Habitus

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency seeks innovative research proposals to develop self-sustaining, adaptive, generalizable, and scalable methods for generating causal system models based on local knowledge to aid operational decision making. Proposals are solicited under Broad Agency Announcement HR001120S0035 to create capabilities applicable to populations between 50,000-500,000 individuals located outside the continental United States, involving non-Western languages and cultures. Proposals will be evaluated based on technical merit and cost, and are due by specified dates in the pre-solicitation notice and subsequent amendments.

The solicitation includes no set-aside designations. Relevant NAICS codes are 541715 and PSC code R408. The program involves three phases over 42 months across multiple world regions and populations, with individual awards estimated between $500,000 to $5 million depending on proposed scope. Proposals must address measurable milestones and exit criteria on a quarterly basis over periods of 6-30 months. Current contractors were not identified.