Bid document

DARPA Surgical Competition (DSC) Second Industry Day

DARPA-SN-27-02

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Biological Technologies Office (BTO)
Posting Date: October 13, 2026
Special Notice (SN) DARPA-SN-27-02: DARPA Surgical Competition Second Industry Day Date: Wednesday, November 4th, 2026, 4:00pm to 6:00pm Eastern Time (ET) Location: Virtual Meeting
Classification: Unclassified
Registration Deadline: November 2nd, 2026, 5:00pm Eastern Time (ET) Registration Website: https://events.sa-meetings.com/DSCSecondIndustryDay E-mail: [email protected]
Technical Point of Contact (POC): Jeremy Pamplin, BTO Program Manager The Biological Technologies Office (BTO) of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will host a Second Industry Day for potential competitors in the DARPA Surgical Competition (DSC). The Second Industry Day will be held on Wednesday November 4th, 2026, from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM virtually. Advance registration is required. Note: all times listed in this announcement and on the registration website are Eastern Time. The Second Industry Day goals include:
1. Allow those who were unable to attend the First Industry Day a chance to learn about the vision and goals of the DARPA Surgical Competition.
2. Provide another opportunity for engagement with the DSC team to answer questions regarding the competition before Qualifications close on November 13th, 2026. The Second Industry Day will include brief overview presentations by government personnel as well as an information session to respond to questions from participants. For those who participated in the First Industry Day, this meeting will be mostly a repeat of information and materials provided in the first meeting, however, it will provide another opportunity to engage in a live Q&A with the DSC Team.
Attendance at this event is not a requirement for qualification as a competitor. Information relayed during the Second Industry Day will be made available at: https://www.darpa.mil/research/challenges/surgical

COMPETITION OVERVIEW:

The DARPA Surgical Competition (DSC) seeks to establish the current state of the art for open, robotic trauma surgery and identify emerging technologies to further develop for autonomous robotic surgery and surgical assistance. The primary objective is to develop a minimum viable product for scalable trauma surgical robotics. This system must be capable of safely and collaboratively assisting with trauma surgery while rapidly learning new capabilities to gain trust