Contract Award: The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, New Jersey) – $24,499,997

The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, are awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee task order (HQ003423F0237) valued at $24,499,997 on an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (HQ003419D0003) to conduct research for the Defense Civilian Training Corps. Fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $24,499,997 are being obligated at the time of award. The contractor will establish a pilot program to target critical skills gaps, develop curricula, assess Department of Defense civilian workforce needs, and create approaches for student engagement in the areas of acquisition, digital technologies, critical technologies, science, engineering, finance, and other occupations. The research conducted under this task order is congressionally mandated under Section 833 of the Fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, “Modifications to Defense Civilian Training Corps.” The work will be performed at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, and at the Information Sciences Institute at the University of Southern California, Marina del Ray, California. The estimated contract completion date is Oct. 20, 2023. Washington Headquarters Services, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity.