Bid opportunityOpen

QBI Topic Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V)

DEPT OF DEFENSE › DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA) › DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY

Response deadlineDec 30, 2026 4:00 PM EST

Verify before acting. Users must verify deadlines, amendments, attachments, eligibility, and submission requirements on the official SAM.gov notice. Read the Data Disclaimer.

Key decision factors

Response deadline: Dec 30, 2026 4:00 PM EST
Posted: Aug 28, 2026 12:00 AM EDT
Notice type: Solicitation
Set-aside: Not provided or not applicable
NAICS: 541715
PSC: AC12
Place of performance: Not specified
Current status: Open

Notice details

Official status: Open
Normalized group: Bid opportunity
Notice ID: 3fc74819705a4a81b205327ba4537973
Solicitation number: DARPA-PA-26-02-01

Description

Displayed as sanitized plain text from SAM.gov. Retrieved Aug 29, 2026 5:17 PM EDT.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is issuing a Quantum Benchmarking Initiative topic (QBIT) inviting submissions of innovative infrastructure, equipment, and expertise available to provide independent verification and validation (IV&V) support for DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI), described in the QBI 2026 Program Announcement (PA), DARPA-PA-26-02. All proposals in response to the technical area(s) described herein will be submitted to DARPA-PA-26-02-01 and, if selected, will result in an award of an Other Transaction (OT) for Research project. To view the original DARPA Program Announcement for QBI 2026, visit SAM.gov under solicitation number DARPA-PA-26-02: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/c26b38bf041a4d70b00ed619bebb4773/view

Attachments

3 attachments reported by SAM.gov

Files are hosted by SAM.gov. Open the official notice to review and download them.

View attachments on SAM.gov (opens in a new tab)

Contacts

QBI PA Coordinator

Primary

QBIT_IVandV@darpa.mil

Personalized relevance

Would this fit your company?

Create company profile information with a free account to see a deterministic, explainable relevance score. Matching does not determine eligibility or win probability.

Create Free Account

Pursuit risk (separate from your match score)

No major pursuit restriction detected

We did not detect a major source or competition restriction in the information analyzed. This is not an eligibility determination.

Pursuit risk is evaluated separately from your match score above and never changes it. This is not a legal or eligibility determination — verify against the official SAM.gov notice and attachments.