DLA: ~$8.28M for AI/ML transformation of the federal procurement system (PIEE) — a federal contract with Credence (USAspending)
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) awarded about $8.28M ($8,275,478) to bring AI and machine learning (ML) into the government's e-procurement platform, PIEE (Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment). Recipient: Credence Management Solutions. An example of putting AI into the government's own business systems.
Contract key facts
- RecipientCREDENCE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
- Contract value$8,275,478 (≈$8.3M)
- Awarding agencyDepartment of Defense
- Awarding sub-agencyDefense Logistics Agency
- Award typeDEFINITIVE CONTRACT
- Period of performance2025-09-25 〜 2026-09-24
- Contract ID (PIID)SP470125C0100
Contract scope (original)
PROCUREMENT INTEGRATED ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MACHINE LEARNING TRANSFORMATION
Key points
- DLA funded AI/ML transformation of the federal procurement platform PIEE
- PIEE handles DoD/federal contracting and procurement electronically at scale
- Notably, AI goes into the government's own administrative/procurement work
- Value ~$8.28M, period of performance September 2025–September 2026
- Recipient: Credence Management Solutions LLC
PIEE (Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment) is a large enterprise platform that handles contracting and procurement electronically for the DoD and federal government. This contract reads as bringing AI/ML into that procurement system to "transform" the work.
Why it matters: notably, the AI is going not into a new weapon or research but into the government's own administrative and procurement operations. Procurement, which handles vast contract data, is well suited to AI for classification, matching, and anomaly detection, and can directly improve administrative efficiency (the specific capabilities are not stated in the scope, so we do not infer them). The recipient, Credence, is a professional-services provider to government.
Why it matters
An example of AI going into the government's own administrative/procurement systems (PIEE), not just weapons or research. Useful for reading the large but less-visible demand for AI in government digital transformation and back-office work.
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- USAspending (award details)
- Contract ID (PIID)：SP470125C0100