PRIMER FEDERAL INC
Department of Defense · SBIR
AI-Readiness Score
7/19
AI / ML Relevance
3/9
Problem Framing
1/5
Awardee Quality
3/5
Award
$1,899,999
Award amount
—
Award date
W5170124C0152
PIID
Awardee
3
Total awards
$5,532,226
Total $ won
12.0/19
Avg AI score
Description
SBIR PHASE II OPEN TOPIC A234-007, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)/MACHINE LEARNING (ML).
Score Rationale
The award title explicitly names 'ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)/MACHINE LEARNING (ML)' but provides zero specificity about which ML techniques are involved, what the deliverable system does, or how it solves a defense problem — this is pure category labeling, not evidence of genuine AI/ML work at scale. The 'OPEN TOPIC' framing indicates the awardee proposed the problem rather than responding to a specific operational need, leaving no articulated warfighter problem or success criteria visible. Primer Federal is ambiguous: the name suggests a modern/smaller firm (no 'Systems' or 'Solutions' boilerplate), but without known reputation or background, it cannot be scored higher; the SBIR pathway does point toward smaller/startup structure rather than legacy primes.