NSF Acquisition Forecast

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Acquisition Forecast - FY 2023
Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Expected Dollar Range:
1 = $250,000 to $1,000,000
2 = $1,000,000 to $5,000,000
3 = Over $5,000,000

Division

Title of Requirement

Description of Requirement

For inquiries, send email to:
[email protected]

Previous
Contract

Contract No.

Contract Expiration
Date

Expected Dollar
Range

NAICS

Solicitation/RFQ/
Acquisition
Announcement QTR
Note: this is an estimate,
actual may differ.

Recompete

NSFDACS17T1276

1/31/2023

2

541219

1st Quarter

SDB (8A)

Recompete

49100418F1045

2/28/2023

2

541219

2nd Quarter

N/A

Recompete

49100418F1103

3/31/2023

2

541990

1st Quarter

SDB (8A)

Recompete

NSFDACS17T1214

12/14/2022

2

541611

1st Quarter

TBD

Conducting
market research

Recompete

NSFDACS21C0013

2/28/2023

3

561110

2nd Quarter

TBD

Closed

Recompete

NSFDACS21C0001

11/5/2022

2

541611

1st Quarter

TBD

Awarded

New

N/A

N/A

2

N/A

2nd Quarter

TBD

Being competed
on internal IDIQ

Follow-on

49100418F1307

9/30/2023

2

519190

2nd Quarter

TBD

Acquisition
Planning

New

N/A

N/A

1

541690

1st Quarter

TBD

Conducting
Market
Research

Small Business
Program

Status
*updated
quarterly

Office of Budget, Finance, and Award Management
BD

Analytic Support for Budget Systems

DFM

Financial Management Support

DACS

OAD

Provides adhoc data analysis and reporting support for tasks such as quarterly and year-end
financial statement certification, mandatory OMB and other external reports, and preparation of
the OMB and Congressional Budget Requests.
This contract supports NSF financial operations, systems, and reporting, including audit-related
accounting, documentation, analyses, methodologies, and other activities.

Contract personnel for DACS' Contracts Branch that provide contract execution, simplified
Contract Specialist/Database Administrator acquisition, and database management (AAMS/iTRAK) support.

Verification and Validation contract

The V&V project provides NSF-wide benefit by meeting the requirements of the GPRA
Modernization Act and OMB Circular No. A-11 for agencies to assess the completeness,
reliability, and quality of performance data.

Conducting
Market
Research

Directorate for STEM Education (formerly known as Directorate for Education and Human Resources)

DGE

DGE

DRL

Support for the competition-related activities of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Operational & Technical Support for GRFP Program, extending over the annual competition cycle.

Program Management Support for GRFP

EHR Core Research Program Evaluation

The purpose of this task order is to obtain contractor technical assistance and support with our
continuing efforts to implement project management principles in the National Science
Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).
Provide a range of evaluation research services to document and support a comprehensive
evaluation of outputs and outcomes of the first ten years of awards made by the EHR Core
Research (ECR) program, and progress towards attainment of program goals and objectives.
Services sought may include portfolio analysis, study design, instrument development, data
collection, coding, analysis, preparation of materials suitable for disseminating findings with
multiple audiences (e.g., technical reports, briefs, visualizations, dashboards, presentations), and
project management.

Directorate for Engineering
The Directorate for Engineering (ENG) has a requirement for broad-based website consultation,
development and design, administration, and technical SharePoint services, as well as
ENG applications development, and
application development and/or maintenance that will assist with the continuity of its web-based
operations & maintenance contract services
projects.
Directorate for Geosciences

AGS

Aviation subject matter expertise (SME)

CUI Contact: [email protected]

The scope of this procurement is to secure intermittent subject matter expertise (SME) in the
management and oversight of Federally-titled and Federally-funded aircraft deployed for
research in atmospheric and related sciences.

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OCE

OPP/AIL

OPP/AIL

OPP

Ship Inspection Program

USAP Financial Management and Audit
Support Services

NSF's Directorate for Geosciences, the Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE) and the Division of
Polar Programs (PLR) have a detailed and comprehensive Ship Inspection Program for vessels
in the Academic Research Vessel Fleet and other vessels used to support NSF-funded science.
The contractor shall provide financial management support capabilities, including but not limited
to program management, financial statement audit readiness and remediation services support,
general financial management, analysis and reporting support, property, plant, and equipment
(PP&E) reporting, and accounting services.

The purpose of this requirement is to provide a managed security services to safeguard USAP
networks and systems against ever-evolving security threats. A Managed Security Services
(MSS) delivers managed detection and response (MDR) services which include security incident
and event management (SIEM), logging and alerting of endpoints, email, web sites, networks,
Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP)
anti-virus, antimalware/ spyware, intrusion detection, and security event management, and
capabilities such as authentication. Services identified as part of this RFI will support the mission
need of AIL located in Alexandria, VA, and its USAP CONUS and OCONUS operating locations.
NSF requires secretariat support to assist the IARPC Executive Director, Executive Secretary
(ES), and federal agencies affiliated with IARPC. The IARPC secretariat provides support to the
IARPC Principals, Staff Group (federal agency staff who implement the ARP), Agency Points of
Contact, and collaboration teams (consisting of federal and non-federal stakeholders who
Secretariat Support for the Interagency Arctic implement the ARP) to effectively carry out their responsibilities assigned in Arctic Research and
Research and Policy Committee (IARPC) Policy Act. It facilitates interagency collaboration in the U.S. federal Arctic research endeavor
and Collaboration Activities (IARPC
and implements the Arctic Research Plan through IARPC Collaborations, which is a platform that
Collaborations)
connects federal government researchers, non-federal researchers, and other rightsholders and
stakeholders – including those overseas – to work together to support the five-year Arctic
Research Plan.

OPP

Management Services

Project management, project controls, and technical expertise to assist NSF with tasks that
include, but are not limited to: development and operation of management systems; developing
and maintaining project controls for estimating, tracking and forecasting costs; performing
engineering peer reviews; commissioning services; development of technical requirements
including concept documents and performance specifications; performing technical reviews and
analyses of proposed services and supplies; tracking performance and deliverables by the
ARSLS contractor; tracking contract modifications and funding for the ARSLS contract; asset
management; and multi-agency, multi-national coordination for long range research planning.

Recompete

49100418F1160

6/14/2023

2

541330

2nd Quarter

TBD

Recompete

49100421C0012

N/A

2

541611

2nd Quarter

SDB (8A)

Conducting
Market
Research

New

N/A

N/A

2

541519

1st Quarter

TBD

Closed, IAA

New

N/A

N/A

2

541611

2nd Quarter

TBD

Conducting
Market
Research

Recompete

49100420C0025

2/28/2023

3

541611

2nd Quarter

SDB (8A)

Conducting
Market
Research

New

N/A

1

541511
541990

Quarter 2

SDB (8A)

Conducting
Market
Research

Follow-on

49100421C0044

3/24/2025

2

541990

2nd Quarter

SDB (8A)

Acquisition
Planning

New

N/A

N/A

2

561790

1st Quarter

SDB (8A)

Conducting
Market
Research

NAICS codes will be specific to
each individual contract award,
as determined by the type of
activity in which the offeror will
be engaged.

3rd Quarter

TBD

Canceled

513210

4th Quarter

TBD

Acquisition
Planning

Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences

OAD

DMR

In support of MPS directorate-wide communication needs - provide design and development of
required communications infrastructure, science writing support and web design and
implementation. Deliverables likely to include: inventory and development of searchable catalog
Science Communications & Website Support of MPS communications, development of external newsletter, directorate brochure, science
highlights, press releases, and social media coordination. Also include design and development
of websites and overall science writing support.
On-Site Proposal Prosssing, Grants and Records Management Specialist Services. Specialists
will assist in the receipt, review and recommendation proceessing of proposals submitted
Propossal Processing, Grants and Records
throught NSFs FasLane applications and Grants.gov. Specialists will manage the historial hard
Management Specialist Services
copy "jackets" (files) that contain all records of proposal/award actions.

MPS and
GEO

Arecibo Site Maintenance

The NSF has a requirement for general maintenance and support of the Arecibo Site for a
Potential Education and Research Center.

Office of the Director

OIA

NSF Learning Agenda BAA

OIA

Qualtrics DesignXM software purchase

EAC seeks to issue a Broad Agency Announcement to invite solicitations in support of NSF's
Learning Agenda (https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/2022-04/NSF_FY22FY26%20Learning%20Agenda%20Final.pdf)

DesignXM survey software licenses

New

N/A

N/A

Recompete

49100422F0218

9/29/2023

1

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Office of Information & Resource Management
DAS

Business Intelligence

DAS

Personnel Security

DAS

Electronic Security

DAS

Operations Security (OPSEC)

DIS

Enterprise IT Security & Privacy Services

DIS

ServiceNow Professional Services

DIS

Wireless Telecommunications Expense
Management Service

DIS

DIS
DIS

Intranet Maintenance
Finance and CPIC Support

Service Now Licenses

DIS

Cisco Smartnet

DIS

Tableau Server

DIS

Forgerock OpenAM/OpenDJ

DIS

DIS

Oracle Database

FireEye NX-Helix

Market
Research in
progress

Recompete

49100420C0014

8/31/2023

2

541611

2nd Quarter

SDB (8A)

Provide personnel security assistants and adjudictors to assist with the agency background
investigation processing.

Recompete

49100420C0011

9/30/2023

2

541611

2nd Quarter

SDB (8A)

Maintenance of Physical Access Control System and extended warranty of secure command
center (Security Command Center).

Recompete

49100419F0087

9/15/2023

2

541519

2nd Quarter

TBD

New

N/A

N/A

1

541611

2nd Quarter

SDB (8A)

Market
Research in
progress

Recompete

49100418F1093

2/28/2023

3

541519

Quarter 2

TBD

Anticipate RFI
Dec. 2022

New

N/A

N/A

3

541519

2nd Quarter

TBD

RFI Closed
posted on
SAM.gov

Recompete

49100422F0155

8/20/2023

2

517312

3rd Quarter

TBD

Recompete

49100419F1088

7/15/2023

3

541511

3rd Quarter

TBD

Follow-on

49100419F0074

11/30/2023

2

541512

4th Quarter

TBD

Follow-on

49100421C0009

2/7/2024

2

541611

4th Quarter

TBD

Recompete

49100422F0092

6/24/2023

2

541519

3rd Quarter

TBD

Acquisition
Planning

Recompete

49100422F0071

6/30/2023

1

541519

3rd Quarter

TBD

Acquisition
Planning

Recompete

49100422F0198

10/30/2023

1

541519

4th Quarter

TBD

Recompete

49100422F0157

8/13/2023

1

541519

3rd Quarter

TBD

Recompete

49100422F0077

5/30/2023

1

541519

2nd Quarter

TBD

Recompete

49100421F0013-0003

12/17/2023

2

541519

4th Quarter

TBD

New

N/A

1

541519

1st Quarter

TBD

DAS is mandated by National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM-28) to maintain an
OPSEC Program. The NSF OPSEC program will be concentrated around training and
awareness with a primary objective of educating NSF employees on OPSEC threats and
common sense procedures that may be used to minimize access to NSF's critical information for
individuals that do not have a valid need for the information.

Enterprise cybersecurity and privacy services, including policy, planning, and management;
assessment and authorization of information systems and services; continuous monitoring and
independent reviews; vulnerability management activities; computer incident response and
intrusion detection; contingency planning; risk management; training and awareness; and
privacy.

IT Professional Services to support NSF's ServiceNow Platform.

The Wireless Telecommunications Expense Management (WTEMS) acquisition is required to
provide carrier service plan and contract optimization, service plan and inventory management,
audit, web portal, and management reporting services for the cellular wireless devices and
services used by the National Science Foundation.

Information technology solution integration services encompassing systems development,
Information Technology Solution Integrated modernization, enhancement, operations and maintenance, as well as IT program support
services.
Services (ITSIS)

DIS

DIS

Utilize software and programming tools such as Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
(OBIEE) and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) to develop evidence-based solutions for
administrative operations and streamlining of processes.

Development and O&M Support for the NSF Intranet.
Support to the Division of Information Systems (DIS) for Financial Management, Budgeting, and
IT Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC)
Renew licenses for ServiceNow. ServiceNow provides Service Desk (Help Desk) operations and
management tools for all Information Technology (IT) systems including change and asset
management (inventory of IT equipment).
Maintenance for Cisco Products.Cisco Smartnet is the name of Cisco's maintenance service for
its products including Catalysts floor switches, Aggregation Services Routers (ASR), Unified
Computing System (UCS) and Cisco Telepresence video conferencing equipment.
Server environment that supports Tableau Creator. Along with other Tableau products, it allows
users the ability to publish, govern, and share work anywhere.
This product provides authentication & authorization to support single sign-on securely and
effectively for NSF External and Internal users accessing NSF Grants Management systems,
eJacket, MyNSF and other systems.
This product provides a unified and extensible database that allows converged database support
for multiple data types and access models including relational, JSON, and graph. This allows
NSF developers to create innovative applications with encryption for access security.

FireEye NX-Helix software provides real time defense, threat detection, identification, and
reporting capabilities of potential and actual IT related incidents, threats, and remediation
techniques which will help the NSF DIS security team prioritize and remediate known and
emerging threats to NSF's physical and cloud Information Technology (IT) infrastructure.

Purchase of additional Splunk licenses will enable NSF to improve capacity related to capture
New Splunk Licenses for Expanded Logging
and retention of event logs for NSF information systems.
Capability

Market
Research in
progress
Market
Research in
progress

Working on
acquisition
strategy

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DIS

Cloud Services Contract

DIS

Procure Secure Access Service Edge
Solution

DIS

Replace End of Life Blade Servers

DIS

Procure and Install Solution for Next
Generation Conference Room

NSF plans to contract with a cloud services reseller for cloud services from Amazon Web
Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform. The multi-cloud contract will provide NSF
with compute, storage and networking services in the cloud under a pay as you go model.
An architecture model that combines wide-area networking (WAN) tools with security tools over
a cloud service directly to the source of connection (NSF). This will eliminate the need to house
the hardware and software in the NSF Data Center and instead the system can be managed
from an integrated console. NSF is looking to purchase this type of cloud-based product which
must be compatible with our Cisco devices. The end goal will be to select a final product and
rollout the SASE across the Foundation upon completion of the pilot.
NSF plans to purchase and install new blade servers to replace our end of life servers. The
replacement servers will be used to host virtual machines for databases and Commercial Off the
Shelf Applications.
NSF plans to purchase new equipment for conducting hybrid meetings in physical conference
rooms. Equipment may include voice tracking or presence indicator technology to enhance the
hybrid meeting experience for those not physically present in the conference room.

New

N/A

3

541519

2nd Quarter

TBD

Market
Research in
progress

New

N/A

3

541519

3rd Quarter

TBD

Acquisition
Planning

New

N/A

1

541519

2nd Quarter

TBD

Market
Research in
progress

New

N/A

1

541519

2nd Quarter

TBD

Market
Research in
progress

Recompete

NSFDACS16C1234

8/21/2023

1

541990

3rd Quarter

TBD

Recompete

49100418F1241

6/30/2023

2

541990

3rd Quarter

TBD

Recompete

49100420F0057

6/26/2024

2

541990

2nd Quarter

TBD

RFI Closed,
posted to
SAM.gov

New

N/A

N/A

1

541511, 541519

TBD

Being competed
on internal IDIQ

Follow-on

49100421C0040

9/14/2024

2

541511, 541519

1st Quarter FY 24

TBD

3

541330; 561920

2nd Quarter

SB

Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences
NCSES

State Indicators Maintenance and Updates

NCSES

Secure Data Facility Inspection

NCSES

Web Developer

Maintenance of the existing state indicators website and continual addition of updated data.
Support for NCSES Secure Data Access Facility -- contractor support for maintaining the remote
secure data access facility (SDAF) for National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics
(NCSES). NCSES uses the SDAF to allow approved researchers access to restricted use data
in a secure environment.
Web Programming and design services to maintain, modify, and enhance the existing NCSES
web presence.

Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships

TIP/OAD

TIP/OAD

TIP/ITE

Data Analytics effort

Dimensions/Altmetric renewal

Tag along OIA/EAC IDIQ D&A contract to get D&A support.Data analytics are crucial to decisionmaking at NSF. NSF is building a strong data analytic capacity within each of its directorates by
hiring Data Analytic Officers (DAO) to coordinate data analytic efforts both within and across
directorates. NSF seeks skilled contractor support in data and analytics to support DAOs, to
address their directorate needs as well as work across directorates to ensure the dissemination
of common data analytic practices.

Continue the support of the Dimensions/Altmetric, FY23 will be the optional year 2 of a threeyear period. Tentatively put it in TIP/OAD, but ideally, will be picked up by NSF central fund.
Dimensions by DSRSI is the only extant product currently available that offers integrated
databases of research grants, publications, citations, and patents that cover a broad landscape
from both national and international major research resources. This unique database coupled
with integrated user training has enabled NSF staff to perform holistic and cutting-edge research
analyses and to facilitate a variety of mission support actions, including, but not limited to, the
recruitment of experts for review panels that have not previously engaged with NSF. Since it was
first introduced to NSF on 9/15/2021, the user base has grown to 340 across all directorates and
offices in this past year.

NSF proposes expanding the current Convergence Accelerator program from a single program
to a national-level program by creating 10 regional Convergence Accelerator consortia, also
known as Convergence Accelerator Anchors, across the nation. By expanding the Convergence
Accelerator program nationally, it expands NSF’s reach and enables more researchers,
innovators and organizations – from academia, industry, nonprofit, government, and other
communities of practice – to engage in the Convergence Accelerator program. To begin the
Convergence Accelerator Market Intelligence implementation of the 10 regions, NSF must conduct market intelligence to identify
organizations, per region, that would be a potential fit to apply to be the Anchor.
Events
NSF will attempt to identify, in each region, potentially interested organizations by using all tools
at its disposal. This may include using available government databases, examining current lists
of government consortia, FFRDC, and contract holders, and using publicly posted requests for
information. NSF will conduct these efforts, especially in underserved regions, with an eye
towards identifying organizations that do not typically work with NSF.

New

RFI Closed

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TIP/ITE

NSF proposes expanding the current Convergence Accelerator program from a single program
to a national-level program by creating 10 regional Convergence Accelerator consortia, also
known as Convergence Accelerator Anchors, across the nation. By expanding the Convergence
Accelerator program nationally, it expands NSF’s reach and enables more researchers,
innovators and organizations – from academia, industry, nonprofit, government, and other
communities of practice – to engage in the Convergence Accelerator program. This support
contract will replace the current contracts and is intended to span 5 years of support the CA
regional anchors. To begin the implementation of the 10 regions, NSF must conduct market
Convergence Accelerator Regional Support
intelligence to identify organizations, per region, that would be a potential fit to apply to be the
Anchor.
NSF will attempt to identify, in each region, potentially interested organizations by using all tools
at its disposal. This may include using available government databases, examining current lists
of government consortia, FFRDC, and contract holders, and using publicly posted requests for
information. NSF will conduct these efforts, especially in underserved regions, with an eye
towards identifying organizations that do not typically work with NSF.

New

3

541330

1st Quarter FY 24

N/A

Acquisition
Planning