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title: "CHIP DESIGN SYSTEMS INC — Capability Statement"
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legal_name: "CHIP DESIGN SYSTEMS INC"
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# CHIP DESIGN SYSTEMS INC

> CHIP DESIGN SYSTEMS INC is a SAM.gov-registered entity based in HOCKESSIN, DE 19707-2068. UEI PN31T8TQRHX3; CAGE 4NZV6; primary NAICS 541715. Compliance posture not provided. SAM registration expires in 26 days.

> **Unclaimed profile:** seeded from SAM.gov and USAspending public records. The entity has not claimed it, so capabilities and compliance posture have not been provided.

## Identifiers

- **Legal business name:** CHIP DESIGN SYSTEMS INC
- **UEI (SAM.gov Unique Entity ID):** PN31T8TQRHX3
- **CAGE code:** 4NZV6
- **Entity structure:** Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- **State of incorporation:** DE
- **Website:** <https://www.chipdesignsystems.com/>
- **TeamingIndex profile:** <https://teamingindex.com/contractor/PN31T8TQRHX3>
- **Profile status:** Unclaimed · seeded from SAM.gov and USAspending public records

## Location

- **Physical address (city, state, ZIP):** HOCKESSIN, DE 19707-2068
- **Country:** United States
- **Congressional district:** DE-AL

## NAICS & PSC

| NAICS | Title | Primary | Small under SBA size standard (SAM.gov) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 541715 | Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | Yes | No |
| 541330 | Engineering Services | No | No |

- **PSC codes:** None on file

Size status is NAICS-specific and reflects the entity’s SAM.gov representations; check it against the size standard of the solicitation’s NAICS code.

## Socio-economic status

No socio-economic designations reported in SAM.gov.

Source: SAM.gov entity registration, synced 2026-11-09. Confirm current SBA certification (8(a), HUBZone, WOSB/EDWOSB, VetCert SDVOSB/VOSB) before relying on a status for a set-aside.

## SAM registration & exclusion screening

- **Registration:** SAM registration expires in 26 days
- **Registration expires:** 2026-12-10
- **Registration activated:** 2025-12-12
- **Exclusion screening (FAR subpart 9.4):** No active exclusion recorded in SAM.gov
- **Teaming eligibility:** Eligible to be proposed as a team member (active registration, no exclusion)
- **Source:** SAM.gov Entity Management, synced 2026-11-09

## Compliance posture

Compliance posture not provided by the contractor.

- Facility clearance: visible to paid members
  - Clearance levels are shown only to paying members; TeamingIndex does not advertise clearances (NISPOM 32 CFR 117.9).

## Contract vehicles

No contract vehicle holdings on file.

## Past performance

- **Total obligated, trailing 36 months (USAspending.gov):** $0
- **Award history:** 0 awards on record

No federal prime awards on record (USAspending.gov).

## Proven teaming graph

- No first-tier sub-award reports name this company yet
- Source: USAspending.gov sub-award reports (FSRS), sync date not recorded. Prime contractors report first-tier subcontracts of $30,000 or more. Amounts are reported sub-award values.

## SBIR/STTR portfolio

- SBIR/STTR awardee — Phase III-eligible for work derived from its SBIR/STTR projects
- 15 SBIR/STTR awards totaling $8.9M: SBIR Phase I 6, SBIR Phase II 5, STTR Phase I 2, STTR Phase II 2
- By agency: Department of Defense 15
- SBIR Phase II, Department of Defense (Missile Defense Agency), 2023, Feb 8, 2023 to Jul 7, 2026: Advanced Superlattice LED System (ASLEDS) ($1,876,496)
- SBIR Phase II, Department of Defense (Air Force), 2022, Apr 12, 2022 to Jul 15, 2024: TSLEDS Scene Projector Electronics ($1,315,486)
- SBIR Phase I, Department of Defense (Missile Defense Agency), 2022, Dec 6, 2021 to Jun 5, 2022: Next-Gen Infrared Scene Projector for Hypersonic Hardware-in-the-loop Test and Evaluation (ASLEDS) ($149,989)
- SBIR Phase I, Department of Defense (Army), 2020, Jun 19, 2020 to Mar 15, 2021: High Fidelity IR Clutter Generator for Missile Warning Sensors (HSLEDS) ($111,500)
- STTR Phase II, Department of Defense (Air Force), 2019, Sep 4, 2019 to Sep 4, 2021: Next Generation Infrared Scene Projector for Testing MWIR Systems ($737,394)
- STTR Phase I, Department of Defense (Air Force), 2018, Aug 14, 2018 to Aug 14, 2019: 6000297 ($150,000)
- STTR Phase II, Department of Defense (Air Force), 2017, Oct 10, 2017 to Oct 10, 2019: Efficient Arrays for Generating Light Emission (EAGLE) ($750,000)
- SBIR Phase I, Department of Defense (Air Force), 2017, Aug 8, 2017 to Aug 5, 2018: Advanced RIIC Technology to Increase Density and Efficiency of IRLED Arrays (ART-IDEA) ($150,000)
- STTR Phase I, Department of Defense (Air Force), 2016, Sep 26, 2016 to Jun 12, 2017: Efficient Arrays for Generating Light Emission (EAGLE) ($150,000)
- SBIR Phase II, Department of Defense (Air Force), 2016, Dec 14, 2015 to Oct 15, 2017: Advanced Infrared Emitter Array (AIREA) ($749,998)
- Phase III: Agencies may award follow-on Phase III work without a new competition when it builds on this company’s earlier SBIR/STTR projects. Other work is competed as usual.
- Source: SBIR.gov award data file, as of Nov 12, 2026 (file published Nov 1, 2026)

## FedRAMP offerings

- No FedRAMP Marketplace listing is linked to this company
- Source: FedRAMP Marketplace, sync date not recorded

## Exclusions & screening

- Not yet checked against SAM.gov exclusions (search exclusions on SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/search/?index=ex)
- Source: SAM.gov Exclusions, sync date not recorded
- No confirmed match on the Consolidated Screening List (screened Nov 13, 2026)

## Contract vehicles on federal record

- MDA SHIELD (Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense) contract HQ085926DE415 (source: USAspending.gov IDV contract record, seen Nov 13, 2026); last date to order on record Dec 28, 2035
- Dates are as reported on USAspending.gov, which can lag option exercises by a few weeks

## GSA CALC+ rates

- No GSA CALC+ awarded ceiling rates on record for this company
- Source: GSA CALC+ awarded ceiling rates, sync date not recorded. Ceiling rates are the most an agency can be charged, not prices paid

## Capabilities & differentiators

No capability narrative published.

## Technical tags

No technical tags published.

## Teaming preferences

- Teaming preferences not published
- **Teaming requests and NDAs:** request an introduction on the TeamingIndex profile (sign-in required): <https://teamingindex.com/contractor/PN31T8TQRHX3>

## Business development contact

No business-development contact published.

## Corporate hierarchy

- No parent entity reported in SAM.gov
- Affiliation with a parent or sister concerns can affect small-business size status (13 CFR 121.103).

## Provenance & disclaimer

- **SAM.gov entity registration** (identifiers, NAICS/PSC, size and socio-economic status, hierarchy, registration and exclusion status): synced 2026-11-09
- **USAspending.gov** (prime award history and trailing 36-month obligations): nightly sync
- **Contractor-provided profile** (capabilities, teaming preferences, self-attested compliance): not provided
- **TeamingIndex verification** (credentials marked “Verified by TeamingIndex”): no verified credentials on record; methodology: <https://teamingindex.com/verification>
- **Blind SPRS:** exact NIST SP 800-171 SPRS scores are published only when the contractor opts in; brackets are cumulative thresholds (SPRS ≥ 0, SPRS ≥ 50, SPRS ≥ 70, SPRS ≥ 85, SPRS ≥ 95, SPRS ≥ 105, SPRS = 110 (perfect)).
- **Before award:** self-attested facts have not been independently verified. Confirm registration and exclusions in SAM.gov, CMMC status and SPRS assessment currency with the contractor (DFARS 252.204-7019, -7020 and -7021), facility clearances through DCSA’s NISS, AS9100-series certificates in the IAQG OASIS database, and FedRAMP authorizations on the FedRAMP Marketplace.
- **Zero CUI:** this document contains no Controlled Unclassified Information. TeamingIndex stores verification metadata only, never SSPs, POA&Ms or DD Form 254s.
- **Machine-readable:** schema.org JSON-LD is embedded in <https://teamingindex.com/contractor/PN31T8TQRHX3>; this twin: <https://teamingindex.com/contractor/PN31T8TQRHX3/capability.md>; site index: <https://teamingindex.com/llms.txt>

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