MBS has been awarded two positions on NASA SEWP VI: Category A for Information Technology, Communications, and Audio Visual solutions, and Category C for ITC/AV mission-oriented services. The contract numbers are 80TECH26D2106 and 80TECH26D0777.
Defining Category A and Category C
Category A focuses primarily on products, like hardware, software, cloud-based products, and support products. It also covers the services that are required to get the product working, like installation, integration, training, maintenance, and support. If an agency is looking to have their products configured and delivered, that work fits under this category.
Category C is the professional services side, which covers things like integration, consulting, engineering and design, cybersecurity, digital government, data processing, and more. If an agency is looking for an expert to help standardize devices and design management architecture, that work fits under this category.
Holding both positions means a company, like MBS, is an authorized contract holder that can sell the physical or digital products and provide customized services to implement and manage them under a single contract vehicle.
How SEWP Ordering Works
SEWP is a Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC), which means one agency runs it for the federal government. NASA runs SEWP, so agencies will place task orders against the master contract.
Typically, to place an order, an agency will request quotes after defining what it needs. This can be done through the online SEWP Quote Request Tool (QRT), which can send a request for quote (RFQ) to one or multiple companies. The quotes will be returned, and the agency will review them and select a company.
Once a company is selected, the agency creates the delivery order (DO), and routes it, along with the quote, through the SEWP Program Office via email or fax. Within about a day, the paperwork is reviewed and a SEWP Tracking Number (STN) is assigned.
At that point, the Contract Holder receives the order and can begin fulfilling it.
SEWP Ordering Dates
NASA anticipates that SEWP VI ordering will go live on November 1, 2026, and run until October 31, 2036.
NASA intends to extend SEWP V through January 31, 2027, so if you have a requirement already in motion under SEWP V, it does not need to stop while you plan for SEWP VI.
Planning a Requirement?
The most useful conversation to have now is which category your work will fall under, as that tends to shape how the requirement gets written. We are happy to walk through it with you and help you decide.
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