# Future Program Announcement: Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) 2026 Solicitation

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- Solicitation number: DARPA-SN-26-01
- Notice type: Special notice
- Status: Closed. Deadline was November 30, 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: AC12 National Defense R&D Services; Department Of Defense - Military; Applied Research
- First posted: October 2, 2025
- Last posted: October 2, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/62439507da55469394caf85b110aed75/view

## Description

The purpose of this Special Notice (SN) is to provide public notification of additional research areas of interest to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Microsystems Technology Office (MTO), specifically for the Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) program. It has been credibly hypothesized—but not proven—that quantum computers will have a transformative impact on a variety of scientific and technical disciplines. DARPA is interested in novel and innovative approaches to constructing an industrially useful fault-tolerant quantum computer and applications that can run on those machines.

## Publications

- October 2, 2025: Special notice, due November 30, 2025. Notice 62439507da55469394caf85b110aed75. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/62439507da55469394caf85b110aed75/view

## Points of contact

- PS Coordinator, qbi@darpa.mil

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