DCSA INNOVATION GATEWAY
Department of Defense (all) · DEFENSE CI AND SECURITY AGENCY
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation HS0021-26-CSO-DCSA in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
What the notice says
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 … (show all)
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 dcsa.small-business@mail.mil 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
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (DEFENSE CI AND SECURITY AGENCY), same product/service code (PSC) DA01.
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $4.3M to $21.9M, median $8.4M; range $3.5M to $51.3M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deloitte Consulting LLP | 1 | $51.3M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| ICF INCORPORATED | 1 | $12.1M | Aug 13, 2026 |
| SPATHE SYSTEMS LLC | 1 | $4.6M | Sep 17, 2025 |
| THINKTEK LLC | 1 | $3.5M | Sep 23, 2026 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Sep 23, 2026THINKTEK LLC$3.5MAIM BPA (operationalize EPME)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 13, 2026ICF INCORPORATED$12.1MPVAAMS Development ServicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jun 29, 2026Deloitte Consulting LLP$51.3MNI2 Sustainment ISPNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 17, 2025SPATHE SYSTEMS LLC$4.6MDCSA Adjudications Software DevelopmentNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 4 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 32 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.