What the agency is buying

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DARPA IPTO is shopping for innovative solutions for decentralized control and estimation on the ERIS Marketplace.

Scope

Distributed Decentralized Control & Estimation
Decentralized, distributed, and horizontally integrated command and control

Days to respond: 297

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Details

Place of performance: ARLINGTON, Virginia
Buyer type: Federal
Notice type: Special Notice
Solicitation no.: DARPA-SN-26-101
NAICS: NAICS 541715 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)): 123 open RFPs
PSC: PSC AC12: 37 open RFPs
Local presence: Not required
Amendments: None since Aug 10
Contact: ERIS Coordinator
Office: DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA) · DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY
Email: ERIS@darpa.mil

Not stated in the notice: estimated value, contract type, period of performance. Check the bid documents.

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Key dates

Mon, Aug 10, 2026Posted

Not statedQuestions due

Sat, Jul 31, 2027 · 7:59 PM ETResponses due · 297 days left

Change log

verified Wed, Oct 7 · 12:30 AM ET

Posted · Special NoticeMon, Aug 10 · 11:47 AM ET
Updated · The notice provides additional context about the government's requirements and shopping process.Wed, Oct 7 · 12:33 AM ET

Change log starts Oct 5, 2026 (tracking began); earlier amendments at SAM.gov are being pulled in.

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Notice as published

ERIS Shopping Notice: Distributed Decentralized Control & Estimation

Between the notice dates listed above, DARPA IPTO will be actively shopping the ERIS Marketplace for innovative, post-competitive, awardable solutions that address modeling, simulation, and software-defined technical approaches to support decentralized, distributed, and horizontally integrated command and control for heterogeneous combat agents for sensing grids, unmanned aircraft systems, satellite constellations, collaborative aircraft, and ground or surface capabilities.

What this office paid before

USAspending.gov, last 36 months

25 awards matched · tier 1: this contracting office (HR0011) + PSC AC12. Most recent:

Jun 8, 2026ENGINEERING BIOLOGY RESEARCH CONSORTIUMRISK ANALYSIS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNICAL OUTPUTS OF THE DARPA GENERATIVE OPTOGENETICS PROGRAMHR001126CE079 · DEFINITIVE CONTRACT · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency · ends Jun 7, 2027$188K

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