Definitive contract · 13ADEP26C0007
U.S. Census Bureau AI contract to Whirlwind Technologies (13ADEP26C0007)
U.S. Census Bureau (Department of Commerce) signed a definitive contract with Whirlwind Technologies on 22 Jan 2026 for: This acquisition seeks to provide expert support for activities including process re-engineering, business analysis, data ingest, data science, artificial intelligence (AI) and large language model (LLM) development… $2.57M obligated.
In context
Across 411 awards- Ranks 8 of 11 Commerce awards in this ledger by obligated dollars, 2.7% of the agency's $94.5M.
- Whirlwind Technologies's only award in this ledger.
- Fully obligated: the obligation already equals the ceiling.
- Period of performance: 8 months, one of 101 AI awards signed in FY2026.
Award record
Source per value- Award IDThe PIID for contracts and IDVs, the FAIN for grants and cooperative agreements, exactly as USAspending.gov lists it.
- 13ADEP26C00071
- Action dateDate the award was signed (contracts and IDVs) or the base action date (assistance), from the USAspending.gov award record.
- 2026-01-221
- Fiscal yearFederal fiscal year of the action date. FY2025 runs 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025.
- FY20261
- AgencyTop-tier awarding agency, as named by USAspending.gov.
- Department of Commerce1
- Sub-agencyAwarding sub-tier agency (for example Department of the Army inside the Department of Defense). Empty when it equals the agency.
- U.S. Census Bureau1
- RecipientThe contractor or grantee on the award, as registered in SAM.gov and shown by USAspending.gov.
- Whirlwind Technologies LLC1
- Award typeThe award vehicle. Contracts and orders spend money; IDIQs, BPAs and GWACs are vehicles that orders are placed against; grants and cooperative agreements are financial assistance.
- Definitive contract1
- Obligated $Total federal dollars obligated on the award to date (sum of all actions, including de-obligations). This is money committed, not a ceiling.
- $2,574,8941
- Ceiling $Base and all options value: the most the contract or IDV can reach if every option is exercised. A ceiling is not spending; never add it to obligations. Empty for grants.
- $2,574,8941
- Performance startStart of the period of performance.
- 2026-01-221
- Performance endCurrent end of the period of performance (or last date to order for an IDV).
- 2026-09-301
- PSCProduct or Service Code on the latest contract action, with its official description.
- DA10: IT and telecom - business application/application development software as a service1
- NAICSNAICS industry code on the latest contract action, with its description.
- 541512: Computer systems design services1
- Award descriptionThe award description as the agency entered it, cut at about 420 characters.
- THIS ACQUISITION SEEKS TO PROVIDE EXPERT SUPPORT FOR ACTIVITIES INCLUDING PROCESS RE-ENGINEERING, BUSINESS ANALYSIS, DATA INGEST, DATA SCIENCE, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) AND LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL (LLM) DEVELOPMENT, MOJO AND DATA INGEST AND COLLECTI1
- CompetitionExtent competed on the latest contract action.
- Not available for competition1
- Offers received offersNumber of offers the agency reports receiving.
- 11
- PricingType of contract pricing (firm fixed price, cost plus fixed fee, time and materials...).
- Firm fixed price1
Source
- USAspending.gov award 13ADEP26C0007 accessed 2026-11-11
Obligated is money committed to date. Ceiling is the base-and-all-options value: the most the award can reach. The two are never added.
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