NASA SEWP VI
Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement

Category C · Group C1 · Small Business Set-Aside

Infotrend is a prime contract holder on NASA SEWP VI, a multiple-award Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) open to every federal agency, delivering mission-based IT, communications, and audio-visual services.

The NASA SEWP (Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement), pronounced “soup”, provides the latest Information Technology, Communication, and Audio-Visual (ITC/AV) solutions and services for all Federal Agencies and their approved contractors. Created in 1993, SEWP I was the first Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) in the federal acquisition space. Originally, the contract vehicle provided only technology products for NASA and all other agencies. SEWP has continually evolved over the past 30 years, expanding its scope to meet the requests of its customers. The SEWP vehicle represents acquisition innovation within the Federal Government. The program is self-funded through usage fees (0.34%) and provides all Federal agencies with acquisition support — more than 50,000 orders a year.

Contract information

FAR 16.505(b)(1) provides that each contractor shall be given fair opportunity to be considered for each order exceeding $10,000 and issued under multiple award contracts. The FAR states that the method to obtain fair opportunity is at the discretion of the Contracting Officer (CO) and that the CO must document the rationale for placement and price of each order. Using the SEWP online Quote Request Tool is the recommended method to assist in this activity and to augment the required decision documentation. The SEWP Quote Request Tool (QRT) will automatically include the Contract Holders within a selected Group or based on a suggested source.

SEWP VI contract clause A.1.13 — Fair Opportunity and Requests for Quotes

Contractors will be provided a fair opportunity at the individual order level as appropriate per FAR Part 16.505(b), including the SEWP RFQ tools. No documentation for the order selection is required to be submitted with the order. All such documentation is to be maintained by the issuing procurement office.

The Contractor shall not market, quote or otherwise offer for sale, any IT Solutions not listed under this contract, until the said solutions are included in the SEWP database of record, and available to all Government end-users.

If the Government issues a Request For Information (RFI) as part of market research, the Contractor may provide items not yet listed on their SEWP contract as part of a market research quote if: 1. all such items are clearly marked as not yet available on their SEWP contract; and 2. the contractor submits a technology refreshment request to add those products to their contract.

If the Government issues a Request For Quote (RFQ) or a Market Research Request (MRR), the Contractor may only respond with items available on their Contract and the price of each item shall be the no greater than the price in Attachment F SEWP database of record at the time the quote is issued. If the Contractor has insufficient items on their contract to fully respond to the Formal RFQ, the Contractor must respond with a No Bid.

Unless the RFQ specifically allows for partial quotes, the Contractor must respond fully to all requirements specified in the RFQ.

When submitting a quote to a government end-user, the contractor must clearly state the length of time the quote is valid. The contractor shall honor any order submitted within the stated time period of a quote.

When responding to an RFI or RFQ issued from the NASA SEWP RFQ on-line quoting system, the Contractor must respond as outlined in Attachment C: Contract Holder User Manual (CHUM).

Contract Holders are prohibited from using Government information posted on the NASA SEWP Contract Holder Only Page, such as RFQs, RFIs, etc., for purposes other than proposing on SEWP requirements. This includes Contract Holders providing third parties with SEWP information and requirements for the purpose of assisting companies, that are not SEWP Contract Holders, with providing unsolicited proposals to meet agency requirements already posted to the NASA SEWP RFQ on-line quoting system.

Infotrend builds technology solutions that turn information into action for federal missions. We combine expertise in data and AI, platform engineering, digital investigations, and cyber intelligence with decades of federal delivery experience to solve complex challenges.

A Maryland small business founded in 2003, Infotrend is appraised at CMMI-DEV and CMMI-SVC Level 3 and certified to ISO 9001:2015, ISO 27001:2022, and ISO 20000-1:2018. On SEWP VI we deliver mission-based services under Category C, Group C1.

SEWP is designed to provide a broad suite of Information Technology, Communication and Audio Visual (ITC/AV) solutions and services. Technology is ever-evolving and for that reason SEWP’s processes enable Contract Holders to add new commercial technology and IT services to their contract daily, as requested by customers. SEWP is composed of three (3) scope categories. If you would like SEWP to determine if your requirement is within scope of the SEWP VI contract, send an overview and/or bill of materials (BOM) to [email protected] for a quick review.

Category C technical areas

Category C orders deliver customized ITC/AV services at the mission or program level. Every order is services-based; product-only requirements are out of scope.

The internal ordering process of each Agency varies. The process and accompanying forms for Purchase Requests (PR) and Delivery Orders (DO) that are issued against a SEWP contract is defined by the issuing Agency, not the NASA SEWP Program Management Office (PMO). The typical process is for an end-user to determine a requirement and generate a Purchase Request (PR).

The PR along with any necessary funding information is sent to that Agency’s procurement office which results in the issuance of a DO. Any valid Federal Agency DO form, and the associated Delivery Order number may be used. The NASA SEWP PMO does not issue DOs — these must be issued through the issuing Agency’s procurement office. The SEWP PMO reviews, processes and tracks issued DOs and forwards them to the Contract Holder(s).

Some Agencies have special requirements for issuing IT Delivery Orders. It is the Issuing Agency’s Contracting Officers’ (COs/KOs) responsibility to be aware of any Agency-specific policies regarding issuing orders via an existing contract vehicle and Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts. There are no requirements under the SEWP Contracts for issuing Agencies to use other intermediary procurement offices, except as directed through their own internal policies.

If modifications are made to any order, these modifications must also route through the SEWP Program Management Office (PMO).

Ordering from Infotrend

1. 1Define your requirement — a SOW, PWS, or SOO. Category C orders are services-based; product-only requirements are out of scope.
2. 2Issue an RFQ, RFI, or Market Research Request through the SEWP Quote Request Tool (QRT) at sewp.nasa.gov, selecting Category C, Group C1. No Delegation of Procurement Authority or MOU is required.
3. 3Infotrend responds through SEWP with a quote that states its validity period, priced at or below our SEWP contract rates with the 0.34% fee already included.
4. 4Your contracting officer issues the order and sends it to the SEWP Program Office, which routes it to Infotrend.

Contacts for each are listed under SEWP VI program support.