THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Department of Defense · Contract
AI-Readiness Score
3/19
AI / ML Relevance
1/9
Problem Framing
2/5
Awardee Quality
0/5
Award
$382,312
Award amount
—
Award date
HT001121F0087
PIID
Awardee
769
Total awards
$4,478,210,870
Total $ won
2.6/19
Avg AI score
Description
ESSENTIAL SERVICES FOR SUSTAINMENT OF THE DOD IMPLEMENTATION OF ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FOR THE EARLY NOTIFICATION OF COMMUNITY-BASED EPIDEMICS (ESSENCE).
Score Rationale
Award is for sustainment services of an existing epidemiological surveillance system (ESSENCE); no AI/ML techniques, methodologies, or system development mentioned—this is pure legacy IT operations and maintenance. Problem framing is purely administrative (system sustainment) with no operational context. APL is an FFRDC, not an AI-native company, and this contract explicitly excludes development work, making it non-indicative of defense AI adoption.