U.S. Department of Defense — C3 AI enterprise acquisition agreement (2021)

The agreement lets DoD agencies acquire C3 AI applications for modeling, simulation and operations. Its $500 million size is an acquisition ceiling rather than a purchase order.

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Ceiling
$500M 1
Term
5 years 1
Announced
9 Dec 2021 1

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Contract facts

Source per value
DateDate the contract, order or partnership was announced or agreed, as stated in the cited source (YYYY-MM-DD). Empty when the source gives only a month or a year.
2021-12-091
BuyerThe purchasing organisation or named customer.
U.S. Department of Defense1
VendorThe contracting supplier or AI provider, as named in the source.
C3 AI1
SectorGovernment for public-sector buyers (defence, intelligence, civil agencies, health services); Enterprise for companies.
Government
Ceiling $Maximum authorised amount of an IDIQ, blanket purchase agreement or other vehicle. A ceiling caps spending and is not spending; child orders sit inside a parent ceiling, so never add the two.
$500,000,0001
Term yearsStated length of the agreement in years; decimals keep the source's own duration.
51
Contract typeThe vehicle as the source names it: IDIQ, task order, other transaction agreement, blanket purchase agreement, enterprise agreement.
Production-Other Transaction Agreement1

Sources

  1. ir.c3.ai accessed 2026-11-11

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