1. DARPA Contracting 101 - Business Leadership Series Webinar
Wes Bennett
DARPA Contracts Management Office
Services Division Director
Presentation to USPAACC
October 20, 2016
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2. Agenda DARPA’s Mission / Technical Offices
How DARPA Buys R&D and Services/Supplies
What We Look for in a Company
Getting Started
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3. Communications/Networking
DARPA’s Mission
Breakthrough Technologies for National Security
Precision Guidance & Navigation
Communications/Networking
IR Night Vision
Stealth
UAVs
Radar Arrays
1960s s s s s s
Microelectronics: VLSI, CAD, manufacturing, IR, RF, MEMS
ARPAnet/Internet
Information Technology: timesharing, client/server, graphics, GUI, RISC, speech recognition
Materials Science: semiconductors, superalloys, carbon fibers, composites, thermoelectrics, ceramics
New capabilities require a healthy ecosystem across Service S&T, universities, and industry
DARPA’s role: pivotal early investments that change what’s possible
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4. DARPA Technical Offices
BIOLOGICAL
TECHNOLOGIES
OFFICE
DEFENSE SCIENCES
OFFICE
INFORMATION INNOVATION
OFFICE
MICROSYSTEMS
TECHNOLOGY
OFFICE
STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGY
OFFICE
TACTICAL TECHNOLOGY
OFFICE
Biological Complexity at Scale
Neurotechnologies
Engineering Biology
Restore, Maintain and Improve Warfighter Abilities
Math, Modeling & Design
Physical Systems
Human-Machine Systems
Social Systems
Empower the Human within the Information Ecosystem
Guarantee Trustworthy Computing and Information
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Tactical Information Extraction
Globalization
System of Systems (SoS)
Battle Management/Command and Control (BMC2)
Communications and Networks (C&N)
Electronic Warfare (EW)
Intelligence Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR)
Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT)
System Focus Areas:
Ground
Maritime
Air
Space
Crosscutting Themes:
Agile development
Cooperative Autonomy
Unmanned Systems
Power and Propulsion
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5. How DARPA Buys R&D and Services/Supplies
Research and Development (~90% of DARPA’s Budget):
Broad Agency Announcements (BAAs)
Office wide and Program Specific
Posted on Grants.gov (grants) and/or Federal Business Opportunities - FBO.gov
Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer
Services (~7% of DARPA’s budget):
Request for Proposals / Request for Quotes
Federal Business Opportunities - FBO.gov
GSA E-Buy (e.g., GSA Schedules, GSA OASIS)
Other - Based on specific ordering procedures (e.g., agency specific indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts)
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6. What We Look for in a Company
Research and Development:
Best technical solution
Revolutionary (not evolutionary), innovative concepts, beyond the state of the art
Supported by a technical team that has the experience to accomplish the proposed tasks (i.e., the “A team”)
Services:
Highly competent personnel (i.e., the best at the service they provide)
Responsible (i.e., financially viable, ethical, security clearance/facilities)
Positive Past Performance (e.g., CPARS, questionnaires, commercial experience, Demonstrated DoD/Federal Experience supporting Science and Technology – Research and Development organizations)
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7. Getting Started Register with the System for Award Management (SAM)
Online – Representations and certifications (e.g. tax delinquency, felony conviction)
DARPA specific reps and certs
Pick appropriate North American Industry Classification System Code
Valid Data Universal Numbering System Number (
Submit proposal or quote through appropriate channel conforming to instructions prior to due date
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8. Questions?
Contact / Helpful Information: D. Wes Bennett Jr
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