COST NO FEENO SET ASIDE USED.

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION - RESEARCH IAW SOW (BASE)AWARD TO UPITT (BG PLUS)

PIID: N6600120C4050Solicitation ID: N6600120R4050

Signed Date: Oct 14, 2025Effective Date: Sep 30, 2020End Date: Closed on May 16, 2025

Award $

$10.4M

Vendor

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION

NAICS

541714

Signed Date

Oct 14, 2025

Key Details

Dollars Obligated

$10.4M

Base & All Options

$-4,862,285.88

Awarding Agency

Department of Defense

Awarding Sub-Agency

Department of the Navy

NAICS Code

541714 - RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN BIOTECHNOLOGY (EXCEPT NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY)

Product Service Code

AD91 - R&D- DEFENSE OTHER: OTHER (BASIC RESEARCH)

Extent Competed

FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

Number of Offers

Place of Performance

PITTSBURGH, PA, 152133320, CD-PA-12

Description

RESEARCH IAW SOW (BASE)AWARD TO UPITT (BG PLUS)

Context & Analysis

On Oct 14, 2025, Department of Defense obligated $10,447,248.12 to UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION for research iaw sow (base)award to upitt (bg plus). The award is classified under NAICS 541714 — RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN BIOTECHNOLOGY (EXCEPT NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY) and issued as a cost no fee contract. Competition extent: full and open competition with 14 offers received. The procurement used a NO SET ASIDE USED. set-aside. Performance is located in PITTSBURGH, PA. This award is one of several similar procurements from Department of Defense under NAICS 541714 — related awards are listed below.

Market context

Recompete outlook: Ended May 16, 2025 (17 months ago). Recompete signal as of Oct 24, 2026: 25/100, combining time to the end date, the incumbent's history with this agency, whether the award was competed, and its size.
Competition: Competed, with 14 offers. 74% of 46 awards in this market (Department of Defense awards in NAICS 541714 over the last 3 years) were competed; median 3 offers.
Award size: At $10.4M, this award is larger than three in four of the 45 priced Department of Defense awards in NAICS 541714 over the last 3 years (median $2.4M).
Incumbent at this agency: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION has 1 other award from Department of Defense, totalling $1.1M, in 2025.
Largest vendors in this market: By obligations, Department of Defense awards in NAICS 541714 over the last 3 years.
THE BOEING COMPANY — 1 award, $4.4B
L3 TECHNOLOGIES, INC. — 1 award, $179.6M
AVIAN, LLC — 1 award, $53.8M
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII — 1 award, $22.3M
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE — 5 awards, $20.9M

Computed from USAspending award data on Oct 24, 2026.

Contractor Information

Contractor: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION

UEI: MKAGLD59JRL1

CAGE Code: 1DQV3

Location: PITTSBURGH, PA

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