Army AI contract to Vadum (W5170125CA236)

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

W5170125CA2361

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

2025-08-081

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 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 Army1

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

Vadum 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.

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.

$1,899,7771

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.

$1,899,7771

Performance startStart of the period of performance.

2025-08-111

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

2027-08-111

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

AC12: National defense R&D services; department of defense - military; applied research1

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.

SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR) PH II SEQUENTIAL, TOPIC A19-037, MACHINE LEARNING FOR RF SIGNATURES DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM. EFFORT INITIATED UNDER SBIR PH I CONTRACT W56KGU-19-C-0063 AND SBIR PH II CONTRACT W56KGU-21-C-0010.1

CompetitionExtent competed on the latest contract action.

Full and open after exclusion of sources1

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

1. USAspending.gov award W5170125CA236 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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