An AI-enabled autonomous amphibious vehicle
Ended Definitive Contract Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- N0001421C2040
- Awardee
-
Pliant Energy Systems Inc. UEI C4U6SRM5Z478
- Awarding agency
-
Office of Naval Research
Secretary of the Navy, Department of Defense
- Obligated
- $4,422,491
Award facts
- Opportunity
-
- Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science & Technology Pre-Solicitation · N0001420SB001 · Posted Sep 26, 2019
- Contract value 100% obligated
- $4,422,491.00 Current and potential, with all options
- Completion date 100% complete
- Current and potential, with all options
- NAICS code
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
- Competition
- 99 offers Basic Research
- Pricing
- Cost Plus Fixed Fee
- Place of performance
- Brooklyn, NY 11205, USA
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $249,329 | |
| Funding Only Action | $830,824 | |
| Exercise an Option | $692,338 | |
| Funding Only Action | $750,000 | |
| Funding Only Action | $257,000 | |
| Funding Only Action | $43,000 | |
| Funding Only Action | $800,000 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Original award | $800,000 |
About this award
Pliant Energy Systems Inc., a Brooklyn, New York-based developer of advanced autonomous vehicle technologies, was awarded a $4.42 million definitive contract by the Office of Naval Research on August 17, 2021, for the development of an AI-enabled autonomous amphibious vehicle. Structured as a cost-plus-fixed-fee arrangement with no set-aside designation, the contract carried an ultimate completion date of July 1, 2024, with all work performed at the contractor's Brooklyn facility. This award represents a continuation of the Office of Naval Research's investment in innovative autonomous platform technologies to support critical naval operational requirements.
The contract award emerged from a pre-solicitation opportunity posted on September 26, 2019, with a due date of October 1, 2020. This engagement reflects Pliant Energy Systems' established expertise in autonomous vehicle platforms and propulsion systems for naval applications, and it marks the first in a series of three prime contract awards from the Office of Naval Research totaling approximately $15.48 million across distinct technology development initiatives spanning from 2021 through 2028.
Quick answers
Who was awarded contract N0001421C2040?
N0001421C2040 was awarded to Pliant Energy Systems Inc. by Office of Naval Research (Secretary of the Navy) on August 17, 2021.
How much is contract N0001421C2040 worth?
The government has obligated $4,422,491 on N0001421C2040.
Was contract N0001421C2040 competed?
The government received 99 offers.
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