Bid document

DARPA-PA-25-07

Program Announcement
for
Disruptioneering
Defense Sciences Office (DSO)

DARPA-PA-25-07

September 30, 2025

DARPA-PA-25-07

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ATTACHMENTS:

PROPOSAL TEMPLATE – SUMMARY SLIDE

PROPOSAL TEMPLATE – VOLUME 1: TECHNICAL & MANAGEMENT

PROPOSAL TEMPLATE – VOLUME 2: PRICE

PROPOSAL TEMPLATE – VOLUME 3: ADMINISTRATIVE & NATIONAL POLICY

REQUIREMENTS

MODEL OTHER TRANSACTION (OT) FOR PROTOTYPE

TASK DESCRIPTION DOCUMENT TEMPLATE

DARPA-PA-25-07

1. Overview Information

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Federal Agency Name – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Defense Sciences Office (DSO)

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Funding Opportunity Title – Disruptioneering

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Announcement Type – Initial Announcement

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Funding Opportunity Number – DARPA-PA-25-07

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NAICS Code: 541715; Small Business Size: 1000

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Dates (all times listed herein are Eastern Time)
o Posting Date: September 30, 2025
o PA Closing Date: September 29, 2026
o NOTE: Each Disruption Opportunity (DO) will identify the specific due date for submissions to that opportunity (see Section 2.2). Proposals cannot be submitted to this Program Announcement (PA).

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Concise description of the funding opportunity: The Disruptioneering Program enables DARPA’s DSO to pursue rapid, focused exploratory investments as part of an overall balanced portfolio. DSO solicits these accelerated investments through targeted DOs released under the Disruptioneering PA.

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Anticipated individual awards – Multiple awards are anticipated.

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Types of instruments that may be awarded – Other Transactions (OT) for prototype agreements.

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Any cost sharing requirements: Cost sharing may be required in certain situations for OTs for prototype projects awarded under the authority of 10 U.S.C. § 4022.

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Agency email: Each DO will identify a specific email address.

DARPA-PA-25-07

2. Funding Opportunity Description

2.1 Introduction

The mission of the DARPA Defense Sciences Office (DSO) is to identify, investigate, and leverage nascent scientific advances for national security applications by pursuing high-risk, high-payoff research initiatives across a broad spectrum of science and engineering disciplines. Disruption Opportunity (DO) topics are issued to rapidly investigate new concepts with focused investments. DOs enable DARPA to initiate a new investment for unclassified efforts in less than 120 calendar days from idea inception.1, 2
To enable this approach, DARPA will issue individual DOs under this solicitation. These opportunities will target specific technical domains important to DSO’s mission to pursue