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QBI Topic Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (darpa) (Department of Defense), Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy
- Deadline
- Dec 30, 2026, 11:00 AM ET (68 days left)
- Who can bid
- Open to any business (no set-aside).
- Where the work is
- Not listed in the notice
- Buying office
- Arlington, Virginia
- Industry (NAICS)
- 541715 · Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Solicitation number
- DARPA-PA-26-02-01
- Posted
- Aug 28, 2026
- Product/service code
- AC12
From the notice
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 Ini…
Open the official notice on SAM.gov ↗What to do next
- Open the official notice on SAM.gov and download every attachment (the solicitation, the statement of work, any wage determination).
- Check you can bid: you need an active SAM.gov registration, and if there's a set-aside, the right status for it.
- Read what the agency wants and how it will pick the winner, then send any questions before the questions deadline in the notice.
- Submit your offer exactly the way the notice says, before Dec 30, 2026, 11:00 AM ET. Late offers are usually not accepted.
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