Bringing Classified Innovation to Defense and Government Systems (BRIDGES) Presolicitation

***DARPA is interested in feedback to this presolicitation. Feedback from industry may inform changes to the solicitation in the form of future amendments. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is looking for small business concerns and/or nontraditional defense contractors, that do not have facility clearances but are interested in performing classified work for the Department of Defense (DoD). The BRIDGES initiative seeks to assist small companies with disruptive ideas gain facility clearances so that they can bring innovation to the DoD, and help solve classified technical challenges. A virtual Q&A session will be held on October 24, 2022, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm eastern time. Registration for the Q&A session is required by October 19, 2022. Please see the attached document for more details.