Delivery order · W911QX25FA054

Army AI order to Scale AI (W911QX25FA054)

Department of the Army (Department of Defense) signed a delivery order with Scale AI on 10 Sep 2025 for: Artificial intelligence support for basic and applied research of the army research laboratory. $2.88M obligated, $4.99M ceiling.

Defense

Verified

Obligated
$2.88M 1
Ceiling
$4.99M 1
Signed
10 Sep 2025 1
Runs to
27 Oct 2026 1

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In context

Across 411 awards
  • Ranks 60 of 287 DoD awards in this ledger by obligated dollars, 0.29% of the agency's $984M.
  • Scale AI holds 5 awards here, $11.4M obligated in total.
  • 58% of the $4.99M ceiling is obligated, leaving $2.1M in options not yet exercised.
  • Period of performance: 14 months, one of 151 AI awards signed in FY2025.
  • Placed against W911QX25DA011, an IDIQ vehicle also in this ledger.

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.
W911QX25FA0541
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 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.
Delivery order1
Obligated $Total federal dollars obligated on the award to date (sum of all actions, including de-obligations). This is money committed, not a ceiling.
$2,882,8721
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.
$4,986,9161
Performance startStart of the period of performance.
2025-08-261
Performance endCurrent end of the period of performance (or last date to order for an IDV).
2026-10-271
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
PricingType of contract pricing (firm fixed price, cost plus fixed fee, time and materials...).
Firm fixed price1
Parent vehiclePIID of the IDIQ, schedule or BPA an order was placed against.
W911QX25DA0111

Source

  1. USAspending.gov award W911QX25FA054 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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