Visual Compliance (VC) Subscription Renewal

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center has published a Special Notice for a sole source procurement of Visual Compliance (VC) Subscription Renewal services. This is a non-competitive procurement opportunity posted on June 17, 2025, with responses due by June 20, 2025. NASA intends to award the contract exclusively to Descartes Visual Compliance (USA) LLC located in Buffalo, New York, for services to be performed at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The procurement falls under NAICS code 513210 for Software Publishers and PSC category DA10 for IT and Telecom Business Application Software as a Service. The contract period will run from May 5, 2025, to May 4, 2026.

The purpose of this Special Notice is to renew critical Visual Compliance software subscriptions that support NASA's Export Control requirements and interactions with Foreign National Partners across multiple NASA organizations including OCIO, OPS, OIIR, and Missions. NASA has justified the sole source approach due to the deep integration of Descartes Visual Compliance products into NASA's Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) service infrastructure, with transitioning to a new vendor estimated to take at least one year and potentially cause significant operational disruption. The subscription renewal includes multiple software components such as Restricted Party Screening Online, Dynamic Screening, Compliance Manager Workflow, and Export Classification Workflow, supporting up to 150 users each. While this is designated as a sole source requirement, interested organizations may still submit their capabilities and qualifications in writing to the primary contact, Shanna Patterson, by 7:00 AM Central Standard Time on June 20, 2025. The government retains sole discretion to determine whether to conduct the procurement competitively despite receiving capability statements from other potential contractors.