USCG Mission Enablement, Readiness, and Innovation through Design Intelligence for AI Needs (MERIDIAN)
Past New Requirement Updated
- Agency
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Coast Guard
Department of Homeland Security
- Solicitation expected
- Estimated value
- $20,000,000 to $50,000,000
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Forecast facts
- Anticipated award
- Through
- NAICS code
- 541512 Computer Systems Design Services
- Place of performance
- Washington, DC
- Forecast number
- F2026074517
- Points of contact
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- Kevin O'Donnell kevin.p.odonnell2@uscg.mil (571) 610-1017
- Emma Horne emma.l.horne@uscg.mil (571) 610-4486
Forecast details come from DHS's Acquisition Planning Forecast System. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.
About this forecast
The Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard is procuring computer systems design services through the MERIDIAN program to establish artificial intelligence and data capabilities, infrastructure, governance, and workforce readiness that enable Coast Guard personnel to act faster and make better-informed decisions. The contractor shall federate and unify existing Coast Guard investments in data and analytics platforms, authoritative mission systems, and developing AI platforms—including SURVEYOR and an AI Assistant—rather than replace them, in support of the Technology Readiness Directorate and C5I enterprise. The solicitation released on August 14, 2026, with award anticipated on August 31, 2026, under a total small business set-aside.
The award value ranges from $20 million to $50 million as a firm fixed-price GSA Schedule contract. Performance spans one year from August 31, 2026, through August 30, 2027, in Washington, DC. For requirements inquiries, contact Emma Horne at emma.l.horne@uscg.mil or (571) 610-4486; for business development questions, contact Kevin O'Donnell at kevin.p.odonnell2@uscg.mil or (571) 610-1017.
Forecast text
*NOTE: It is anticipated that this requirement will be awarded as a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract.
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) requires trusted Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data capabilities to be placed directly in the hands of its personnel so they can act faster, make better-informed decisions, and spend less time managing tools and more time executing the mission. This Performance Work Statement (PWS) defines the work the Contractor shall perform to establish the capabilities, infrastructure, governance, and workforce readiness that put AI and data to work at the user level, turning enterprise investment in AI and data into sustained, mission-driving utilization across the USCG. This effort supports the Technology Readiness Directorate (CG-TECH) and the Command, Control, Communication, Computer, Cyber and Intelligence (C5I). The capability delivered under MERIDIAN shall advance current-state work toward enterprise readiness and position USCG to expand its AI and data portfolio in response to real, prioritized mission demand. USCG has made substantial prior investments in data and analytics platforms, such as SURVEYOR, authoritative mission systems, and a developing AI platform and AI Assistant. The capability delivered under this PWS shall federate and unify these existing investments rather than replace them. The solution shall make current systems more useful and shall not require a rip-and-replace of established platforms or data.
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