NIST AI risk management framework support
Past New Requirement Updated
- Agency
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National Institute of Standards and Technology
Department of Commerce
- Solicitation expected
- Estimated value
- $5,100,000 to $10,000,000
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Forecast facts
- Anticipated award
- Through
- NAICS code
- 541690 Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Place of performance
- Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States
- Forecast number
- 60790
- Points of contact
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- Jerome D. Thomson jay.thomson@nist.gov
Forecast details come from the Commerce Department's procurement forecast. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.
About this forecast
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is forecasting a new contract requirement to provide expert support for the implementation, operationalization, and promotion of the NIST Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF). The contractor will deliver comprehensive services focused on enhancing AI governance, risk identification, measurement, management, and strategic communications to advance responsible AI practices aligned with Executive Order 14179 and OMB Memorandum M-25-22. The solicitation is anticipated to be released on November 15, 2025, with an estimated award date of February 15, 2026.
The estimated award value ranges from $5.1 million to $10 million, with this set-aside designated for small businesses under the NAICS category 541690 (Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services). Performance will be conducted in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and the contract vehicle will be structured as an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) General Services Administration (GSA) GWAC. Interested parties should contact Jerome D. Thomson, IT Program Manager at NIST, via email at jay.thomson@nist.gov or phone at 301-975-2000 for additional information regarding this competed small business opportunity.
Forecast text
The purpose of this contract is to provide expert support for the implementation, operationalization, and promotion of the NIST Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF). The Contractor shall deliver services that enhance AI governance, risk identification, measurement, management, and strategic communications. This initiative will advance NIST’s mission to foster innovation, trustworthiness, and responsible AI practices, in alignment with Executive Order 14179 and OMB Memorandum M-25-22, driving government-wide adoption of effective, standards-based AI risk management.
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