DARPA Surgical Competition (DSC) Industry Day
DARPA · DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation DARPA-SN-26-125 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 11, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
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 Biological Technologies Office (BTO) of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will host an Industry Day for potential competitors in the DARPA Surgical Competition (DSC). The Industry Day will be held on Wednesday September 22, 2026, from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM in-person with a web-link for additional virtual attendance. Advance registration is required. Note: all times listed in this announcement and on the registration website are Eastern Time.
Who won similar work
5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY), same product/service code (PSC) AC11.
Single-winner award sizes (5): middle half $735K to $2.0M, median $1.2M; range $300K to $499.8M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC | 1 | $499.8M | Oct 19, 2026 |
| TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE | 1 | $2.0M | Jan 22, 2025 |
| REAGAN-UDALL FOUNDATION FOR THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, INC. | 1 | $1.2M | Oct 5, 2026 |
| RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE Fairfax VA 22033 USA | 1 | $735K | May 11, 2026 |
| NEWBRIDGE PARTNERS, INC. | 1 | $300K | Jan 31, 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.
- Oct 19, 2026THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$499.8MJohns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) Support ServicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 5, 2026REAGAN-UDALL FOUNDATION FOR THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, INC.$1.2MHR001126CE092 Biological TechnologiesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- May 11, 2026RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE Fairfax VA 22033 USA$735KHR001126CE068 Code-to-model Analysis Ready for Verification Engines (CARVE)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 31, 2025NEWBRIDGE PARTNERS, INC.$300KHR001125C0046 Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) Office-wideNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 22, 2025TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE$2.0MHR001125C0039 Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) Office-wideNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 5 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.