BPA call · 70B06C25F00000621

CBP AI order to Elder Research (70B06C25F00000621)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Department of Homeland Security) signed a BPA call with Elder Research on 10 Sep 2025 for: Data science services to support the office of trade's (ot) large language model (LLM) vision AI project. $1.66M obligated.

CivilianGenerative AI

Verified

Obligated
$1.66M 1
Ceiling
$1.66M 1
Signed
10 Sep 2025 1
Runs to
14 Sep 2026 1

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In context

Across 411 awards
  • Ranks 10 of 14 DHS awards in this ledger by obligated dollars, 2.9% of the agency's $56.5M.
  • Elder Research's only award in this ledger.
  • Fully obligated: the obligation already equals the ceiling.
  • Period of performance: 12 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.
70B06C25F000006211
Action dateDate the award was signed (contracts and IDVs) or the base action date (assistance), from the USAspending.gov award record.
2025-09-101
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 Homeland Security1
Sub-agencyAwarding sub-tier agency (for example Department of the Army inside the Department of Defense). Empty when it equals the agency.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection1
RecipientThe contractor or grantee on the award, as registered in SAM.gov and shown by USAspending.gov.
Elder Research, 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.
BPA call1
Obligated $Total federal dollars obligated on the award to date (sum of all actions, including de-obligations). This is money committed, not a ceiling.
$1,657,8541
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.
$1,657,8541
Performance startStart of the period of performance.
2025-09-151
Performance endCurrent end of the period of performance (or last date to order for an IDV).
2026-09-141
PSCProduct or Service Code on the latest contract action, with its official description.
R410: Support- professional: program evaluation/review/development1
NAICSNAICS industry code on the latest contract action, with its description.
541519: Other computer related services1
Award descriptionThe award description as the agency entered it, cut at about 420 characters.
DATA SCIENCE SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE OFFICE OF TRADE'S (OT) LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL (LLM) VISION AI PROJECT.1
CompetitionExtent competed on the latest contract action.
Full and open competition1
PricingType of contract pricing (firm fixed price, cost plus fixed fee, time and materials...).
Time and materials1
Parent vehiclePIID of the IDIQ, schedule or BPA an order was placed against.
70B06C20A000000361

Source

  1. USAspending.gov award 70B06C25F00000621 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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