IDIQ · W911QX25DA011
Army AI IDIQ to Scale AI (W911QX25DA011)
Department of the Army (Department of Defense) signed an IDIQ with Scale AI on 21 Aug 2025 for: Artificial intelligence support for basic and applied research of the army research laboratory. $0 obligated, $99.5M ceiling.
In context
Across 411 awards- Ranks 285 of 287 DoD awards in this ledger by obligated dollars.
- Scale AI holds 5 awards here, $11.4M obligated in total.
- Nothing is obligated on the vehicle itself; orders against it carry the money, up to the $99.5M ceiling.
- Period of performance: 60 months, one of 151 AI awards signed in FY2025.
- Orders in this ledger placed against it: W911QX25FA054.
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.
- W911QX25DA0111
- Action dateDate the award was signed (contracts and IDVs) or the base action date (assistance), from the USAspending.gov award record.
- 2025-08-211
- 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.
- Scale AI1
- 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.
- IDIQ1
- 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.
- $99,490,9831
- Performance startStart of the period of performance.
- 2025-08-211
- Performance endCurrent end of the period of performance (or last date to order for an IDV).
- 2030-08-201
- PSCProduct or Service Code on the latest contract action, with its official description.
- AC33: National defense R&D services; defense-related activities; 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.
- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT FOR BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH OF THE ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY1
- CompetitionExtent competed on the latest contract action.
- Full and open competition1
- Offers received offersNumber of offers the agency reports receiving.
- 9991
- PricingType of contract pricing (firm fixed price, cost plus fixed fee, time and materials...).
- Order dependent (idv allows pricing arrangement to be determined separately for each order)1
Source
- USAspending.gov award W911QX25DA011 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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All 411 awards-
Air Force AI contract to Scale AI (FA875126C0001)
Department of the Air Force · Scale AI · Definitive contract ·
$5.06M obligated · $32.2M ceiling -
Army AI order to Scale AI (W911QX25FA054)
Department of the Army · Scale AI · Delivery order ·
$2.88M obligated · $4.99M ceiling -
DLA AI order to Scale AI (SP470124F0355)
Defense Logistics Agency · Scale AI · Delivery order ·
$2.47M obligated -
Air Force AI order to Scale AI (FA873025PB007)
Department of the Air Force · Scale AI · Purchase order ·
$1M obligated -
Army AI contract to ECS Federal (W911QX25C0002)
Department of the Army · ECS Federal, LLC · Definitive contract ·
$83.5M obligated · $97.6M ceiling
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