Technology Research in Horizon scanning for strategic foresight

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center seeks technology research in horizon scanning for strategic foresight, with quotes due May 19, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. Central Time and questions due May 14 at 12:00 p.m. Central Time. The procurement is set aside for small business and restricted to offerors with NAICS code 541690.

Place of performance is the United States. The contractor shall collect and analyze data across PESTELE domains (Policy, Economics, Social Science, Technology, Environment, Legal, Ethics) through multiple methodologies including social listening, academic literature scraping, news gathering, patent analysis, and human expert interviews, with all data tagged and integrated into NASA's Madi knowledge management system. The period of performance is 12 months beginning immediately following task order award. Existing data must be delivered by June 19, 2026, with new data delivered monthly thereafter on the fourth Monday of each month. The contractor shall deliver ten topic briefings on NASA-determined subjects, including interviewee biographies, interview transcripts, and expert contact information, formatted according to NASA Fundamental Units and taxonomy.

The procurement is firm fixed-price with award to the lowest price technically acceptable offeror. Quotes must include Net 30 payment terms, F.O.B. Destination shipping, CAGE Code and UEI number, estimated delivery time, and applicable shipping costs. Technical acceptability requires representation of sources across multiple platforms with documented demographic bias analysis, protection of vulnerable groups through public content only, personal identifier stripping, documentation of collection sources and limitations, and available collection methods. NASA clarified that existing data refers to contractor-collected public-source data and that subject matter expert interview costs must be absorbed by the contractor. No specific proposal format or past performance documentation is required. The contracting activity is NASA Stennis Space Center, Mississippi. NAICS 541690; PSC AJ11.