USCIS Vendor Engagement
About USCIS Vendor Engagement
We created this site to provide timely and meaningful information to help you with your bid no-bid decisions. This site will also help you to submit better proposals in response to our solicitations. Start with Do Business with DHS to learn how to work with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its components, such as USCIS.
We use a wide range of department-wide acquisition vehicles (also known as strategic sourcing vehicles) to procure the goods and services we need. Most of these vehicles are mandatory for us to use. We will only send awardees of that vehicle any solicitations in accordance with the ordering instructions. Therefore, you should seek out a prime contract holder for subcontract contracting opportunities under these contracts. To learn more, see the DHS Web page Department-wide Contract Vehicles.
You can find USCIS opportunities at the DHS Acquisition Planning Forecast System (APFS).
Our latest solicitations are available at beta.sam.gov.
FY20 Solicitation Releases
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Requests for Information (RFI)
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Quarterly Opportunity Planning Conference Call
The next Quarterly Opportunity Planning Conference Call is scheduled for April 28, 2020, at 1 p.m. Eastern.
Our quarterly opportunity planning conference calls provide ongoing dialogue between industry and USCIS on current and future requirements.
Conference Details
We will provide Webex link and call in number/passcode in advance of date. You do not need to register for the conference, but participation is limited to the first 350 callers.
We will post the presentation slides on the beta.sam.gov website before the event.
Please submit your questions to uscis_vendoroutreach@uscis.dhs.gov by 10 a.m. Eastern on April 23, 2020, and we will answer them during the call.
Tech Talks
We hold Tech Talk every Thursday at 11:30 a.m. Eastern in the Lecture Hall on the fifth floor of 111 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. If you cannot attend in person, you may attend through Webex at https://uscis.webex.com/meet/techtalks or by calling 1-415-527-5035 (US Toll) and using access code 902 275 072.
For further information, please email Hira Khan at hira.khan@uscis.dhs.gov. She is the POC for getting on the TechTalks distro list.
Guidelines for Unsolicited Proposal
An unsolicited proposal is a written proposal for a new or innovative idea for obtaining a contract with the government. An unsolicited proposal is not in response to a request for proposals, broad agency announcement, program research and development announcement, or any other government-initiated solicitation.
USCIS accepts the submission of valid unsolicited proposals, which contribute new and innovative ideas consistent with our mission; however, the requirements for contractor resources are normally program specific and must be responsive to USCIS’ needs.
Organizations interested in submitting an unsolicited proposal to the USCIS should follow the guidelines as published in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Subpart 15.6—Unsolicited Proposals. FAR Subpart 15.605 provides specific criteria that allow the Department to accept an unsolicited proposal.
Submission of Unsolicited Proposals
Unsolicited proposals should be submitted to this email address unsolicited.proposal@uscis.dhs.gov.
Vendor Engagements
The following vendor engagements are planned:
No engagements are planned. Please check back.
USCIS Points of Contacts
- Vendor Outreach Coordinator/Industry Liaison: Mike Hamlett, USCIS_VendorOutreach@uscis.dhs.gov
- Small Business Specialist: Heather Niquette, heather.v.niquette@uscis.dhs.gov
To provide feedback on this site, email your comments to USCIS_VendorOutreach@uscis.dhs.gov, with the subject line: FEEDBACK.