# Program Announcement for MTO Pitch Day Solicitation

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/darpapa2505

- Solicitation number: DARPA-PA-25-05
- Notice type: Solicitation
- Status: Closed. Deadline was April 23, 2025
- Department: Department of Defense
- Agency: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Contracting office: Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy (HR0011)
- NAICS: 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Product or service code: AC13 National Defense R&D Services; Department Of Defense - Military; Experimental Development
- First posted: March 28, 2025
- Last posted: April 23, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/45f138c074aa4eec94f19c45f0080628/view

## Description

As stated in the MTO Office-wide Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), HR001124S0028, Section IV: Special Considerations, “Periodically, DARPA may endeavor to hold “Pitch Day(s). A “Pitch Day” entails DARPA soliciting proposals for a specific, targeted aspect under one or more of the BAA’s thrust areas.

Proposers ultimately would pitch their proposals to DARPA via oral presentations.” In this regard, DARPA’s MTO will host a Pitch Day for engagement with prospective proposers and to catalyze future efforts in the topics of unconventional computing, biologically inspired microsystems, and commercially catalyzed defense development to enable next generation microsystems. The goals of the MTO Pitch Day are to:

1) fund proposals for short-term efforts with the potential to grow into groundbreaking new DARPA programs, and 2) employ an acquisition strategy to encourage participation by new and first-time or non-traditional proposers. This funding opportunity will aim to broaden DARPA’s reach with small businesses, educational institutions, and other non-traditional performers to break down barriers of entry for performers new to DARPA and the national security space.

## Publications

- March 28, 2025: Solicitation, due July 7, 2025. Notice 1960fc69bfb040aca4f8b23dd39920d3. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/1960fc69bfb040aca4f8b23dd39920d3/view
- April 3, 2025: Solicitation, due July 7, 2025. Notice a8f90bf300be4218b0ac2beb992a9263. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/a8f90bf300be4218b0ac2beb992a9263/view
- April 3, 2025: Solicitation, due July 7, 2025. Notice b2507ad585714764b454127163debc88. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b2507ad585714764b454127163debc88/view
- April 14, 2025: Solicitation, due July 7, 2025. Notice 043699e456b64c1da0ce97a708e53798. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/043699e456b64c1da0ce97a708e53798/view
- April 18, 2025: Solicitation, due July 7, 2025. Notice 61b15d6a6461464c80c8f2ecec66d0c2. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/61b15d6a6461464c80c8f2ecec66d0c2/view
- April 18, 2025: Solicitation, due July 7, 2025. Notice fae6b41180c442f3b98586b9a6ee4cd6. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/fae6b41180c442f3b98586b9a6ee4cd6/view
- April 23, 2025: Solicitation, due April 23, 2025. Notice 45f138c074aa4eec94f19c45f0080628. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/45f138c074aa4eec94f19c45f0080628/view

## Points of contact

- MTO PA Coordinator, MTO-PitchDay@darpa.mil

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