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Oral Presentation Slides and Supplementary Document Submission. Oral Presentation Slides in Microsoft PowerPoint or PDF format, along with all Supplementary Documents will be due on November 20, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. ET for all proposers, regardless of the day of their planned Oral Presentation. All presented material is to be submitted to https://baa.darpa.mil/. Questions on DARPA’s Broad Agency Announcement Tool (BAAT) website registration should be sent to: BAAT_support@darpa.mil.

Clarifying Questions. One (1) week before the scheduled Oral Presentation, DARPA will provide a list of questions they anticipate asking during the presentation, based on the Oral Presentation Slides and the Supplementary Documents. Questions may refer to any aspect of the Proposal Package.
Additional Slides with Answers. Proposers may optionally include additional slides to answer the Clarifying Questions in a supplementary submission to DARPA due two days before the Oral Presentation. Additional information that is submitted but that does not address the Clarifying Questions may not be reviewed. All presented material within the additional data slides is to be submitted to QBIT_StageA@darpa.mil. The Government evaluation team may not review these materials before the Oral Presentation. These Additional Slides with Answers will be available to proposers during question time (see below) but not during presentation time.

Presentation: Anticipated Path to a Utility-Scale Quantum Computer

Timing: 60 minutes to present, 120 minutes for questions
Presentation Requirements: No more than 60 slides. Only the first 60 slides will be presented or reviewed. Do not include “notes” pages or supplemental voice tracks. Slides will be presented from a DARPA computer.
Presentation Recommendations: Do not include animations or videos, as slides should be understandable when printed. Slides should be understandable as read ahead presentations, without narration. For clarity of presentation, DARPA recommends no more than 60 slides, with no more than 150 words per slide.
Requested Content
- Describe your concept for a utility-scale quantum computer.
- Describe the timeline/roadmap for your existing research effort, and why that effort may lead to construction of a utility-scale quantum computer.
- Describe your approach to fault-tolerant prototype design.
- Describe your approach to component and subsystem research and development.
- Describe your approach to prototype construction and characterization.
- Describe existing materials and planned research that could be delivered to the Government on day 1 of Stage A

The proposer is requested to provide information about anticipated level of effort with the Proposal Package. This does not need to be presented and will be reviewed (Attachment E) whether presented or not.

Registration

Registration will open on Wednesday, October 28 at 3:00 PM ET and close on Tuesday, November 10 at 3:00 PM ET.

Lead presenters will select an available slot and provide two back-up dates. These dates will only be used if something prevents DARPA or the proposer from being able to use the primary date.

All additional participants should register as a "Briefing Participant."

In-person attendance is preferred, with optional additional virtual participation using ZoomGov/Microsoft Teams. Due to space concerns, DARPA requests that any proposer wishing to have more than six (6) persons attend in person email QBIT_StageA@darpa.mil to ensure coordination on available space. DARPA does not guarantee that more than six persons will be admitted to the meeting in person without prior coordination. There is no limit on virtual attendance.

Lead presenters will receive confirmation of their briefing date ASAP, NLT November 12, 2026.

Eligibility

All proposers who are not U.S. citizens must complete and submit either a DARPA eForm 60 (U.S. Permanent Resident and Foreign National Visit Request – e.g., industry or academia) or an Official Foreign Visit Request (foreign government personnel, only) through the U.S. Embassy based in Washington, DC, no later than Friday, November 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET. Form 60 submission instructions will be provided in the registration confirmation email for non-U.S. citizens. Contact your Embassy staff for assistance in submitting the Official Visit Request.

For all in-person presentations, all attendees must present valid, Government-issued photo identification.

Daily Schedule

Tentative Morning Time Slot Schedule

0730-0745: Check In

0800-0900: Oral Presentation: Anticipated Path to USQC (presentation of D.1 slides)

0900-1100: Clarifying Questions and Q&A (presentation of D.2 slides + any follow on questions)

1100: Proposer dismissed

Tentative Afternoon Time Slot Schedule

1230-1245: Check In

1300-1400: Oral Presentation: Anticipated Path to USQC (presentation of D.1 slides)

1400-1600: Clarifying Questions and Q&A (presentation of D.2 slides + any follow on questions)

1600: Proposer dismissed