Purchaser
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Country
United States
Notice published
17 Oct 2025
Tenqual indexed
19 Oct 2025
Closing date
14 Jan 2026
Source ID
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Tender summary
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative proposals in support of the Smart Red Blood Cells program (Smart-RBC). The DARPA Smart-RBC program aims to engineer red blood cells to contain novel biological features that can safely, temporarily, and reliably alter human physiology. Specifically, the Smart-RBC program will revolutionize blood products by creating “smart red blood cells” (SRBCs). SRBCs will be engineered to contain additional biological circuits consisting of three layers: Sense extracellular biomarkers; Decide next steps; Act by creating effector molecules that can alter metabolism or physiology. The program will identify the art-of-the-possible to create SRBCs to enhance human performance and maximize survival via hemostasis products. This program does not include clinical trials or direct human testing. Solicitation Number: DARPA-PS-26-02 Type: Solicitation Base Type: Solicitation NAICS: 541714 Classification Code: AC12 Response Deadline: 2026-01-14T23:59:00 Office Address: ARLINGTON, VA POC: Dr. Christopher Bettinger, DARPA/BTO, Smart-RBC@darpa.mil
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- Located in United States.
- Source notice a0160217c997497c897c3320db9dcb7f on SAM.gov.
- Notice published 17 Oct 2025; Tenqual indexed it 19 Oct 2025.
- Deadline listed as 14 Jan 2026.
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