Indefinite Delivery Contract FA865022D5400
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- The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract valued at $75 million to Bluehalo, LLC (formerly UES Inc.) on September 28, 2015, for the Soft Organic Functional Technology (SOFT) program. The contract is structured as a cost-plus-fixed-fee vehicle with no small business set-aside, enabling AFRL to procure specialized research and development services across multiple scientific and engineering domains. Work is performed at the contractor's facility in...
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- The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract to Bluehalo, LLC (formerly UES Inc.) on November 14, 2013, with a ceiling value of $46.2 million and an ultimate completion date of November 1, 2018. This cost-plus-fixed-fee vehicle, with no small business set-aside, establishes a master contract for the Molecular Signatures Program and related COVID-19 molecular signatures period of performance extensions. The prime contractor, based in Beavercreek, Ohio,...
- The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract valued at $9.975 million to Bluehalo, LLC on September 29, 2023, with an ultimate completion date of June 28, 2028. The Manufacturing Research for Digital Utilization (MARDU) program procures advanced manufacturing research that leverages digital technologies to enhance design, production, and operational capabilities across the Air Force's research portfolio. This cost-plus-fixed-fee vehicle was established...
- The U.S. Air Force awarded a $99 million indefinite delivery contract to Bluehalo, LLC on May 13, 2019, under the Power, Energy, Thermal, Integration, and Controls (PETIC) Scientific Research Program. This multiple-award, cost-plus-fixed-fee vehicle, which extends through May 13, 2024, procures advanced research, engineering, testing, and scientific services focused on analysis and integration studies for next-generation aerospace and defense technologies. The contract was awarded without...
- The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $9.5 million Indefinite Delivery Contract to Bluehalo, LLC (formerly UES Inc.) on December 30, 2020, with an ultimate completion date of December 30, 2024. This multiple-award, cost-plus-fixed-fee vehicle with no set-aside designation was established to procure physics-based and in-situ composite analysis and simulation solutions under the PICASSO program. The contract supports advanced research and development in composite materials characterization...
- The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded an Indefinite Delivery Contract to Bluehalo, LLC (formerly UES Inc.) for the Technical Operations VI (TOPS VI) vehicle on August 22, 2022, with a $130 million ceiling and ultimate completion date of August 22, 2027. This multiple-award, non-set-aside contract is structured as a cost-plus-fixed-fee arrangement and supports basic and applied research, as well as advanced development efforts across functional materials, structural materials, manufacturing...
- The U.S. Air Force awarded a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract valued at $18.0 million to Bluehalo, LLC for the Mechanical Systems Performance Evaluation III program. This IDV, awarded on August 15, 2014, with an ultimate completion date of August 14, 2019, was structured as a cost-plus-fixed-fee arrangement without small business set-asides. The contract covers mechanical system performance evaluation research, prognostics development, and bearing performance analysis conducted at the...
- The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a single-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract valued at $180.6 million to Bluehalo, LLC on August 26, 2019, for the Molecular Assessment Sensing Technologies (MAST) program. The contract, which extends through August 26, 2024, represents a cost-plus-fixed-fee arrangement with no small business set-aside designation and is performed primarily at the contractor's Beavercreek, Ohio facility. The underlying solicitation...
- The Broad Spectrum Engineered Materials (BSEM) indefinite delivery contract represents a single-award vehicle issued by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) with a ceiling value of $89.0 million and a five-year performance period from September 14, 2009 through September 14, 2014. Bluehalo, LLC (formerly UES Inc.), a Beavercreek, Ohio-based science and technology company, serves as the prime contractor under this cost-plus-fixed-fee vehicle with no small business set-aside designation. The...
- FA865022D5400Indefinite Delivery Contract
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The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a single-award, non-set-aside Indefinite Delivery Contract to Bluehalo, LLC with a $150 million ceiling and a performance period extending through June 15, 2027. The contract, titled Functional Responsive Experimentation for Systems and Humans (FRESH), procures research and development services in biotechnology, biomaterials, polymer science, responsive materials development, and systems and human factors experimentation. Work is performed at Bluehalo's facility in Beavercreek, Ohio. The contract employs a cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing structure and represents AFRL's strategic investment in advanced materials science capabilities that support the Air Force's operational and technological priorities. As of the available contract data, three delivery orders have been issued under this IDV, totaling approximately $149.6 million against the ceiling, demonstrating substantial utilization of the vehicle for mission-critical research initiatives. The three delivery orders issued to date reflect AFRL's phased approach to the FRESH program's research objectives. The initial delivery order, awarded June 15, 2022, valued at $29.7 million with completion targeted for September 15, 2026, focused on biotechnology and biomaterials research and development. A second delivery order, also awarded June 15, 2022, valued at $44.1 million with the same completion date, provided incremental funding for polymers and responsive materials research and development. The most recent delivery order, awarded September 30, 2025, valued at $75.8 million with completion targeted for September 13, 2030, continued the FRESH program's advanced research initiatives. Bluehalo executes these research objectives through an extensive network of academic subcontractors, including Texas A&M University, Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania State University, the University of Pennsylvania, Boston University, and the University of Colorado, as well as specialized vendors providing laboratory equipment, software platforms, and technical services aligned with biotechnology and advanced materials research requirements.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| ARZ996 | Novation Agreement | $0 | 11/4/25 | |
| P00003 | Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | 9/26/25 | |
| P00002 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 8/8/24 | |
| P00001 | Rerepresentation of Non-Novated Merger/Acquisition | $0 | 6/25/24 | |
| Not listed | Not listed | $0 | 6/15/22 |
Name | Description | Awardee | Potential Value | AwardDate | CompletionDate | Updated At |
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Delivery Order FA865022D5400-FA865022F5401 | Bluehalo, LLC | $29.7m | 6/15/22 | 9/15/26 | 8/19/25 | |
Delivery Order FA865022D5400-FA865022F5402 | Bluehalo, LLC | $44.1m | 6/15/22 | 9/15/26 | 9/23/25 | |
Delivery Order FA865022D5400-FA239425FB022 | Bluehalo, LLC | $75.8m | 9/30/25 | 9/13/30 | 9/26/25 |