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Definitive contract HDTRA125CE014APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.

Overview

Award facts

Net obligations
$1.27M
$1,272,712of $7.96M potential value
Period of performance
Sep 30, 2025 to Sep 29, 2026
Ended
Modifications
2
Latest action May 6, 2026
Contract type
Definitive contract
PIID HDTRA125CE014

Description of requirement

DIGITAL TWIN FOR CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SENSORS - FROM PROOF-OF-CONCEPT TO OPERATIONAL TWINS

Dates and value

Award date
Signed on Sep 30, 2025
Potential end of performance
Sep 29, 2030
Current value
$1,272,712Base and exercised options
Potential value (if all options are exercised)
$7,960,961

Obligations by fiscal year of action

  • FY2026: $772,712
  • FY2025: $500,000

Total across 2 fiscal years: $1,272,712

The Department of Defense funded and awarded this contract. DoD contract actions are withheld at the source for about 90 days after signature, so actions signed after Aug 11, 2026 are not yet public.

Source: Federal Procurement Data System contract actions as published by SAM.gov and USAspending.gov; latest action recorded May 6, 2026. View on USAspending · Recipient on SAM.gov

Recipient

NameAPPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.
LocationALBUQUERQUE, NM
UEILTMGBJ76B9D8
CAGE code9R446
Business sizeOther than small businessSize at award, per the contracting officer
Organization typeCorporate not tax exempt
Parent companyAPPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES INC.

Business types and certifications

For-profit organizationSubchapter S corporationCorporation (not tax-exempt)

Self-reported at the time of the action.

Agency and place

Awarding and funding

Awarded by
  1. Department of Defense
  2. Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Funded by
  1. Department of Defense
  2. Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Place of performance

Place of performance
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico 87110-1295
Congressional district (place of performance)
NM-01As reported at the time of the action

Classification and competition

Classification

NAICS
541715RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)
Product or service (PSC)
AC32NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEFENSE-RELATED ACTIVITIES; APPLIED RESEARCH (research and development)

Competition

Extent competed
Full and open competitionA
Solicitation procedures
Basic researchBR
Set-aside
No set-aside used
Contract pricing
Cost plus fixed feeU
Offers received
3

Solicitation and notices

Solicitation ID
HDTRA122S0002
Solicitation date
Mar 27, 2025
Notices
More notices share this solicitation number; the newest are listed.

Contract details

Subcontracting plan
Individual subcontract planF
Cost Accounting Standards clause
Yes - CAS clause includedY
Certified cost or pricing data
Yes
Commercial procedures
Commercial products/services procedures not usedD
Government-furnished property
Transaction does not use GFE/GFPN
Bundled requirement
Not bundledH
Consolidated requirement
Not consolidatedD
Undefinitized action (terms not final)
No
Multi-year contract
No
Performance-based service acquisition
No - service where PBA is not used.N

Transaction history

Modification history

Base award
Sep 30, 2025Base obligation at award: $500,000
Latest action
May 6, 2026 — Funding onlyModification P00002; obligation change +$412,712; funding only: changes obligations, not scope
Latest funding action
May 6, 2026 — Funding onlyModification P00002; obligation change +$412,712; funding only: changes obligations, not scope
Actions by type
  • Base award1
  • Funding only2
3 actions recorded, Sep 30, 2025 to May 6, 2026; each action counted once.

All contract data

All contract data

Every other field reported for this award, as of its latest reported action

Competition

Evaluation preference
No preference used
Local area set-aside
No
Synopsized publicly (SAM.gov / FedBizOpps)
Yes
Simplified procedures for commercial items
No

Pricing and financing

Paid by purchase card
No

Socio-economic and policy

Inherently governmental functions
Other functionsOT
Recovered materials and sustainability
No clauses included and no sustainability includedC
EPA-designated product
Not requiredE
Clinger-Cohen Act planning (IT)
No

Place and origin

Domestic or foreign entity
U.S. owned businessA
Country of product or service origin
United statesUSA
Place of manufacture
Not a manufactured end productC

Structure

Award or IDV
Award
Award type
Definitive contractD
IT commercial item category
Not IT products or servicesZ
Awarding agency code
9700
Awarding sub-tier code
9761
Contracting office code
HDTRA1
Transactions recorded under this award key
3

Funding

Funding agency code
9700
Funding sub-tier code
9761
Funding office code
HDTRA1