Definitive Contract N0001416C1033

The U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research awarded a $1.48 million Cost Plus Fixed Fee definitive contract to Bluehalo Labs, LLC (doing business as Intelligent Automation) on April 15, 2016, for Expeditionary Intelligence Surveillance, Reconnaissance Science and Technology research and development. The contract, which was completed by April 14, 2019, was performed in Derwood, Maryland, and carried no small business set-aside designation. Bluehalo Labs is a Maryland-based Subchapter S corporation that has established itself as a significant provider of advanced technological solutions to the Department of Defense and federal civilian agencies since its registration in the federal contracting system in 2002, with particular expertise in space situational awareness, directed energy, missile defense, command and control systems, and intelligence applications.

The contractor has built a substantial track record delivering research and development services and specialized technical products across defense, space, and intelligence domains. Bluehalo Labs maintains two significant federal contract vehicles that generate recurring revenue, including a $12.2 million Small Business Innovation Research Phase III Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center focused on cloud lightning evaluation and STARGATE software maintenance through August 2027, which has already generated approximately $4.2 million in delivery orders. The company's federal contract portfolio demonstrates competitiveness across both small business set-aside and open procurement channels, with cumulative prime contract awards totaling tens of millions of dollars supplemented by grants from the Department of Energy and cooperative agreements from the Defense Health Agency and Army Research Development and Engineering Command.