Recent AcqBot Metrics
Sole-source SBIR Phase III IDIQ expands for Department of War enterprise deployment; platform now supports 70,000+ users
Nobody replaces 78,000 people. What (AcqBot) does is make the ones who stayed fast enough to cover the gap.”— Michelle Ferry, CEO, Trenchant Analytics, LLCGREAT FALLS, VA, UNITED STATES, August 20, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — The maximum value of Trenchant Analytics’ sole-source SBIR Phase III IDIQ contract for AcqBot has been lifted by the Air Force from $9.9 million to $99.9 million. This tenfold boost finances enterprise-wide implementation throughout the Department of War and backs the platform’s anticipated shift to a program of record in FY27.
As of May 2026, the Government Accountability Office noted that the DoD’s civilian workforce ended 2025 with over 78,000 fewer personnel than at its start—a reduction of about ten percent. Roughly 53,200 workers accepted deferred resignations. An additional 59,500 positions remained vacant due to a hiring freeze. The acquisition responsibilities those employees once handled did not disappear.
Contracts still require awarding. A growing portion of that workload is now managed through AcqBot.
More than 70,000 users across over 2,000 organizations rely on the platform. AcqBot leverages large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, and robotic process automation to guide an acquisition from requirements development through to award. Contracting officers utilize it to create PWS, SOW, SOO, J&A, MOA, and MOU documents, compile market research reports, publish sources sought notices and solicitations, respond to vendor inquiries, and conduct source selection boards.
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center identified AcqBot as a necessity in its 2026 Digital Strategy. The Air Force Research Laboratory supported the development via the Small Business Innovation Research program, which included a $5.1 million Phase II award under AFWERX open topic AFX244-DPCSO1, and granted the Phase III IDIQ that has now been enlarged. AcqBot serves as a central element of the Under Secretary of War for Acquisition and Sustainment’s Acquisition Transformation Strategy, which encompasses 74 data connections. A separate Air Force Sustainment Center task order from September 2025 is deploying AcqBot 2.0 into the sustainment supply chain enterprise, anchored by the 448th Supply Chain Management Wing.
AcqBot possesses an Impact Level 5 Authority to Operate from AFRL and functions on IL2, IL4, and IL5 government infrastructure. Agency authorization for FedRAMP High is currently underway. The platform is additionally accessible through a SBIR Phase 3 Sole-source BPA.
Under 15 U.S.C. 638(r)(4), an agency may issue a Phase III award to the firm that created the technology without additional justification, including on a sole source basis, relying on the original competitively awarded SBIR. Both the contract vehicle and the accreditation are already established. With the elevated ceiling, a component can now expand onto the contract without launching a new procurement or waiting out a protest period.
“The Air Force didn’t raise this ceiling because the software demos well. They raised it because the Department came up 78,000 people short last year and the awards still have to go out the door. I want to be careful about how I say this, because AcqBot is not replacing those people. Nobody replaces 78,000 people. What it does is make the ones who stayed fast enough to cover the gap. A ten-times ceiling is the Air Force saying this is the vehicle and it’s open.”
— Michelle Ferry, CEO, Trenchant Analytics, LLC
Trenchant Analytics intends to utilize the expanded ceiling to onboard additional Department of War components and to complete the engineering and accreditation work necessary for the FY27 program of record transition. Government personnel with .mil credentials can request access at acqbot.mil.
ABOUT TRENCHANT ANALYTICS
Trenchant Analytics, LLC constructs AI-powered acquisition and business development software for the Department of War. Its main platform, AcqBot, automates federal acquisition from requirements development through award and serves 70,000 users across the Department under an Air Force sole-source SBIR Phase III contract. Trenchant Analytics is a woman-owned small business headquartered in Great Falls, Virginia. Learn more at tacgov.com and acqbot.com.
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