Companies wanting to do business with NSA must first register in the NSA Acquisition Resource Center (ARC). Registering in the ARC gives companies the opportunity to highlight their capabilities in up to 500 words, identify company Points of Contact, size of the business including any applicable socio-economic status, and relevant North American Industrial Classification (NAIC) codes.

We also encourage companies to register in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR). The CCR is the primary vendor database for the Department of Defense, NASA, Department of Transportation and Department of Treasury. The CCR collects, validates, stores and disseminates data in support of Agency missions. Both current and potential government vendors are required to register in the CCR in order to be awarded contracts.

The NSA Industry Outreach and Facilitation Office offers a monthly outreach session, Preparing for Success A Start-up Guide to Working with NSA, designed to assist new vendors in learning about the Agency, our needs, and special programs intended to enhance our industrial base. For more information, please visit the Acquisition Outreach page or contact our Acquisition Outreach team at nsaoutreach_register@nsa.gov.

The NSA SBO Bi-Weekly Meetings are an NSA Familiarization Briefing in which the SBO provides information to small businesses about how to do business with NSA. These sessions are every second and fourth Wednesday of the month from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EST. Visit Small Business Office for more information. To register, click on Bi-Weekly Registration .

The NSA Acquisition Organization conducts a variety of outreach initiatives for the purpose of establishing partnerships with industry, academia, and other state, local, and federal government entities through a variety of outreach initiatives such as the NSA Acquisition / Industry Symposium (NAIS) and the NSA Commercial Acquisition Conference (NCAC).

NSA has business opportunities in the following areas:

  • Advanced Mathematics
  • Biometrics (Security)
  • Communication Network
  • Computer Science
  • Cryptanalysis
  • Cyber Security/Information Assurance
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Facilities Maintenance and Rehab
  • Graphics
  • High Performance Computing
  • Information Operations/Defensive Information Operations
  • Language Analysis and Translation
  • Microelectronics
  • Secure Communications
  • Signal Processing
  • Systems Engineering
  • Research
    • advanced mathematics
    • computer system security
    • knowledge discovery
    • nanotechnologies
    • networking technologies
    • physical sciences
  • Technical and Non-Technical Training
  • Telecommunications

NSA is interested in receiving unique and innovative ideas or approaches for use in satisfying our technology challenges. NSA will accept and evaluate unsolicited proposals submitted in accordance with the Guidance for the Preparation and Submission of Unsolicited Proposals. Unsolicited proposals are to be mailed to the following address:

National Security Agency
NSA/CSS Commercial Solutions
ATTN: Government & Industry Liaison Division, Suite 6944
9800 Savage Road
Ft. George G. Meade, MD 20755-6944
Phone: 240-373-4163
Fax: 240-373-1606
Email: IST@nsa.gov

Other Business Opportunities:
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER:
As part of our continuing corporate and academic outreach, we seek collaborative relationships with industry and academia that will broaden our research potential and maximize the return from technology efforts. In addition, NSA/CSS has established a formal Technology Transfer mechanism for openly sharing technologies with commercial, academic, and other government partners. Our in-house technologists, along with our academic and research partners, have developed cutting-edge technologies to satisfy our mission requirements. These technologies represent commercial business opportunities that could enhance United States global technological leadership. Please refer to our Technology Transfer fact sheets for information on the dozens of technologies available now for transfer.

NSA/CSS Commercial Solutions Center

INFORMATION ASSURANCE:
NSA's Information Assurance Directorate invites business and industry professionals to explore the abundance of Information Assurance programs, products, and opportunities that IAD has to offer. Increase the marketability of your commercial IA products by having them tested and evaluated by NSA, or partner with NSA in independent research and development efforts. Take advantage of our IA research and products to help secure your information, or obtain training through the Information Assurance Training and Rating Program. Sign up to conduct a product capabilities presentation, or learn what products NSA is looking for to meet the nation's IA challenges. Whatever your information assurance needs are, the IAD can help.

HAVE A GOOD IDEA?
Give us a call. We're looking for "out-of-the-box" solutions. For more information, contact: