The government needs innovative 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 research concepts in accelerated materials testing and prediction for concrete under a DARPA Defense Sciences Office Disruption Opportunity.
Scope of work: Basic or applied research concepts in accelerated materials testing and prediction for concrete.
Issuing agency: DARPA Defense Sciences Office (DSO), issued under Program Announcement DARPA-PA-25-07 Amendment 1.
Award type: Awards are made as a Disruptioneering Other Transaction for Prototype Agreement SAMPLE (DO OT Sample).
Phase 1 value: Base phase is not to exceed $1,000,000.
Phase 2 value: Option phase is not to exceed $1,000,000.
Total award cap: Combined award is limited to $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
We read the solicitation documents for this bid (5 documents, 40 pages). Each item shows the file and page it came from. Check the original documents and any addenda before you bid.
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)
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. The combined effort should not exceed 24 months. (Attachment 3, p. 3)
Pricing format
Combined Phase 1 base and Phase 2 option award value is limited to $2,000,000, with no more than $1,000,000 per phase, including any cost share. (Attachment 3, p. 3)
Price must be proposed per phase for Phase 1 (Base, 12 months) and Phase 2 (Option, 12 months), with a total price proposed. (Attachment 2, p. 1)
Build a Material Accelerator platform that subjects concrete coupons to coupled, accelerated stressors such as marine, freeze-thaw and seasonal changes. (Attachment 3, p. 3)
Phase 1 covers design and fabrication of a benchtop Material Accelerator and initial development of the scalability model. (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)
Proposers must contribute historical concrete degradation data using a government-provided standardized template. (Attachment 3, p. 3)
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