NASA Open Innovation Services (NOIS)

The NASA Open Innovation Services (NOIS) Master Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract is designed to procure commercial crowdsourcing and open innovation platforms for NASA and other government agencies. The contract enables external challenge-based methodologies that allow NASA to publicly post challenges and interact with a global community of problem solvers. By leveraging crowdsourcing technologies and platforms, the contract supports NASA's ability to identify and develop innovative solutions to complex technical and operational challenges facing the agency and broader government ecosystem.

Task orders under this IDIQ are typically focused on specialized innovation challenges across scientific, technological, and operational domains. While specific task order details are not provided in the source document, the contract's $20 million shared ceiling suggests multiple task orders of varying scales and complexity. The contract's focus on open innovation platforms implies task orders likely involve developing specialized challenge frameworks, managing online competition platforms, and facilitating solution discovery across technical domains relevant to space exploration, aerospace engineering, and government research initiatives. The June 2015 award date and June 2022 last order date indicate a seven-year period during which NASA could solicit innovative solutions through these crowdsourcing mechanisms, potentially involving multiple prime contractors with expertise in digital platform development and challenge management.