National Transportation Safety Board

The National Transportation Safety Board is an independent federal agency that procures goods, services, and IT systems to support its core mission of investigating civil aviation accidents and significant accidents in railroad, highway, marine, pipeline, and commercial-space transportation. The NTSB's Acquisition Division (CFO-30) executes contracts ranging from laboratory equipment and software subscriptions to specialized flight-data analysis tools and vehicle-recorder examination capabilities.

The NTSB has awarded 2,316 federal contracts since 1998, with a combined potential value of $303.8 million and $262.2 million obligated (86% of potential value). Recent award volume has tracked 93 awards in 2022, 118 in 2023, 98 in 2024, 90 in 2025, and 54 year-to-date in 2026. The 720 distinct prime contractors awarded over the portfolio history reflects a fragmented competitive landscape. Over the last five years, Deloitte Consulting LLP leads by award count with 39 awards valued at $40.3 million combined potential value, followed by Carahsoft Technology Corp with 25 awards worth $2.2 million and Varex Imaging Corporation with 22 awards worth $145 thousand. By combined potential value, Deloitte remains dominant at $40.3 million, trailed by Dell Federal Systems L.P. ($5.3 million), General Dynamics Information Technology ($3 million), and Carahsoft ($2.2 million). Top-five coverage is 23 percent by award count and 18 percent by combined potential value, indicating fragmented concentration.

Set-asides are minimal: 88 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, while total small business awards comprise 8 percent of the portfolio. 8(a) sole-source, competitive 8(a), service-disabled veteran-owned, HUBZone, reserved small business, and woman-owned small business designations together account for less than 2 percent of awards.

Recent contract opportunities focus on laboratory equipment and software. The NTSB's Office of Research and Engineering (RE) is soliciting a vertical tilt-frame band saw (9531BM26Q0031, 100 percent small business set-aside, due September 25, 2026) and a pulsed laser cleaner (9531BM26Q0029, 100 percent small business set-aside, due September 25, 2026). A stereomicroscope solicitation (9531BM26Q0030, full and open competition, due September 21, 2026) is open for the Materials Laboratory Division (RE-30). Laboratory furniture for the High-Bay Facility (9531BM26Q0028, 100 percent small business set-aside, amended September 16, 2026, due September 18, 2026) is also current. Special notices for sole-source awards include a VUE 250-P scanning acoustic microscope to OKOS Solutions (due September 20, 2026), a dry ice blaster to Cold Jet LLC (due September 15, 2026), and a Voyage Data Recorder parser to Avenca Ltd (due September 11, 2026). Software and IT opportunities include Okta Identity Cloud (9531BM26Q0025, due September 7, 2026), HighBond Compliance Risk Management (PUR260167, sole-source notice to Carahsoft, due September 19, 2026), and Virtual Acquisition Office licenses to Unison Virtual Acquisition Office LLC (PUR260217, due September 4, 2026).

The National Transportation Safety Board investigates every civil aviation accident in the U.S. and significant accidents in other modes of transporation. Based on their investigative findings and special studies, the board makes recommendations aimed at preventing future accidents.