Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Procurement Educational Series

Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Contracting and Procurement (CP) is seeking opportunities to invite industry partners to come speak with members of our staff regarding how industry perceives and prepares to respond to business opportunities published by TSA. A sampling of topics CP is interested in learning more about include, but is not limited to the following: Business models of various industry segments to include information technology hardware and software, information technology services (network engineering, operation and maintenance, operations in IaaS and SaaS cloud environments, technical advisory services, cybersecurity testing and evaluation services). Financing agreements industry may enter and how those agreements impact the pricing models offered on Government contracts. Perceived risks that are typically included in TSA procurements that impacts pricing returned to TSA and industry’s ideas as to how that risk can be reduced to benefit government and private industry. Ideas as to how TSA might streamline its procurements. Improving transparency in the procurement process. As the large majority of CP staff have only experienced procurement from the federal perspective this is an opportunity for industry to share and educate the CP staff on procurement from the industry perspective. By educating our staff as to how industry analyzes, strategizes and proposes on our procurements, TSA anticipate that we can take this knowledge and formulate procurement strategies that reduce time to award, reduce risk for all parties, and result and better contractual relationships post award. This is not an opportunity to provide capability briefs, or speak to specific procurements that are being solicited or soon to be solicited. If you have interest in sharing knowledge with TSA CP staff please contact Robert Boone [email protected] or Carl DeBernard [email protected] to identify your proposed topic. TSA anticipates this series of educational opportunities will be held once a month a TSA HQ. TSA CP looks forward in partnering with industry to better understand the industry position in federal procurements and applying that knowledge in our procurement strategies.