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$331,088,940

General Services Administration·Federal Acquisition Service

to EMPOWER AI, INC.

ai-infrastructureexpiring · 4d· period of performance ends in 4 daysONGOING · MOD OF 2021 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2021-01-05·LATEST ACTION2026-06-09·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_47QFCA21F0014_4732_47QTCK18D0055_4732
Award description

DIGIT AWARD. TO ENABLE GSA IDT TO LEVERAGE INFRASTRUCTURE-LED DISRUPTION TO DRIVE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND DELIVER CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND CONTINUOUS BUSINESS VALUE TO ITS CUSTOMERS.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: medium
In plain English

GSA IT modernization contract with EMPOWER AI to drive digital transformation and deliver continuous business value improvements.

Sub-sectors
digital-transformationgsa-it-modernizationcontinuous-improvement
Why this matters

A $331M obligation on a 2021 GSA IT infrastructure deal signals sustained federal investment in AI-driven government modernization and operational efficiency.

Supply-chain signal

Ongoing reliance on private AI vendors for federal IT infrastructure suggests growing market for enterprise AI services in government modernization.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. government AI infrastructure contracts reflect competition to build domestic AI capabilities independent of foreign supply chains.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-19. Cost: $0.002908.

Period of performance
Start
2021-01-05
End
2026-07-04
Status
expiring · 4din 4 days
Sources

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