DoD Washington Headquarters Services: ~$12.0M for IT, AI, and ML programmatic support (USAspending)
Washington Headquarters Services (WHS), which provides administrative and enterprise services to the DoD's headquarters, ordered about $12.0 million ($12,022,390) for information technology (IT), AI, and machine-learning (ML) programmatic support services. The recipient is Koniag IT Systems. It supports the organizational adoption of AI/ML across DoD's management backbone.
Contract key facts
- RecipientKONIAG IT SYSTEMS, LLC
- Contract value$12,022,390 (≈$12M)
- Awarding agencyDepartment of Defense
- Awarding sub-agencyWashington Headquarters Services
- Award typeDEFINITIVE CONTRACT
- Period of performance2025-03-11 〜 2025-09-10
- Contract ID (PIID)HQ003425CE012
Contract scope (original)
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AND MACHINE LEARNING PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT SERVICES
Key points
- WHS (providing enterprise services to DoD headquarters) ordered IT/AI/ML programmatic support
- Value ~$12.0M, definitive contract, performance Mar–Sep 2025
- Recipient: Koniag IT Systems
- Not building a system, but support for adopting/operating AI/ML organizationally
- AI use being institutionalized at the DoD's management backbone
WHS is the agency that provides administrative and enterprise services — facilities, personnel, procurement, IT — across the DoD's headquarters functions (such as the Office of the Secretary of Defense, OSD).
Why it matters
An example showing that "support that embeds AI in an organization," not just cutting-edge one-offs, is a pillar of government AI procurement. Useful for tracking the institutionalization of AI in government/defense back offices and govtech trends.
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Sources (primary)
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- USAspending (award details)
- Contract ID (PIID)：HQ003425CE012