Indefinite Delivery Contract DAAD1902D0003

The key elements of this federal contract IDV award are:

The prime contractor is The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC (APL), a not-for-profit university-affiliated research center that provides critical contributions to address national security and scientific challenges. The contract was awarded by the Defense agency Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), with a period of performance from July 2002 to July 2007 and a ceiling value of $0. The contract has been used to issue multiple task orders for APL to provide a range of services including engineering, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, weapons systems integration, modeling and simulation, and other research and development efforts in support of the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, NASA, and other national security agencies. Specific task orders include work on dust region databases, first contact emergency tool kits, and various technical analysis and support services, with performance locations in Laurel, Maryland. The contract utilizes a cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing structure and does not have any set-asides. The task orders demonstrate APL's specialized capabilities and the government's recurring need for its expertise across defense and scientific domains.