NASA SEWP VI: How the Contract Works and How to Win SEWP Quote Requests
NASA SEWP VI opened November 1, 2026, with about 1,490 holders. Learn how SEWP ordering works and how to win SEWP Quote Request Tool requests.
NASA SEWP V moved $89.0 billion through 210,114 task and delivery orders, according to the federal award data on the CLEATUS SEWP V vehicle page. Its successor, NASA SEWP VI, opened for orders on November 1, 2026, with 2,115 awards to about 1,490 companies. That is roughly ten times the SEWP V holder pool. Every one of those holders now competes for requests from the same Quote Request Tool, and those requests arrive by email. Here is how NASA SEWP works, what changed in SEWP VI, and how to turn each SEWP request into a pursuit before the reply-by date.
TL;DR
- NASA SEWP is a governmentwide IT contract. The Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement program, run by the NASA SEWP Program Management Office, lets any federal agency buy IT, communications, and audio-visual products and services from pre-competed contract holders. Agencies obligated about $12 billion through it in FY2025.
- SEWP VI is open for orders. Ordering began on November 1, 2026, and runs through October 31, 2036. NASA made 2,115 awards across three categories. New SEWP V orders stop on January 31, 2027.
- A SEWP VI seat is a smaller moat than a SEWP V seat. The holder pool grew from about 140 companies to about 1,490. More holders see each request, so speed and qualification discipline decide more wins.
- Agencies order through the Quote Request Tool (QRT). The QRT sends each request to the matching contract holders, and holders receive it by email. SEWP requests are not posted on SAM.gov.
- The inbox is the bottleneck. Request details, attachments, reply-by dates, and cancellations sit in a few people's email, disconnected from the capture pipeline.
- CLEATUS now imports SEWP requests automatically. The new NASA SEWP integration turns each QRT request into a contract in its own tab, breaks down the attached documents before you open them, and alerts your team when a request is created or canceled.
What Is NASA SEWP?
NASA SEWP (Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement, pronounced "soup") is a multiple-award Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) for information technology. GWACs are authorized under the Clinger-Cohen Act, and the NASA SEWP Program Management Office runs this one. SEWP VI is the sixth generation of the program.
SEWP covers information technology, communications, and audio-visual products and services. That includes computers, servers, storage, networking, software, cloud, and the services that come with those products, such as installation and maintenance. SEWP VI also adds dedicated service categories, covered below. The product depth is what separates SEWP from services-only vehicles such as OASIS+ or the CIO-SP3 family.
Why agencies buy through SEWP
The competition is already done. SEWP holders went through a full source selection to win their seats. An agency only has to run a fair opportunity competition among holders at the order level, and the QRT handles that process for it.
Quotes come back fast. The default response window for a SEWP VI product request is five business days. When an agency uses the QRT, SEWP checks that every quoted item is on contract and properly priced before the quote reaches the customer.
The fee is low. The SEWP fee is 0.34% of the order. It is built into the quoted price, so the agency does not pay it as a separate line.
Any federal agency can use it. NASA is the administrator, not the main customer. NASA's SEWP VI auxiliary information lists the Department of Defense, Homeland Security, Justice, Treasury, Veterans Affairs, Energy, State, NASA, Commerce, and Health and Human Services as the top FY2025 buyers. Support contractors can order with a contracting officer's authorization letter. State, local, and tribal governments cannot order from SEWP.
The volume is large and growing. NASA reports about $12 billion in FY2025 obligations across 51,000 contract actions (new orders and modifications), and an average of 2,700 RFQs a month. Federal News Network reported $14.5 billion for FY2026, up 20%. In our GovCon market research guide, 18 of the 25 largest VA awards in one filter were task orders under NASA SEWP V.
NASA SEWP V by the Numbers
SEWP V is the generation that SEWP VI replaces. Its award history shows how the vehicle actually behaves. These figures come from the federal award data behind the CLEATUS SEWP V vehicle page.
| Metric | SEWP V |
|---|---|
| Total obligated | $89.0 billion |
| Task and delivery orders | 210,114 |
| Awards issued work | 187 |
| Reported subcontract awards | 30,746 |
| Share of dollars under NAICS 541519 | 90.7% (Other Computer Related Services) |
| Share of dollars under NAICS 334111 | |
| Last day for new orders | January 31, 2027 |
NAICS 541519 also leads the procurement on the CLEATUS NASA agency page.
The money concentrates in a few holders
The ten largest SEWP V holders received 42% of all obligations. Most of them are value-added resellers that quote products from many manufacturers.
| SEWP V holder | Obligations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| FCN, Inc. | $5.5B | 6.2% |
| ThunderCat Technology | $5.4B | 6.1% |
| V3Gate | $4.5B | 5.0% |
| Four Points Technology | $3.9B | 4.4% |
| Emergent | $3.6B | 4.0% |
| Minburn Technology Group | $3.4B | 3.9% |
| Carahsoft Technology | $3.4B | 3.8% |
| New Tech Solutions | $2.9B | 3.3% |
| World Wide Technology | $2.4B | 2.7% |
| Countertrade Products | $2.3B | 2.6% |
The lesson for a new SEWP VI holder is direct. The leaders did not win on one large program. They won on volume: thousands of quotes, answered quickly, with the right products already on contract. A new holder that answers requests slowly or selectively will not catch them on the seat alone.
What Changes in NASA SEWP VI
NASA announced the SEWP VI awards in June 2026. The ordering period is ten years with no options, and each contract carries a $20 billion ceiling. SEWP VI supports firm-fixed-price, time-and-materials, labor-hour, fixed-price incentive, fixed-price award-fee, and hybrid orders.
| SEWP V | SEWP VI | |
|---|---|---|
| Contract holders | About 140 companies | About 1,490 companies on 2,115 awards |
| New orders | Through January 31, 2027 | November 1, 2026 to October 31, 2036 |
| Small business set-asides | Set-aside groups within the contract | No set-aside groups; the contracting officer sets any set-aside on each order |
The three SEWP VI categories
| Category | Scope | Who holds it | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | IT, communications, and audio-visual products, including product-based services and cloud | Large and small businesses | 364 (88% to small businesses) |
| B | Enterprise-wide services, such as managed services, enterprise cybersecurity, and enterprise cloud. Product-only orders are out of scope. | Large and small businesses | 692 (80% to small businesses) |
| C | Mission-based IT, communications, and audio-visual service solutions. Orders are capped at $2 million in year one and $10 million in year two. | Small businesses only | 1,059 |
Set-asides now happen at the order level. A contracting officer can set aside an order in any category for small business, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, EDWOSB, or VOSB firms. See all set-aside programs for the eligibility rules. The contracting officer also assigns the NAICS code for each order. Your status on a given request depends on the request, not only on your contract.
What carries over from SEWP V, and what does not
SEWP V and SEWP VI run side by side from November 1, 2026, to January 31, 2027. SEWP V quotes are not valid on SEWP VI. SEWP V catalogs and blanket purchase agreements do not transfer either. A SEWP VI holder can quote only after it completes NASA's onboarding checklist, and only on products and services that it has put on its contract through technology refresh.
The award process was contested. Federal News Network reported 16 bid protests at the Government Accountability Office. GAO denied six, and it dismissed nine after NASA took corrective action. One more was still pending in June.
Why a SEWP VI seat is worth less on its own
On SEWP V, the average request drew three to four quotes, according to NASA's SEWP VI auxiliary information. With ten times more holders, expect that number to rise on broad requests. The seat still matters, because only holders can quote. But the seat no longer separates you from the field. Three things do:
- Speed. A late quote never wins, and the default window for a Category A request is five business days. Categories B and C default to 30 days.
- Selection. With more requests reaching you, the cost of reading each one rises. You need a fast way to decide which requests fit your products, your provider relationships, and your margins.
- Supply chain. Your products must be on contract before you can quote them, and each order still sets its own country-of-origin and delivery terms.
More IT work is also heading toward the remaining governmentwide vehicles. NITAAC canceled CIO-SP4 in January 2026 and stopped new CIO-SP3 orders on October 29, 2026. Executive Order 14240 named GSA the executive agent for governmentwide IT contracts, with the option to defer that role. Federal News Network reported in October that GSA staff now work inside the SEWP office and that the long-term arrangement is still to be decided. Either way, the SEWP VI contracts and the QRT remain the path to SEWP orders today.
How Ordering Works on NASA SEWP: The Quote Request Tool
The Quote Request Tool (QRT) is the SEWP Program Management Office's system for agency requests. A customer picks the category, then the NAICS code and the business size or set-aside. By default, the QRT sends the request to every matching contract holder. Holders answer through the quote tool on the Contract Holder Only Page (CHOP). The QRT keeps the record of the fair opportunity process under FAR Part 16.
The QRT supports three request types:
| Request type | What the agency wants | Leads to an order? |
|---|---|---|
RFQ (Request for Quote) | A priced quote against a defined requirement | Yes |
| MRR (Market Research Request) | Quotes for planning and budgeting | Not usually |
RFI (Request for Information) | Information before the agency asks for quotes | No |
SEWP requests stay inside SEWP. NASA's SEWP VI auxiliary information states that SEWP solicitations are not posted on SAM.gov or any other site outside SEWP. A company without a SEWP contract does not see them, and a holder sees them only through SEWP.
The QRT is optional for the agency. A customer can also order directly or use its own system. In that case, the customer carries the fair opportunity responsibility itself.
What a SEWP request email contains
A QRT notice is a plain email. The subject names the contract generation, the request type, the request number, the event, and the requesting agency, in this format:
SEWP VI: QRT RFQ – 1234 Created (Agency Name, Requesting Office)
A "Created" notice carries the request in labeled text blocks: the title, the description, the agency and office, the NAICS code, the set-aside, the posted date, the reply-by date, and the primary contact. The solicitation documents, such as a statement of work or a bill of materials, come as attachments. A "Canceled" notice carries the subject line and little else.
Who receives it
SEWP sends each notice to the users that a contract holder registered on its CHOP account. SEWP ties those accounts to addresses on the holder's own company domain. Only those people get the request. Everyone else on the team learns about it by forward.
Why the SEWP Inbox Alone Is Not Enough
The QRT is a good ordering system for the government. It was never meant to be a capture system for the contractor. Here is what the email workflow leaves to you.
Every request looks the same. A notice for a $3,000 monitor order and a notice for a multi-million-dollar storage refresh arrive in the same format. Nothing in the email tells you which one fits your company.
The real requirement is in the attachments. The email body is a summary. The quantities, part numbers, delivery terms, and evaluation basis sit in attached files that somebody has to open, read, and compare.
Cancellations are easy to miss. A canceled request is a one-line email. If nobody connects it to the original, your team keeps pricing a request that no longer exists.
Nothing connects to your pipeline. The request lives in email. Your pipeline lives in a CRM or a spreadsheet. Your past quotes live in a shared drive. Your team is the integration layer.
There is no searchable history. Six months from now, an inbox search is the only record of which agencies sent which requests, and which ones you quoted.
| Task | SEWP QRT email | CLEATUS NASA SEWP integration |
|---|---|---|
| Receive a new request | Email to the registered users only | Imported automatically, with an alert to your team |
| Read the documents | Open each attachment by hand | Broken down by Contract Breakdown before you open them |
| Ask questions | Search the PDF | GovCon Copilot answers from the request documents, with citations |
| Track a cancellation | A one-line email | Marked canceled, with an alert to your team |
| Manage the pursuit | Forward, copy, and paste | One pipeline with your SAM.gov, GSA eBuy, PIEE, and state and local opportunities |
| Keep a history | Inbox search | Every request in one searchable NASA SEWP tab |
How to Respond to a SEWP Request: A Practical Checklist
Whatever tools you use, a disciplined SEWP response follows the same steps.
- Confirm that you can quote. Check the category, the NAICS code, and any set-aside on the request. Category C is small business only, and the contracting officer sets the NAICS code and set-aside for each order.
- Read the whole package. Open every attachment. Note the quantities, the brand-name or equal language, the delivery address, the required delivery date, and the basis for award (lowest price, or a best-value tradeoff with technical factors).
- Check that every line item is on your contract. SEWP approves each provider and adds its items as contract line items through technology refresh, which runs daily. You cannot quote an item that is not on contract, and NASA checks every quote before the customer sees it. Start a technology refresh early if a line item is missing.
- Check the supply chain before you price. Confirm country of origin under the Trade Agreements clause and confirm that nothing in the bill of materials conflicts with the Section 889 prohibition on covered telecommunications equipment.
- Price with the fee in mind. The 0.34% SEWP fee is included in your quoted price and is not a separate line. You pay it to NASA quarterly from what the agency pays you, so build it in from the start.
- Make the bid decision early. Use a short bid/no-bid framework so a weak fit does not take a pricing analyst for two days.
- Answer every stated requirement. For a request with technical factors, map each requirement to your response. A compliance matrix keeps a small quote from failing on a missed item.
- Watch for changes until the reply-by date. Track amendments and cancellations, and quote against the current version only.
- Answer market research requests too. An MRR does not usually lead to an order. It does tell you what the agency plans to buy, and your answer can shape the RFQ that follows.
How CLEATUS Helps NASA SEWP Contract Holders
CLEATUS already brings task orders from GSA eBuy and DoD solicitations from PIEE into one platform. The new NASA SEWP integration does the same for SEWP. Connect it once, and every Quote Request Tool request reaches CLEATUS on its own.
Every request becomes a contract. Each SEWP request appears in a NASA SEWP tab with its agency, reply-by date, and documents, next to your GSA eBuy and PIEE work.
The documents arrive already analyzed. Contract Breakdown breaks down the attached documents before anyone on your team opens a file. The GovCon Copilot then answers questions about the request with citations to the source pages.
Your team hears about every change. CLEATUS alerts your team when a request arrives and when SEWP cancels one, so nobody prices a request that no longer exists.
The pursuit continues in the same place. Add the request to your pipeline, assign an owner, and use the AI Proposal Suite when the request has evaluation factors beyond price.
Availability: The NASA SEWP integration is in pilot now. Like the GSA eBuy and PIEE integrations, it is part of the DATA + AI + Automations plan.
Market intelligence for SEWP holders
The integration covers the requests you receive. CLEATUS Market Intelligence covers the rest of the vehicle. The SEWP V vehicle page shows every holder's share, the task order history, and the reported subcontracts. Contractor profiles in the CLEATUS dashboard carry a Contacts tab with the named people and job titles that SEWP V holders published, so you can find a teaming partner who holds the category you do not.
"CLEATUS fundamentally changed the way we capture, analyze, and build proposals. We tripled our output without adding staff, and the platform finally moves at the speed our workflow demands. CLEATUS has become an essential part of our proposal development engine."
– John Garnish, Business Development Lead, D2 Government Solutions
What Contractors See When the Inbox Work Goes Away
The SEWP integration is new, but the pattern behind it is not. Teams that stop doing intake by hand put the time back into quoting.
D2 Government Solutions cut opportunity discovery time by 75% and produced 3× more proposals with the same team.
MST Maritime went from 3 proposals per month to more than 10, with 3× faster proposal development.
Operation Hired reached 6× proposal throughput after it replaced a mix of generic AI tools and spreadsheets with CLEATUS.
Frequently asked questions
Stop Working SEWP Requests From an Inbox
NASA SEWP VI puts about ten times more holders on the same requests. The holders that win will not be the ones with the most seats. They will be the ones that see every request, read it fast, and decide early.
CLEATUS was built for that work. Connect SEWP once, and every Quote Request Tool request arrives as a contract with its documents broken down, in the same platform where you track SAM.gov opportunities, GSA eBuy task orders, PIEE solicitations, state and local bids, and forecasts.
Further Reading
- Government Contract Vehicles: What They Are and How GWACs, IDIQs, and BPAs Work
- OASIS+ and GSA eBuy: How to Find and Win Task Orders
- SeaPort-NxG Task Orders Have Moved to PIEE: The 2026 SeaPort Portal Transition Guide
- NAICS 541519: The Federal Government's Go-To IT Services Code in 2026
- GovCon Market Research in 2026: How to Read an Agency Before the Solicitation Exists
Customer Stories
- How D2 Government Solutions Tripled Growth Without Adding Staff
- How Operation Hired Achieved 6× Proposal Output with CLEATUS AI
- How MST Maritime Quadrupled Proposal Output with CLEATUS AI
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