About this opportunity
AI summaryThe National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency seeks information on how an interested contractor can provide an end-to-end credential management solution for the GEOINT Professional Certification lifecycle. The required system must implement, operate, maintain, and sustain an established Candidate Management System built on the LearningBuilder commercial off-the-shelf platform to manage certification eligibility, examinations, and renewals for up to 55,000 active individuals. Interested parties must submit an unclassified white paper by 5:00 pm ET on November 17, 2026, via email. Responses must be formatted in Microsoft Word with 12-point Times New Roman font and one-inch margins, detailing business types under NAICS code 518210, past experience, capabilities, and acquisition recommendations. This request is strictly for planning purposes and does not constitute a request for proposals.
Scope of work
- Operate, maintain, and sustain an established Candidate Management System or implement a replacement
- Manage the full lifecycle of GEOINT Professional Certification candidates and credentialed professionals
- Manage certification eligibility, exam delivery, and renewals
- Migrate existing records if replacing the current LearningBuilder system
- Deliver secure unclassified certification assessments and dynamic scoring
- Implement automated certificate issuance tools
- Manage secure infrastructure and adhere to NIST SP 800-53 security controls
- Maintain Authority to Operate from NGA Security
Minimum qualifications
- Personnel must possess appropriate security clearance at the time of proposal or quotation submission
- Capability to implement proposed CMS by September 2027
- Adherence to NIST SP 800-53 security controls and maintenance of NGA ATO
- Compliance with DoDI 1322.26, DoD Directive 5400.11, and DoDM 5200.01
Documents to include with your response
- White paper
- Administrative details and business type response
- Comment Matrix format for comments, questions, or suggestions to PWS
Key dates
- Responses due
- 5:00 pm ET on 17 November 2026
How to submit
- Method
- Instructions
- Submit white paper via email as a message attachment to [email protected], [email protected], and [email protected] with subject line 'RFI Response - [INSERT Business name]'. Must be in Microsoft Word or compatible format, maximum 5 pages, 8.5x11 inch sheets, 1-inch margins, Times Roman 12 point font, marked UNCLASSIFIED on all pages.
Contract details
- Term
- Base: September 2027 – August 2028, Option Year 1: September 2028 – August 2029, Option Year 2: September 2029 – August 2030, Option Year 3: September 2030 – August 2031, Option Year 4: September 2031 – August 2032
- Place of performance
- On-demand online services available to candidates, system administrators / program managers, and Component Service Representatives
Federal notice details
- Solicitation number
- RFI_CMSII_11032026
- Agency
- Department of Defense
- Buying office
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) › Attn: MS S84 - OCS
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Responses due
- Nov 17, 2026, 5:00 PM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Nov 3, 2026
- NAICS
- 518210 · Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services
- Product/service code
- 7G22
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- Place of performance
- Springfield, VA
- Contracting contact
- Collin M. Larson
Collin.M.Larson@nga.mil - Additional contact
- Haydee Liz Soto-Carreras
Haydee.L.SotoCarreras@nga.mil
Source: SAM.gov. Read the official notice for the complete description and current instructions.
Incumbent and award research
No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.
Market context
Awards in the same category (Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services). This is not this requirement's award history.
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Top vendors in this category: Department of Defense, NAICS 518210, since Oct 1, 2024
1,008 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.
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Source: USAspending.gov federal award data (U.S. federal public data). A contract is called the incumbent only when the notice or its documents cite it by number.