Federal AI Contracts

BPA · 36C24825A0009

VA AI BPA to Artera (36C24825A0009)

Department of Veterans Affairs signed a BPA with Artera on 10 Dec 2024 for: Artera artificial intelligence (AI) for prostate cancer cost-per test. $0 obligated, $1.4M ceiling.

Civilian

Verified

Obligated
$0 1
Ceiling
$1.4M 1
Signed
10 Dec 2024 1
Runs to
14 Dec 2029 1

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In context

Across 411 awards
  • Ranks 11 of 12 VA awards in this ledger by obligated dollars.
  • Artera's only award in this ledger.
  • Nothing is obligated on the vehicle itself; orders against it carry the money, up to the $1.4M ceiling.
  • Period of performance: 60 months, one of 151 AI awards signed in FY2025.

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.
36C24825A00091
Action dateDate the award was signed (contracts and IDVs) or the base action date (assistance), from the USAspending.gov award record.
2024-12-101
Fiscal yearFederal fiscal year of the action date. FY2025 runs 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025.
FY20251
AgencyTop-tier awarding agency, as named by USAspending.gov.
Department of Veterans Affairs1
RecipientThe contractor or grantee on the award, as registered in SAM.gov and shown by USAspending.gov.
Artera Inc.1
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.
BPA1
Obligated $Total federal dollars obligated on the award to date (sum of all actions, including de-obligations). This is money committed, not a ceiling.
$0.001
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.
$1,400,0001
Performance startStart of the period of performance.
2024-12-151
Performance endCurrent end of the period of performance (or last date to order for an IDV).
2029-12-141
PSCProduct or Service Code on the latest contract action, with its official description.
6640: Laboratory equipment and supplies1
NAICSNAICS industry code on the latest contract action, with its description.
621511: Medical laboratories1
Award descriptionThe award description as the agency entered it, cut at about 420 characters.
ARTERA ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) FOR PROSTATE CANCER COST-PER TEST.1
PricingType of contract pricing (firm fixed price, cost plus fixed fee, time and materials...).
Firm fixed price1

Source

  1. USAspending.gov award 36C24825A0009 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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