A federal buyer orders through NASA SEWP VI in five steps. Pick a category. Talk to the contract holder. Post a request for quote (RFQ) in NASA's tool. Select a quote. Route the order through NASA. Ordering opened November 1, 2026, and agencies are posting requests now. Here is how each step works with a small business contract holder. We use Inspired Solutions' two contracts as the example.
What SEWP VI is, in one paragraph
Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) VI is a multiple-award Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC). The GWAC is an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract. Any federal agency can order from it. The contract period runs November 1, 2026 to October 31, 2036. NASA already competed the contract. Your office skips a full open-market procurement and competes the order among SEWP VI contract holders.
Step 1: Pick Category A or Category C
Your requirement decides the category. Inspired Solutions holds both.
Category A covers information technology, communications, and audiovisual (ITC/AV) solutions, including products and product-based services. Contract number 80TECH26D1138.
Category C covers mission-based ITC/AV service solutions. Contract number 80TECH26D0142.
If you need hardware and the people to install it, Category A covers both: products plus installation, integration, and other product-based services in a single request. One point of accountability. Our contract announcement explains the two categories in more detail.
Step 2: Call the contract holder before you post
Contact our sales team before you post anything. We can quote only items on our SEWP VI contract. A short call settles whether your configuration fits. If an item is not yet on the contract, it goes through NASA's technology refresh process. We cannot market or quote it until it is in the SEWP database of record.
This step saves you a failed RFQ. A contract holder with too few matching items must respond with a "No Bid." Find that out before you post, not after.
Step 3: Post your RFQ in the NASA SEWP Quote Request Tool
Post the request in NASA's SEWP Quote Request Tool and select Category A or Category C. NASA recommends this path. The tool runs the request to eligible contract holders and supports the decision documentation your contracting officer keeps.
We respond through NASA's contract holder quote system, and NASA checks our quote against our contract before it reaches you. Every quote states how long it is valid and the Trade Agreements Act status of each item. The contract requires us to honor any order placed within that window, and no item can be priced above our SEWP database of record price on the day we issue the quote.
Step 4: Select a quote under fair opportunity
Your contracting officer applies fair opportunity under FAR 16.505(b) (16.507 in agencies using the FAR overhaul deviation) for orders above the micro-purchase threshold, subject to its exceptions, and documents the selection. SEWP VI does not remove that duty. Your office keeps that documentation in its own file. You do not submit it with the order.
Pricing on SEWP VI includes NASA's program fee, currently 0.34 percent. We build it into every quoted price and never show it as a separate line item. The quote you compare is the quote you pay.
Step 5: Place the order and route it through NASA
You issue a delivery order on any valid federal order form, following your agency's internal procedures. Send it to the NASA SEWP Program Management Office (PMO) at sewporders@sewp.nasa.gov. The PMO reviews the order, assigns a SEWP Control Number, and forwards it to us.
We begin work only after the PMO processes the order. If an order reaches us directly, we forward it to the PMO within one business day.
You pay by electronic funds transfer or Government purchase card. We accept the card at any order value. A card surcharge applies only if the quote states it.
What happens after you order
Products carry the original manufacturer warranty. We coordinate claims and return authorizations with the manufacturer for you. Extended warranty, maintenance, installation, and configuration come as separate quoted line items. We charge no restocking fees on items returned before Government acceptance, unless the return results from a Government-initiated change.
If a delivery slips, we tell your contracting officer and the SEWP Program Office within two business days. If an order arrives late, damaged, or incorrect, contact order support with your order number and SEWP Control Number. We acknowledge within one business day. An unresolved issue escalates to our SEWP Deputy Program Manager, then to our SEWP Program Manager.
Why a small business contract holder helps
If your program office wants to put dollars with a small business, SEWP VI gives you a fast ordering path to do it. Both of our SEWP VI contracts are small business awards. SEWP VI also lets contracting officers set aside individual orders for small businesses, including 8(a), SDVOSB, WOSB, and EDWOSB firms. Inspired Solutions holds all four designations: Small Business Administration (SBA) 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB), and Economically Disadvantaged Woman-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB).
Our SBA 8(a) page covers the direct-award route. Our GSA Multiple Award Schedule page covers the other main vehicle we hold, contract 47QTCA22D00DQ. The How to Buy overview compares the paths side by side.
Our full SEWP VI page lists contacts and links to a printable ordering guide.
Next step
If your agency plans a SEWP VI order, send us your scope, category, and required delivery date through the contact page. We will answer product and configuration questions before you post to NASA.