defense Sciences Office (DSO), under Program Announcement DARPA-PA-25-07 Amendment 1.
Award type: Disruptioneering Other Transaction for Prototype Agreement (DO OT Sample) project.
Phase 1 value: Base phase not to exceed $1,000,000.
Phase 2 value: Option phase not to exceed $1,000,000.
Total award cap: Combined award limited to $2,000,000, including Government funding and any required or proposed performer cost share.
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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 electronically to DARPA's BAA Portal (https://baa.darpa.mil). (Attachment 3, p. 15)
Questions deadline
Question submittal closed October 12, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. (Attachment 3, p. 1)
Contract term
Two phases: a 12-month Phase 1 base and a 12-month Phase 2 option, not to exceed 24 months combined. (Attachment 3, p. 3)
Draft Final Reports are due to the DARPA Program Manager and AOR at least 60 days before the end of the period of performance, by about months 10 and 22. (Attachment 3, p. 10)
Pricing format
Total award value is limited to $2,000,000: Phase 1 base up to $1,000,000 and Phase 2 option up to $1,000,000, including any cost share. (Attachment 3, p. 1)
Scope highlights
Build a Material Accelerator that subjects concrete coupons to coupled, accelerated stressors, such as marine, freeze-thaw and seasonal changes. (Attachment 3, p. 3)
Develop physics-informed, multi-scale modeling frameworks to predict macroscopic structural failure from accelerated coupon-level data. (Attachment 3, p. 3)
Contribute historical concrete degradation data using a government-provided standardized template for the federated database. (Attachment 3, p. 3)
Phase 1 is design and fabrication of a benchtop Material Accelerator and initial development of the scalability model. (Attachment 3, p. 3)
Phase 2 refines the accelerator, expands the test matrix and validates the scalability model. (Attachment 3, p. 3)
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