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Dcsa Innovation Gateway — IT and Telecom - Business Application/Application Development Support Services (Labor)

Issued by DEPT OF DEFENSE · DEFENSE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY AGENCY (DCSA) · DEFENSE CI AND SECURITY AGENCY · via SAM.gov — US federal contract opportunities

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Published
10 Sept 2026
Closes
23 Jun 2031, 03:59 UTC
Reference
HS0021-26-CSO-DCSA
Location
VA, United States
Sector
IT & Telecom

Details

DEPT OF DEFENSE · DEFENSE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY AGENCY (DCSA) · DEFENSE CI AND SECURITY AGENCY is soliciting Dcsa Innovation Gateway — IT and Telecom - Business Application/Application Development Support Services (Labor). Solicitation number HS0021-26-CSO-DCSA. Classified under NAICS 541512 — Computer Systems Design Services. Product/service code DA01 — IT AND TELECOM - BUSINESS APPLICATION/APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT SERVICES (LABOR). Place of performance: VA, USA. Responses are due by 23 June 2031 03:59 UTC. Posted on SAM.gov, the US federal contract opportunities system; registration is required to bid.

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) Innovation Gateway is a competitive solicitation that will result in the award of prototype projects under Other Transaction Agreements (OTA). It is our commercially-focused front door for innovators.

Our goal is simple: to partner with creative companies to solve our most critical mission challenges.

Innovation Gateway Process The Innovation Gateway is a general announcement of DCSA’s general areas of interest (Digital Transformation Enablement, Data Integration and Advanced Analytics, Cyber and Industrial Security, Digital Workforce and Governance). The general soliciation includes criteria for selecting Solution Concept Papers and soliciting the participation of all proposers capable of satisfying the Government’s needs. Proposal requests will be issued via ‘Innovation Calls’ that are published separately under the DCSA Innovation Gateway at various times during the open period of this solicitation. Innovation Calls will be published via Sam.gov through separate solicitation postings referencing the DCSA Innovation Gateway. Proposers are required to use the Solution Concept Paper Template (DCSA Innovation Gateway Attachment 1) to submit their solutions. The Government will only accept proposals in response to Innovation Calls. Unsolicited proposals that are not in response to an Innovation Call will not be reviewed by the Government.  Additionally, industry representatives wishing to submit general capability statements or schedule capability briefings should direct their inquiries to the DCSA Small Business Office at [contact details removed]

Innovation Call Publications:

  • Innovation Call #01 - Unified Application Access and Integration Prototype
  • Notice ID: DCSAInnovationCall01
  • Publication Date: 09/10/2026
  • https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/8edbc404f99d46caa7f41a9bb760f4a9/view

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