Solicitation

NISC Enterprise Support Tasking (NEST)

Department of Transportation · Federal Aviation Administration · Sol. 693KA9-26-R-00003

Due in 10 daysWOSB

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The FAA (Washington, DC) wants a contractor to run and maintain the NIMS system it uses to manage its NISC IV contract, plus the old CMIS system. The contractor would also act as an expert advisor and help design and build a new system for the NISC V contract. This opportunity is set aside for women-owned small businesses.

Watch out for

Demonstration date looks wrong or already passed. The notice says a live NIMS demonstration is on 09 SEP 2026, which is before the notice was posted and before the due date, so check Section L.8 or ask the contracting officer before assuming you missed it. A LIVE NIMS DEMONSTRATION WILL OCCUR 09 SEP 2026, SEE L.8 FOR DETAILS
Work on an existing government system. You must support the current technology stack and the FAA's financial systems integrations (PRISM and Delphi), so experience with these or similar systems matters. using the existing technology stack
Contract changes mid-award. NISC IV transitions to NISC V during the award period, so the work shifts from maintaining one system to helping build a new one. The NISC IV contract will also be transitioned to NISC V contract during the award period

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What they want

Operations and maintenance support for the NIMS/CMIS system, keeping it running without interruption
Quality assurance and quality control for the system
Maintain security compliance and the security certifications needed to run the software and its server hardware
Run reports from the inactive CMIS system when needed
Act as a subject matter expert: system architecture, software recommendations, design, development, testing, deployment and documentation of a new system for NISC V
Provide transition support to any new vendor at the end of the contract

Place of performance: Washington, DC, USA
Offers due: 2026-10-15T10:00:00-04:00

What to include when you submit

Notice refers to Section L.8 for details on the live NIMS demonstration

You must have

Must be a women-owned small business under the SBA WOSB program (FAR 19.15) THIS OPPORTUNITY IS SET-ASIDE FOR WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (WOSB) CONCERNS
Ability to keep NIMS/CMIS security certifications required to operate the software and server hardware Contractor will maintain NIMS/CMIS security certifications required to operate the software and its associated server hardware.

Not in the notice text

Evaluation method and factors (in the solicitation sections, not in this text)
How and where to submit the offer
Contract type, length of the base period and options, and value
Details of the live NIMS demonstration (Section L.8)
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Key facts

Response due: Oct 15, 2026, 2:00 PM UTC
Posted: Oct 1, 2026
Notice type: Solicitation
Solicitation: 693KA9-26-R-00003
Agency: Department of Transportation · Federal Aviation Administration
Office: 693KA9 Contracting for Services
Set-aside: SBA Certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program Set-Aside (FAR 19.15)
NAICS: 541511
Product/service code: DA01
Business type: IT, software & telecom
Place of performance: Washington, DC, 20591
Contracting contact: FAA AAQ 410 Contracting Office9-AWA-AAQ410-Contracting-Team@faa.gov
Versions: 6 (amended since first posted)

Full notice text from SAM.gov

***THIS OPPORTUNITY IS SET-ASIDE FOR WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (WOSB) CONCERNS*** **A LIVE NIMS DEMONSTRATION WILL OCCUR 09 SEP 2026, SEE L.8 FOR DETAILS** The AJW-2 Directorate, AJW-2131 Implementation Services Group, provides technical, engineering, financial, budget, and management support to Technical Operations programs using the NAS Integration Support Contract (NISC IV Contract) and Technical Support Services Contract (TSSC).These are task order contracts that present contract managers with the task of managing the entire Task Order Management lifecycle, the Financial Management lifecycle encompassing the obligation and de-obligation of funds by integrating with FAA’s financial systems, PRISM and Delphi and the Invoice/Payments lifecycle. The NISC IV contract will also be transitioned to NISC V contract during the award period, which will require a new system to support the NISC V contract, while maintaining the NIMS system to close out the NISC IV contract. This work requires a support contractor that will provide Operations and Maintenance services for the NIMS systems that is used to manage the current NISC IV contract using the existing technology stack and will provide quality assurance and quality control to ensure uninterrupted system availability. In addition, the vendor should maintain and run reports if required from CMIS system that was used to support the NISC III contract and is currently not active. The work also requires the vendor to serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) capable of providing design, development, testing, deployment and documentation of the new software that will be required to support the NISC V contract when required. This includes, but is not limited to, making recommendations regarding the selection of software architecture and software development tools that will be required to develop the new system. The Contractor must provide operations and maintenance support for the NIMS/CMIS system, provide quality assurance and quality control, provide security compliance and ensure uninterrupted system availability. This effort also requires the vendor to serve as a SME and provide support with system architecture, software recommendations, system design, development, testing, deployment, and documentation for a new system to support NISC V contract requirements when required. Contractor will maintain NIMS/CMIS security certifications required to operate the software and its associated server hardware. The Contractor must also provide transition support to any potential new vendor at the contract’s end. ***THIS OPPORTUNITY IS SET-ASIDE FOR WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (WOSB) CONCERNS*** **A LIVE NIMS DEMONSTRATION WILL OCCUR 09 SEP 2026, SEE L.8 FOR DETAILS**

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