Federal solicitation · ARPA-H-SOL-26-148 · back to recent
Brain Repair of Any Injured Neural Structure (BRAINS)
- Agency
- HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
- Status
- Open
- Response deadline
- February 26, 2027
- Posted
- July 2, 2026
- Set-aside
- No set-aside (full and open competition)
- NAICS
- 541715
- Source
- View on SAM.gov
- Last checked
- 2026-09-02
Solicitation description
June 23, 2026: The purpose of Amendment #1 is to update ISO Section 5.4.4 CRITERIA 4: ASSESSMENT OF PROPOSED COST/PRICE. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged. The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) posts this funding opportunity in support of the Brain Repair of Any Injured Neural Structure (BRAINS) Exploratory Topic program. ARPA-H anticipates multiple awards with Other Transaction award types resulting from this announcement. Interested parties are invited to review the Innovative Solutions Opening (ISO) ARPA-H-SOL-26-148. Parties interested in submitting a proposal in response to the ARPA-H BRAINS ISO are required (mandatory) to submit a solution summary. No awards will be made, or funding provided as a result of a solution summary submission. Intake Group 1: Solution Summaries Due: July 9th, 2026, 5:00 PM Full Proposals Due: August 6th, 2026, 5:00PM Intake Group 2: Solution Summaries Due: January 7th, 2027, 5:00 PM Full Proposals Due: February 6th, 2027, 5:00PM
Vendor field in NAICS 541715 (12m)
Top 5 vendors by trailing-12m obligated dollars across this NAICS code, $2,640.7M total.
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | 19.4% |
| RAYTHEON COMPANY | 18.5% |
| THE MITRE CORPORATION | 13.4% |
| NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION | 11.6% |
| INTUITIVE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 9.6% |
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