Special NoticePosted Sep 8, 2026·Responses due Sep 23, 2026

Atomically Precise Molecules (APM) Proposers Day

DARPA · DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541715
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
DARPA-SN-26-123
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
AC12
Place
Not stated
Contact
APM PS Coordinator (apm@darpa.mil)
…Open on SAM.gov
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation DARPA-SN-26-123 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 8, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Too few past cases at this agency to estimate timing (2 found; 10 needed).

Next steps for this stage

Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.

  • Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will host a hybrid Proposers Day in support of DARPA Program Solicitation (PS) for APM on September 30, 2026, at Systems Planning and Analysis (SPA), 4075 Wilson Blvd, Suite 201 in Arlington, VA, and via webcast from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ET. DARPA anticipates releasing the APM solicitation prior to Proposers Day. If released, the PS will be made available at https://sam.gov/. The goals of the Proposers Day are: (1) To introduce the science and technology community (industry, academia, and government) to the APM program vision and goals; … (show all)

(2) To facilitate interaction between researchers with capabilities and interests relevant to the APM program goals; (3) To collect questions during the event that DARPA may answer and make available in a Question and Answer document maintained at https://www.darpa.mil/research/programs/APM ; and (4) To encourage and promote teaming arrangements among organizations that have the relevant expertise, research facilities, and capabilities for executing multidisciplinary research and development responsive to the APM program goals. The Proposers Day will include overview presentations by government personnel and opportunities for team building among the participants. It is anticipated that recording of the Proposers Day and materials will be posted online at https://www.darpa.mil/research/programs/APM.

Who won similar work

37 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 541715.

Single-winner award sizes (37): middle half $3.8M to $7.3M, median $5.2M; range $350K to $18.6M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
RTX BBN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.3$20.1MAug 11, 2025
SRI INTERNATIONAL Menlo Park CA 94025 USA3$16.0MSep 2, 2025
Two Six Labs, LLC2$25.9MAug 11, 2025
LEIDOS, INC. · $LDOS · $15.3B2$14.3MFeb 18, 2025
SRI INTERNATIONAL2$11.6MMar 3, 2025
SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH LLC2$10.5MAug 11, 2025
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. · $HON · $33.0B2$9.4MMar 21, 2025
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION · $IBM · $61.9B1$9.1MApr 16, 2025
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC1$8.9MJan 30, 2025
RAYTHEON COMPANY1$7.3MMar 8, 2025

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.

Investor context
  • $LDOS reported $15.3B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 37 past awards, $5.2M, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $HON reported $33.0B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 37 past awards, $5.2M, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $IBM reported $61.9B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 37 past awards, $5.2M, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K

One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.

Latest awards

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 (10 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
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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
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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.

  • 3 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 5 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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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.