Purchase Order W9124724P0023

The U.S. Army has awarded a $100,000.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Robotic Research Opco, LLC, doing business as Forterra, to provide two autonomous small multipurpose equipment transport (SMET) vehicles and associated training services. This contract was awarded under a total small business set-aside to Forterra, a limited liability company that specializes in autonomous vehicle systems and robotic solutions for defense and logistics applications. The training will be provided to approximately 50 personnel at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, Louisiana over a roughly two-week period in March 2024. The contractor will also host at least five hours of lessons learned forums to gather feedback on the autonomous SMET capabilities. This contract supports the 27th Engineer Battalion's requirement for autonomous SMET training.