# Geoeconomic Modeling for National Security

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/darpasn24104

- Solicitation number: DARPA-SN-24-104
- Notice type: Special notice
- Status: Closed. Deadline was December 18, 2024 at 2:00 PM EST
- 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: September 19, 2024
- Last posted: December 4, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/f2f0faa41fc54608a42ee3bf7f8a723a/view

## Description

**UPDATE:** DARPA is extending the submission deadline for the subject RFI seeking information on the current state of geoeconomic modeling for national security applications. The information requested in the RFI remains unchanged. Any responses submitted before the initial RFI deadline in October 2024 are requested to be re-submitted to the inbox. The RFI focuses on three key aspects:

**Geoeconomic Models:** Capabilities, limitations, and challenges of existing models used to analyze economic activity and predict outcomes. This includes structured econometric models, semi-structured models, and agent-based models.

**Data for Geoeconomic Modeling:** Availability, quality, and limitations of data used to calibrate and train these models. The RFI acknowledges the challenge of accessing proprietary data and explores solutions.

**User Interaction with Models:** Best practices for integrating data analysis with the modeling process to support informed decision-making. DARPA is particularly interested in: - Capabilities and limitations of current approaches to modeling and predicting economic activity. - Integration of existing models into a larger ecosystem for comprehensive analysis. - Novel concepts that could fundamentally improve geoeconomic modeling for national security purposes.

The RFI includes specific details requested for both models and data, such as: - Model type, original objective, scalability, performance metrics, and calibration methods. - Data description, source, scale, completeness, accuracy, access restrictions, and format.

## Publications

- September 19, 2024: Special notice, due October 15, 2024. Notice 5631300c2e3145a190b8d7a38e3423aa. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/5631300c2e3145a190b8d7a38e3423aa/view
- December 4, 2024: Special notice, due December 18, 2024 at 2:00 PM EST. Notice 598a0c108e6248dbb968d6444c3e1cdf. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/598a0c108e6248dbb968d6444c3e1cdf/view
- December 4, 2024: Special notice, due December 18, 2024 at 2:00 PM EST. Notice f2f0faa41fc54608a42ee3bf7f8a723a. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/f2f0faa41fc54608a42ee3bf7f8a723a/view

## Points of contact

- RFI Coordinator, DARPA-SN-24-104@darpa.mil

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