Microsystem Induced CAtalysis (MICA)
DARPA · DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation HR001125S0007 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
What the notice says
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative proposals for the research and development of advanced concepts for modeling/simulation and fabrication of microsystem-based control of catalytic molecules. Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in science, devices, and systems. Specifically excluded is research that primarily results in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of practice.
Who won similar work
42 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY), same product/service code (PSC) AC12.
Single-winner award sizes (42): middle half $3.4M to $7.3M, median $4.9M; range $350K to $18.6M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| RTX BBN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 3 | $20.1M | Aug 11, 2025 |
| Two Six Labs, LLC | 2 | $25.9M | Aug 11, 2025 |
| LEIDOS, INC. · $LDOS · $17.6B | 2 | $14.3M | Feb 18, 2025 |
| SRI INTERNATIONAL | 2 | $11.6M | Mar 3, 2025 |
| SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH LLC | 2 | $10.5M | Aug 11, 2025 |
| HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. · $HON · $38.1B | 2 | $9.4M | Mar 21, 2025 |
| SRI INTERNATIONAL Menlo Park CA 94025 USA | 2 | $5.4M | Jul 25, 2025 |
| NATIONAL COLLEGIATE INVENTORS & INNOVATORS ALLIANCE, INC. | 2 | $2.4M | Jun 23, 2026 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK | 1 | $11.2M | Nov 26, 2024 |
| BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE Columbus OH 43201 USA | 1 | $10.3M | Jul 28, 2025 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- $LDOS reported $17.6B revenue (12 months to Jul 3, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 42 past awards, $4.9M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $HON reported $38.1B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 42 past awards, $4.9M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Jun 23, 2026ENGINEERING BIOLOGY RESEARCH CONSORTIUM Emeryville CA 94608 USA$1.2MBiosecurity Working Group Generative OptogeneticsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jun 23, 2026NATIONAL COLLEGIATE INVENTORS & INNOVATORS ALLIANCE, INC.$1.4MIndependent Commercialization Generative OptogeneticsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Feb 23, 2026LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$4.7MSecuring Artificial Intelligence for Battlefield Effective Robustness (SABER)Materiality: <0.01% of $LMT revenue (Low) SEC
- Feb 6, 2026BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION & ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INC$3.9MSecuring Artificial Intelligence for Battlefield Effective Robustness (SABER)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 21, 2025The Council on Strategic Risks Washington DC 20036 USA$693KPolicy Working Group for Switch BiomanufacturingNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 2, 2025CFD RESEARCH CORPORATION$6.6MMicrosystem Induced CAtalysis (MICA)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 11, 2025RTX BBN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$9.4MProvably Weird Network Deployment and Detection (PWND�)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 11, 2025SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH LLC$5.2MProvably Weird Network Deployment and Detection (PWND�)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 11, 2025Two Six Labs, LLC$7.2MProvably Weird Network Deployment and Detection (PWND�)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 28, 2025BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE Columbus OH 43201 USA$10.3MHR0011-25-C-E043 Microsystems Induced CAtalysis (MICA)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.
Competitive landscape
For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 1 of these past winners lobbied Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) since 2024 (11 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) job
- $665K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Armed Services, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Armed Services
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 8 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 32 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 2 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 4 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.