Sever and protect: separate environment for vulnerability elimination and reduction and policy rules organized to enforce compartment transitions

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Contract number
FA875024CB042
Awardee
Awarding agency
Obligated
$8,136,963

Award facts

Opportunity
Contract value 60% obligated
$13,562,839.00 Current and potential, with all options
Completion date 64% complete
Current and potential, with all options
Contracting staff
Funding agency
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Department of Defense
Set-aside
No set-aside
Competition
Full and Open Competition · 27 offers Basic Research
Pricing
Cost No Fee
Place of performance
Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Legislative mandates

Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.

Transactions

Action Obligated Date
Funding Only Action P00012 $1,132,573
Supplemental Agreement for work within scope P00011 $0
Supplemental Agreement for work within scope P00010 $848,455
Funding Only Action P00009 $785,000
Funding Only Action P00008 $388,991
Supplemental Agreement for work within scope P00007 $0
Funding Only Action P00006 $247,000
Supplemental Agreement for work within scope P00005 $0
Funding Only Action P00004 $1,221,000
Supplemental Agreement for work within scope P00003 $0
Funding Only Action P00002 $1,592,102
Other Administrative Action P00001 $0
Original award $1,921,842
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About this award

Written by GovTribe AI ·

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded a definitive contract with a $13.56 million ceiling to The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania on March 8, 2024, for the SEVER AND PROTECT compartmentalization and privilege management effort, with no set-aside used. The contract is priced cost-no-fee, with ultimate completion on May 8, 2028, and place of performance in Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

The work supports DARPA's Compartmentalization and Privilege Management (CPM) program, which targets the vulnerable legacy code base. Technical Area 1 calls for software analysis tools that automatically restructure legacy systems into fine-grained compartments with least-privilege access control. Technical Area 2 calls for processor architectures and system software that enforce those protocols at low overhead. The program is planned as 48 months, with a 30-month Phase 1 focused on technology development using a Unix-like OS such as Linux, and an 18-month Phase 2 that scales the technologies and adds user-space programs to the test suite. The originating pre-solicitation was posted April 4, 2023, with a due date of June 6, 2023, and no set-aside. The source references DARPA/I2O BAA HR0011-23-S-0028, Amendment 1, dated April 13, 2023, for detailed program requirements.

Serenitix LLC is named on two sub-award records, dated November 4, 2025 and January 21, 2026, to advance privilege management at the kernel and application levels, including Phase 1 consultation and kernel-hook engineering and Phase 2 application-level privilege extraction tools. The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. is named on four sub-award records dated July 12, 2024, January 3, 2025, March 28, 2025, and January 7, 2026.

Subawards

Subcontractor Amount Awarded
Subcontractor not on record SEVER AND PROTECT: SEPARATE ENVIRONMENT FOR VULNERABILITY ELIMINATION AND REDUCTION AND POLICY RULES ORGANIZED TO ENFORCE COMPARTMENT TRANSITIONS Scope of… $60,000
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. SEVER AND PROTECT: SEPARATE ENVIRONMENT FOR VULNERABILITY ELIMINATION AND REDUCTION AND POLICY RULES ORGANIZED TO ENFORCE COMPARTMENT TRANSITIONS Statement of… $572,600
Subcontractor not on record SEVER AND PROTECT: SEPARATE ENVIRONMENT FOR VULNERABILITY ELIMINATION AND REDUCTION AND POLICY RULES ORGANIZED TO ENFORCE COMPARTMENT TRANSITIONS Scope of… $30,108
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. SEVER AND PROTECT: SEPARATE ENVIRONMENT FOR VULNERABILITY ELIMINATION AND REDUCTION AND POLICY RULES ORGANIZED TO ENFORCE COMPARTMENT TRANSITIONS "DARPA/I2Os… $750,000
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. SEVER AND PROTECT: SEPARATE ENVIRONMENT FOR VULNERABILITY ELIMINATION AND REDUCTION AND POLICY RULES ORGANIZED TO ENFORCE COMPARTMENT TRANSITIONS DARPA/I2Os… $499,105
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. SEVER AND PROTECT: SEPARATE ENVIRONMENT FOR VULNERABILITY ELIMINATION AND REDUCTION AND POLICY RULES ORGANIZED TO ENFORCE COMPARTMENT TRANSITIONS DARPA/I2Os… $616,653

Quick answers

Who was awarded contract FA875024CB042?

FA875024CB042 was awarded to The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania by Air Force Research Laboratory (Air Force Materiel Command) on March 7, 2024.

How much is contract FA875024CB042 worth?

The government has obligated $8,136,963 on FA875024CB042. Its current value, with exercised options, is $13,562,839.

Which agency awarded contract FA875024CB042?

Air Force Research Laboratory (Air Force Materiel Command) awarded FA875024CB042, with funding from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Department of Defense).

Was contract FA875024CB042 competed?

The extent of competition for FA875024CB042 was full and open competition. The government received 27 offers.

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