Bordeaux Program Solicitation
DARPA has suspended this solicitation; no proposals will be accepted or reviewed unless it is unsuspended or replaced, and it is a federal-contract opportunity for eligible proposers under DARPA rules.
⚑ Solicitation suspended; no submissions accepted while suspended · Federal contract/BAA-style DARPA solicitation · No award ceiling stated · Monitor for amendment or replacement solicitation
This is a DARPA applied-research call in materials/manufacturing, computing/communications, and AI/data science, which is largely outside IPPRA’s usual social-science risk/perception, weather, energy, and policy portfolio. The solicitation suspension itself also means there is no active opportunity to pursue right now.
JUDGED AGAINST THE ROSTER'S PUBLICATION DOSSIER · GPT-5.4-MINI · 2026-07-07
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 80 strong | technical depth: substantial; funds applied research |
| IPPRA | 45 partial | portfolio topic: national_security_defense (primary); social/behavioral work is none; funds applied research; capped at 45 (limited social-science role) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 40 partial | funds applied research; prototyping/demonstration stage; deep-tech content |
Description
Subject: Notice of Solicitation Suspension Reference: DARPA-PS-26-20, Bordeaux Program Solicitation Effective Date: June 5, 2026, at 12:00 PM Eastern Time (ET) Point of Contact: Mark Jones, DARPA Agreements Officer Bordeaux@darpa.mil Action: The Government advises all prospective proposers to immediately cease preparation of proposals in response to this solicitation. This suspension is necessary to resolve a DARPA system discrepancy. No submissions will be accepted while the solicitation is suspended. Submissions received prior to the posting of this amendment will not be reviewed unless the solicitation is unsuspended via a posted amendment. The Government may issue an amendment to the current Program Solicitation or close the current Program Solicitation and issue a new Broad Agency Announcement or Program Solicitation.
Eligibility
Applicant restrictions (federal contract). Set-aside: . Notice type: Solicitation. Organization: DEPT OF DEFENSE / DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA) / DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY.
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