The Trustees of Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, is awarded a $520,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (HQ003424F0233) to procure research and development services. Under this University Affiliated Research Center contract, the contractor shall provide personnel from academic disciplines required to accomplish the following core research and development competencies: conduct long-term, comprehensive systems engineering research focused on Department of Defense (DOD) acquisition by improving, vetting, and developing new systems engineering methods, processes, and tools; use developments in systems architecting, complex systems theory, systems thinking, systems science, knowledge management, and software engineering to perform research to advance the design and development of complex systems across all DOD domains; and to use developments in open systems standards, organizational theory, program management, systems engineering management, and information technology to provide needed integration of program and technical management methods, processes and tools. The work will be performed at Hoboken, New Jersey. Funds are not being obligated at the time of the award. There is not a cumulative total applicable prior to the actions on this contract. The estimated completion date is Aug. 13, 2029. Washington Headquarter Services, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity.