NGMM Shopping Notice
DARPA is seeking awardable, post-competitive solutions that demonstrate early use of the NGMM 3D Assembly Design Kit for mixed-material 3D heterogeneous microsystem design with commercial EDA tools.
⚑ Federal contract shopping notice; not a grant/assistance announcement. · Rolling review; government may make awards before the closing date. · Applicant restrictions apply under federal contract rules; not enough detail here to identify a broader eligible class. · Focus is on demonstrating use of DARPA's early-stage 3D-ADK with commercial EDA tools.
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 45 partial | funds applied research; prototyping/demonstration stage; deep-tech content |
| IPPRA | 15 none | university cannot apply directly (ineligible) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 15 none | university cannot apply directly (ineligible) |
Description
Between the dates listed above, the DARPA NGMM program will be actively reviewing the ERIS Marketplace for innovative, post-competitive, awardable solutions that exercise the early-stage version of the NGMM 3D Assembly Design Kit (3D-ADK) for mixed-material 3D-heterogeneously integrated (3DHI) microsystem design with commercial Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools. This is an active and immediate search for solutions. Submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and the Government reserves the right to make one or more awards prior to the closing date of this notice.
Eligibility
Applicant restrictions (federal contract). Set-aside: . Notice type: Special Notice. Organization: DEPT OF DEFENSE / DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA) / DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY.
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