Air Force AI contract to IBM (FA875024CB040)

Award IDThe PIID for contracts and IDVs, the FAIN for grants and cooperative agreements, exactly as USAspending.gov lists it.

FA875024CB0401

Action dateDate the award was signed (contracts and IDVs) or the base action date (assistance), from the USAspending.gov award record.

2024-05-301

Fiscal yearFederal fiscal year of the action date. FY2025 runs 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025.

FY20241

AgencyTop-tier awarding agency, as named by USAspending.gov.

Department of Defense1

Sub-agencyAwarding sub-tier agency (for example Department of the Army inside the Department of Defense). Empty when it equals the agency.

Department of the Air Force1

RecipientThe contractor or grantee on the award, as registered in SAM.gov and shown by USAspending.gov.

IBM1

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.

$9,738,2241

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.

$48,193,7241

Performance startStart of the period of performance.

2024-05-301

Performance endCurrent end of the period of performance (or last date to order for an IDV).

2027-07-281

PSCProduct or Service Code on the latest contract action, with its official description.

AC13: National defense R&D services; department of defense - military; experimental development1

NAICSNAICS industry code on the latest contract action, with its description.

541715: Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences (except nanotechnology and biotechnology)1

Award descriptionThe award description as the agency entered it, cut at about 420 characters.

NORTH POLE HUB - DESIGN, VERIFY AND VALIDATE AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) AND MACHINE LEARNING (ML) NORTH POLE PLATFORM TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL BE MOUNTED ON TEST BOARDS1

CompetitionExtent competed on the latest contract action.

Full and open competition1

Offers received offersNumber of offers the agency reports receiving.

21

PricingType of contract pricing (firm fixed price, cost plus fixed fee, time and materials...).

Cost no fee1

1. USAspending.gov award FA875024CB040 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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