This is a $89,100 firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command to the University of Southern California (USC) for the provision of electrical and electronic boards, cards, and associated hardware. The contract has no set-aside designation.
USC, a leading private research university, has a long history of successfully executing federal contracts and grants across a wide range of research areas, including engineering, health sciences, computer science, and more. As the prime contractor, USC may collaborate with other academic institutions, national laboratories, and private sector partners to fulfill the requirements of this contract.
While the specific details of the requested products and services were not provided, this contract award is likely part of USC's broader portfolio of federal funding, which includes prime and subaward contracts, as well as grants, from agencies such as the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Institutes of Health, and National Science Foundation. USC also holds several federal contract Indefinite Delivery Vehicles, including a $996,516 award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for research on artificial intelligence and multi-human teams.