Rescind: project ascend phase 1

Ended Definitive Contract Awarded Last action

Contract number
N6600124C4505
Awardee
Awarding agency
Obligated
$10,227,527

Award facts

Opportunity
Contract value 40% obligated
  • $10,227,527.00 Current, with exercised options
  • $25,432,998.00 Potential, with all options
Completion date 100% complete
  • Current, with exercised options
  • Potential, with all options
Contracting staff
Set-aside
No set-aside
Competition
Full and Open Competition · 16 offers Negotiated Proposal / Quote
Pricing
Cost Plus Fixed Fee
Place of performance
Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA

Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.

Transactions

Action Obligated Date
Funding Only Action P00004 · Funding in support of rescind: project ascend phase 1 $1,469,527
Other Administrative Action P00003 · POP extension and executive order compliance $0
Funding Only Action P00002 · Incremental funding in support of rescind: project ascend phase 1 $2,430,000
Other Administrative Action P00001 · Incremental funding, change in COR, change in approved subcontractors, update to key personnel, update on IP assertions $2,228,000
Original award $4,100,000

About this award

This federal contract award is for "Reimagining Security with Cyberpsychology-Informed Network Defenses (ReSCIND) Program," awarded by the Naval Information Warfare Center, Pacific on behalf of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency (IARPA). The $25,432,998.00 definitive contract with a cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing type was awarded to SRI International, a non-profit research and development institute, with a performance period through December 2027. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. The award includes multiple subcontractors, such as Simspace Corp, University of Florida, Virtual Reality Medical Center, and Two Six Labs, who will support research and development of cyberpsychology-informed defenses to counter cyber threats. The contract work aims to develop techniques to measure, predict, and influence attacker behavior and cognitive vulnerabilities.

Subawards

Subcontractor Amount Awarded
Simspace Corp INCREMENTAL FUNDING, CHANGE IN COR, CHANGE IN APPROVED SUBCONTRACTORS, UPDATE TO KEY PERSONNEL, UPDATE ON IP ASSERTIONS R&D for Cyberpsychology-informed… $600,000
Subcontractor not on record INCREMENTAL FUNDING, CHANGE IN COR, CHANGE IN APPROVED SUBCONTRACTORS, UPDATE TO KEY PERSONNEL, UPDATE ON IP ASSERTIONS Task 1. CogVulns Identification and… $95,160
Subcontractor not on record INCREMENTAL FUNDING, CHANGE IN COR, CHANGE IN APPROVED SUBCONTRACTORS, UPDATE TO KEY PERSONNEL, UPDATE ON IP ASSERTIONS R&D for Cyberpsychology-informed… $715,642
A Professional Medical Corporation The Virtual Reality Medical Center RESCIND: PROJECT ASCEND PHASE 1 R&D for Cyberpsychology-informed Defenses $734,574
George Mason University RESCIND: PROJECT ASCEND PHASE 1 Research and HSR design. $898,607
Two Six Labs, LLC RESCIND: PROJECT ASCEND PHASE 1 R&D for Cyberpsychology-informed Defenses $3,660,176
Margin Research LLC RESCIND: PROJECT ASCEND PHASE 1 R&D for Cyberpsychology-informed Defenses $2,125,592
Florida Institute For Human & Machine Cognition Inc. RESCIND: PROJECT ASCEND PHASE 1 Human subject testing and design of tests of systems under development $3,977,381

Quick answers

Who was awarded contract N6600124C4505?

N6600124C4505 was awarded to Sri International by Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (Department of the Navy) on January 19, 2024.

How much is contract N6600124C4505 worth?

The government has obligated $10,227,527 on N6600124C4505. Its potential value, with all options, is $25,432,998.

Was contract N6600124C4505 competed?

The extent of competition for N6600124C4505 was full and open competition. The government received 16 offers.

On GovTribe

See this award's full record

  • Every transaction and funding action
  • The awardee's other awards and teaming partners
  • Similar awards and recompete opportunities
  • Ask GovTribe AI about this award