The iarpa quantum enhanced optimization (QEO) program requires cost-effective, state-of-art, objective, and programmatically flexible test and evaluation (t & e) capabilities to validate that…
Ended Grant For Research Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- 80NSSC17K0589
- Awardee
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Texas A & M University UEI JF6XLNB4CDJ5 Part of The Texas A&M University System
- Awarding agency
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Shared Services Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Obligated
- $1,176,814
Award facts
- Contract value 100% obligated
- $1,176,814.39 Current and potential, with all options
- Completion date 100% complete
- Current and potential, with all options
- NAICS code
- Not on record
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
- Competition
- Not Competed · 0 offers Basic Research
- Pricing
- Other
- Place of performance
- College Station, TX, USA
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Funding Only Action | -$40,335 | |
| Funding Only Action | $270,000 | |
| Funding Only Action | $300,000 | |
| Original award | $647,149 |
About this award
This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Texas A&M University (TAMU) as a subcontractor to provide test and evaluation (T&E) capabilities for the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) Quantum Enhanced Optimization (QEO) program. TAMU was selected due to its expertise in areas such as error models, the effects of noise on classical benchmarks, enhancement models, projections, and corroboration of results. The contract, which has a potential value of $1,176,814.39, is a grant for research and does not have a set-aside designation. As a subcontractor to NASA, TAMU will support IARPA's goal of validating the precision and accuracy of performer results related to the QEO program objectives.
Description
The iarpa quantum enhanced optimization (QEO) program requires cost-effective, state-of-art, objective, and programmatically flexible test and evaluation (t & e) capabilities to validate that performer results are precise and accurate as reported, relative to the program goals. To this end, texas a & m university (tamu) is uniquely suited to work as NASA's subcontractor for the t & e effort. In particular, tamu and NASA have shared and unique capabilities, as well as validation roles and objectives. These include expertise in error models, the effects of noise on classical benchmarks, enhancement models, projections, and corroboration of results, precision requirements VS MIS-specification, as well as quantum advantage via tailored problems based on spin glasses, csps, and current applications of interest to iarpa. Tamu provides iarpa through NASA a highly-responsive and authoritative means to quantify the deepest significance of performer results relative to QEO goals, and their broader significance to the community and future iarpa interests.
Quick answers
Who was awarded contract 80NSSC17K0589?
80NSSC17K0589 was awarded to Texas A & M University by Shared Services Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on July 21, 2017.
How much is contract 80NSSC17K0589 worth?
The government has obligated $1,176,814 on 80NSSC17K0589.
Was contract 80NSSC17K0589 competed?
The extent of competition for 80NSSC17K0589 was not competed. The government received 0 offers.
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