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Award notice

Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Nautilus for Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research and Development (R&D)

W911QX26CA003

Department of the Army, W6QK ACC-APG Adelphi. Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology).

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Awarded

Ecs Federal, LLC

$115,531,241.57 on the award notice, May 28, 2026, contract W911QX26CA003

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This one was awarded in 2026

127 like it are open now in research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences (except nanotechnology and biotechnology)

All 127 open in research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences (except nanotechnology and biotechnology)

Description

As published on SAM.gov.

For Research and Development (R&D) services leveraging a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) under the Topic of "Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), Managing Massive Data Sets". The work intends to experimentally implement and robustly test innovative solutions to the Government's unique problem of needing robust scalable infrastructure to support the next generation Department of War (DoW) operations.

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The contract, on USAspending

Federal procurement data the awarding office reported to FPDS, matched to this solicitation by its number.

Recipient
Ecs Federal, LLC
UEI
XYB4JU4PA6T4
CAGE
1T1E5
Vendor location
Fairfax, VA
Contract
W911QX26CA003, definitive contract
Obligated
$5,981,000.00, current value $37,570,081, potential $115,531,242
Actions
1 between May 28, 2026 and May 28, 2026
Competition
Full and Open Competition, 999 offers received
Set-aside reported
No Set Aside Used.
Described as
Broad Agency Announcement Nautilus Artificial Intelligence Research and Development
Match
award number W911QX26CA003 equals the contract number; same awarding office W911QX (high confidence)
Record
USAspending award page

Publications

Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.

  1. June 1, 2026

    Award notice

    Awarded to ECS Federal, LLC for $115,531,242. SAM.gov, notice 2d178abf795741e695cd54b335e68140

    1 revisions on SAM
    • June 1, 2026: publish, award notice

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