Provide outcomes and findings that inform the department about the feasibility, performance, risks, and attendant investment strategies associated with frontier artificial intelligence capabilities.

Ended Awarded Last action

Contract number
HQ003425FE152
Awardee
Awarding agency
Obligated
$1,859,787

Award facts

Contract value 100% obligated
$1,859,891.20 Current and potential, with all options
Completion date 100% complete
Current and potential, with all options
Contracting staff
Funding agency
Office of the Secretary of Defense Department of Defense
Set-aside
No set-aside
Competition
Not Competed Only One Source
Pricing
Cost Plus Fixed Fee
Place of performance
Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA

Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.

Transactions

Action Obligated Date
Supplemental Agreement for work within scope P00003 $700,000
Supplemental Agreement for work within scope P00002 $84,981
Supplemental Agreement for work within scope P00001 $862,358
Original award $212,448

About this award

The Office of the Secretary of Defense issued a $1.859 million delivery order to The Trustees of The Stevens Institute of Technology on June 12, 2025, under the Systems Engineering Research Center Indefinite Delivery Contract to provide outcomes and findings on the feasibility, performance, risks, and investment strategies associated with frontier artificial intelligence capabilities.

The parent IDC is a single-award, $520 million indefinite delivery contract with the Office of the Secretary of Defense effective through June 20, 2029, under which Stevens serves as a University Affiliated Research Center for the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC). The contract authorizes cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery orders with no small business set-asides and covers systems engineering research, digital engineering, artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, robotics, and space technology research initiatives.

Place of performance is Hoboken, NJ 07030. The order is scheduled for completion by September 30, 2026. Virginia Tech is the named subcontractor, providing expert accelerator support research through the SERC and Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office Artificial Intelligence Rapid Capabilities Cell, leveraging expertise in AI/ML design, development, testing, responsible AI considerations, and design of experiments to structure frontier AI pilot projects and identify data requirements and evaluation frameworks.

Subawards

Subcontractor Amount Awarded
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University PROVIDE OUTCOMES AND FINDINGS THAT INFORM THE DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE FEASIBILITY, PERFORMANCE, RISKS, AND ATTENDANT INVESTMENT STRATEGIES ASSOCIATED WITH FRONTIER… $844,336
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University PROVIDE OUTCOMES AND FINDINGS THAT INFORM THE DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE FEASIBILITY, PERFORMANCE, RISKS, AND ATTENDANT INVESTMENT STRATEGIES ASSOCIATED WITH FRONTIER… $182,311

Quick answers

Who was awarded contract HQ003425FE152?

HQ003425FE152 was awarded to The Trustees Of The Stevens Institute Of Technology by Washington Headquarters Service (Department of Defense) on June 12, 2025.

How much is contract HQ003425FE152 worth?

The government has obligated $1,859,787 on HQ003425FE152. Its current value, with exercised options, is $1,859,891.

Which agency awarded contract HQ003425FE152?

Washington Headquarters Service (Department of Defense) awarded HQ003425FE152, with funding from Office of the Secretary of Defense (Department of Defense).

Is contract HQ003425FE152 an order under another contract?

Yes. HQ003425FE152 is a delivery order under HQ003424D0023, an indefinite delivery contract.

Was contract HQ003425FE152 competed?

The extent of competition for HQ003425FE152 was not competed.

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