Expedited Research Innovation System (ERIS)
Contract Overview
Solicitation details, issuing organization, response deadlines, documents, and interested companies for this government contract opportunity.
AI Contract Overview
The Expedited Research Innovation System (ERIS) is a long-term, open call initiated by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and managed by the Applied Research Institute (ARI). It establishes a digital marketplace of assessed video pitches designed to accelerate the discovery and adoption of disruptive technology solutions for United States national security. The program targets breakthrough advancements or novel applications in priority areas such as space operations in LEO/MEO/GEO and Cislunar space, strategic systems resilience, chemical and biological defense, and human health and performance optimization. By utilizing Other Transaction Authority, ERIS allows Department of Defense activities to rapidly search, negotiate, and procure awardable solutions without the need for further competition. Industry, academia, and individual developers are invited to submit unclassified video pitches no longer than seven minutes in length, accompanied by a completed submission form and optional supplemental slides. Submissions are collected monthly via the DARPAConnect.us portal and are evaluated based on the problem definition, the solution's ability to advance the state of the art, team capability, and potential defense or commercial market impact. While Technology Readiness Levels are collected for reference, they do not determine awardability. All submissions must be free of proprietary, export-controlled, or controlled unclassified information and contain no restrictive markings other than a valid copyright notice. Potential awards feature fully negotiable terms regarding pricing, intellectual property, and milestones, with no predetermined price ceilings or duration limits.
General Info
Timeline
Response Deadline
Organization & Contact Information
Full Description
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in conjunction with its marketplace manager, The Applied Research Institute (ARI), is initiating a long-term, open call for new and novel technology solutions to support DARPA in advancing research, development, prototyping, experimentation, and adoption of disruptive, DARPA-relevant research and technology solutions. Specifically, DARPA seeks to obtain solutions or capabilities that deliver breakthrough technological advancements that are new as of the date of submission; or technologies, processes, research or methods that represent a new application as of the date of submission. This initiative, entitled the “Expedited Research Implementation Series” will solicit, collect, assess, and curate the most disruptive, revolutionary solutions, and make those solutions available through rapid acquisition pathways. ERIS is a digital environment of post-competition video pitches. The video solutions housed within the marketplace have been assessed through competitive procedures that exceed the competition requirements of 10 USC 4021, 10 USC 4022 and 10 USC 4023 and thus are readily available to be viewed, selected, negotiated, and awarded by DoD activities via the appropriate Other Transaction Authority. ERIS provides a venue for Government organizations to search, view, review, compare, contrast, contact, negotiate, and procure breakthrough technologies and capabilities through rapid acquisition pathways. For industry, academia, and individual developers, ERIS is a valuable tool to promote revolutionary technologies, capabilities, and research to DARPA in an environment with a rapid acquisition, Other Transaction based, pathway.
- R10: Removed Topic Area "Detecting and tracking elusive targets across air, land, and space domains." Additional clarification provided in yellow highlights.
Similar Contracts
Same NAICS industry code
More opportunities from Department Of Defense → Defense Advanced Research Projects Agcy
Same awarding agency
Earlier notices in this NAICS code
Posted before this notice, open and closed
Ready to Pursue This Opportunity?
Get AI-powered intelligence on this solicitation and the ones like it
Every page of the solicitation package shredded into a compliance breakdown
AI-powered matching based on your capabilities and past performance
Competitor and incumbent history on the requirement
Automated alerts on amendments, Q&A deadlines, and award
Join 750+ contractors already using CLEATUS