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≈$1.9M DEFINITIVE CONTRACT W5170124C0151

Fifty-seven cents apart: two proposals from different firms

Department of Defense ・2024-04-11 〜 2025-10-10

Another Army contract from the same open topic, at $1,899,995.21 — 57 cents from the contract in the previous article.

Contract key facts

  • RecipientNEXCEPTA INC
  • Contract value$1,899,995 (≈$1.9M)
  • Awarding agencyDepartment of Defense
  • Awarding sub-agencyDepartment of the Army
  • Award typeDEFINITIVE CONTRACT
  • Period of performance2024-04-11 〜 2025-10-10
  • Contract ID (PIID)W5170124C0151

Contract scope (original)

SBIR PHASE II TOPIC A234-007, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)/ MACHINE LEARNING (ML) OPEN TOPIC.

Key points

  • The Army signed with NEXCEPTA INC on 11 April 2024 for $1,899,995.21.
  • It sits 57 cents from the previous contract, sharing date, period and contract type.
  • Only the recipient and the contract number differ.
  • Both show zero outlays, and the period ended on 10 October 2025.

1Close to the cent

The previous article covered a contract at $1,899,995.78. This one is $1,899,995.21. The difference is 57 cents.

Amount of this contract$1,899,995.2157 cents from the previous article
Date of contract11 April 2024the same day
Period11 April 2024 to 10 October 2025the same

2A closeness hard to call coincidence

Proposals landing within a dollar of each other is not easily explained as chance. Building up to near a ceiling and then adjusting the remainder is the natural reading, though the process leaves no trace. What can be confirmed here is only the numbers as they ended up.

AspectPrevious article (UBIHERE)This contract (NEXCEPTA)
Amount$1,899,995.78$1,899,995.21
Date11 April 2024the same
Period11 April 2024 to 10 October 2025the same
Contract typedefinitive contractthe same
Outlays00
What differsrecipient and contract numberrecipient and contract number

Only the company name and the number differ. That contracts from one call take a form this uniform is invisible when records are read one at a time.

3Both showing zero outlays

Both carry zero in the outlay field. The period ended on 10 October 2025, so these are finished contracts with no record of payment. That is not unusual in these records, and it shows the field describes the reach of the record rather than what was actually paid.

The next article takes up how the contract numbers run consecutively.

Why it matters

Contracts from one call are uniform down to the amount. Reading them by call rather than one by one shows the actual shape of the allocation.

FAQ

Why are the amounts 57 cents apart?
The record gives no reason. Building close to a ceiling could produce it, but the process is not recorded.
Is contracting several firms the same day normal?
It can happen where a call takes multiple proposals, as with an open topic. Seven contracts from this topic appear in these records.
Does zero outlay mean nothing was paid?
No. The field holds what the record carries and is not an account of payment.

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