Policy Working Group for Switch Biomanufacturing
DARPA · DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY
No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation HR001124S0034 in this department, oldest first.
- Oct 21, 2025 · this noticeAward NoticeThe Council on Strategic Risks Washington DC 20036 USA · $693K
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Note the winner and the end of the period of performance for the recompete.
- Follow the agency to see the next notice for this work.
What the notice says
This contract is fixed price and awarded competitively.
Who won similar work
4 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 and NAICS 541714.
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $1.2M to $3.9M, median $1.3M; range $999K to $11.2M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| NATIONAL COLLEGIATE INVENTORS & INNOVATORS ALLIANCE, INC. | 2 | $2.4M | Jun 23, 2026 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK | 1 | $11.2M | Nov 26, 2024 |
| ENGINEERING BIOLOGY RESEARCH CONSORTIUM Emeryville CA 94608 USA | 1 | $1.2M | Jun 23, 2026 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- 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 3, 2025NATIONAL COLLEGIATE INVENTORS & INNOVATORS ALLIANCE, INC.$999KHR001125C0049 Biological TechnologiesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Nov 26, 2024UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK$11.2MHR001125C0004 BioLogical Undersea Energy (BLUE)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 3 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 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.
- 0 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.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 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 only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.