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The Department of the Army, through the U.S. Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground (RTP Division) on behalf of the Army Research Office (ARO), released Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) W911NF-13-R-0010 to solicit basic research proposals in quantum computing. The opportunity is framed as a competitive, open solicitation for science and technology research and development, with the goal of advancing foundational capabilities that support robust, scalable quantum information systems. Awards were anticipated as contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements depending on the nature of the proposed effort and the government’s needs, and all awards were subject to the availability of appropriated funds.

The announcement is centered on two distinct technical topic areas. The first is Quantum Characterization, Verification, and Validation (QCVV). This topic seeks both theoretical and experimental approaches for characterizing few-qubit systems in ways that directly inform progress toward fault-tolerant quantum computation (FTQC). The emphasis is on developing techniques, procedures, and methods that can produce meaningful metrics for robustness and performance, and then demonstrating those approaches experimentally. A key intended outcome is a set of standards and repeatable procedures that can be used to evaluate and compare increasingly complex quantum information systems as they scale beyond simple laboratory demonstrations.

The second topic area is Advanced Quantum Computing Measurement Technology. This line of research focuses on measurement as a practical bottleneck and enabler across quantum computing workflows, including diagnosing system behavior during calibration, optimizing operations during tune-up, and performing final readout during algorithm execution. The BAA highlights three core performance parameters for measurement methods: speed (how quickly measurements can be made), fidelity (how accurate and reliable the measurement outcomes are), and resources (the overhead required, such as hardware complexity, power, or ancillary qubits). The objective is to demonstrate novel measurement techniques that can be applied to existing qubit technologies, implying proposals should be grounded in realistic platforms while still offering meaningful innovation in readout and measurement performance.

From a solicitation and compliance standpoint, the Army notes the BAA is issued under FAR 6.102(d)(2) and 10 USC 2358, the authorities commonly used for competitively selecting basic research proposals. Proposals selected under this BAA are treated as resulting from full and open competition and are positioned as compliant with the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984 and subsequent amendments. In practical terms, this language signals that the government expects a merit-based review of proposed research ideas and teams, consistent with how BAAs are typically used to fund exploratory or foundational R and D rather than procurement of a specific end product.

Key administrative details include an opportunity category of discretionary funding, a funding activity category of science and technology and other research and development, and a CFDA listing of 12.431 (Basic Scientific Research). The solicitation listed no cost sharing or matching requirement, and eligibility was described as unrestricted, meaning it was broadly open to applicant types unless otherwise limited by any additional eligibility language in the full text. The posting date was June 12, 2013, with an original and current closing date of September 10, 2013, and an archive date of October 10, 2013. Individual awards were expected to range from a floor of $50,000 up to a ceiling of $1,500,000.

For those needing access or assistance, the announcement provided a point of contact: Ernie Dixon, Procurement Analyst, reachable by phone at 919-549-4270, and it referenced the ARL BAA Home Page as the primary additional information link for the full announcement and related instructions.

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