Project beacon; community building, stakeholder mapping and facilitation
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 80NSSC26941780Q
- Agency
-
Shared Services Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
NASA's Shared Services Center issued a sole-source justification notice for Project BEACON: Community Building, Stakeholder Mapping, and Facilitation, with a response deadline of 5 September 8, 2026. The agency intends to award a sole-source contract to METROPOLITAN GROUP, L.L.C under FAR 12.102(a) for commercial items and services, but invites interested organizations to submit written capabilities and qualifications by 1:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on September 8, 2026 to challenge the sole-source determination and request competitive procurement.
The effort supports NASA's Disasters Program and the BEACON regional hub initiative for disaster resilience research and applications. Work spans four phases from October 2026 through June 2027: pre-solicitation community engagement and landscape analysis; solicitation-phase outreach and barrier identification; post-selection coordination plan development; and post-award onboarding and technical assistance culminating in a formal Kickoff Meeting in Fairbanks, Alaska. The contractor shall execute services remotely with field activities at multiple locations, including the Alaska kickoff event.
Submission of capabilities statements is discretionary; the Government reserves sole discretion to determine whether to conduct competitive procurement based on responses received. Oral communications are not acceptable. NAICS 541611 (Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services) applies. Contact Cara Craft (cara.s.craft@nasa.gov) or Tiffany Neal (tiffany.neal@nasa.gov) with questions.
Notice text
Synopsis:
NASA/NSSC has a requirement forProject BEACON: Community Building, Stakeholder Mapping, and Facilitation
NASA/NSSC intends to issue a sole source contract to METROPOLITAN GROUP, L.L.C under the authority
of FAR 12.102(a). It has been determined that METROPOLITAN GROUP, L.L.C is the sole provider of
Project BEACON: Community Building, Stakeholder Mapping, and Facilitation
NASA/NSSC will be the procuring center for this effort. Performance will be located at NASA/ Headquarters
(HQ).
The Government intends to acquire Commercial items or services using the provisions, clauses and procedures
prescribed in FAR Part 12 for Commercial
The NAICS Code for this procurement is 541611.
Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the
identified point of contact not later than 1:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on 9/8/2026. Such
capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this
procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on
a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the
government.
Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.
NASA FAR Supplement Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this
acquisition can be found at https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/Procurement-Ombuds-Comp-
Advocate-Listing.pdf .
Primary Point of Contact:
Cara Craft
cara.s.craft@nasa.gov
Secondary Point of Contact
Tiffany Neal
tiffany.neal@nasa.gov
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| SATPC0042455 Tab 04 4 SOW.pdf |
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