DHS SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR) PROGRAM FY27 PRE-SOLICITATION

Open — responses due 7 Dec 2026 (23 days left) · Small Business Set Aside - Total · Office of Procurement Operations, DHS · Washington, DC · NAICS 541715 · Solicitation DHSSBIRFY27PRE

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Solicitation details

Solicitation number	DHSSBIRFY27PRE
Notice ID	2bb008d110fd413290d3498b75d41f36
Agency	Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Sub-agency	Office of Procurement Operations
Contracting office	SCI TECH ACQ DIV
NAICS code	541715 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
Product / service code (PSC)	AJ11
Set-aside	Small Business Set Aside - Total
Notice type	Presolicitation
Posted	13 November 2026
Response deadline	07 December 2026
Place of performance	Washington, DC, USA
Competition	Competitive

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What is being bought

Research and development proposals for innovative homeland security solutions under the SBIR Program.

Human Digital Twins Verification System
Bacterial Pathogen Origin Determination via Direct Methylome Sequencing
Direct Detection and Differentiation of Prion Protein Isoforms

Competition

Small business set-aside — only firms that are small under the size standard for the notice's NAICS code may bid. No certification is required: offerors represent their own size in SAM.

Deal-breakers

Offerors that are majority-owned by multiple venture capital operating companies, hedge funds or private equity firms are NOT ELIGIBLE to submit proposals.
“Offerors that are majority‐owned by multiple venture capital operating companies, hedge funds or private equity firms are NOT ELIGIBLE to submit proposals” — p. 6
Failure to complete the Required Disclosures of Foreign Affiliations or Relationships to Foreign Countries will result in the proposal being deemed NON-RESPONSIVE and not evaluated.
“Failure to complete the Required Disclosures of Foreign Affiliations or Relationships to Foreign Countries as part of the proposal submission will result in your proposal being deemed NON-RESPONSIVE and not evaluated” — p. 9

Key risk

Proposals that do not include all required sections or that exceed the stated page limits will be deemed NON-RESPONSIVE and will not be evaluated.
“Proposals that do not include all required sections or that exceed the stated page limits will be deemed NON-RESPONSIVE and will not be evaluated.” — p. 9

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Description

THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION - DHS IS NOT SEEKING PROPOSALS AT THIS TIME The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program invites small business concerns (SBCs) to review this Pre-Solicitation for awareness of the upcoming 27.1 DHS SBIR Solicitation. Please read the attached Pre-Solicitation carefully. This Pre-Solicitation is being provided for planning purposes, to allow SBCs to become familiar with the requirements for the upcoming 27.1 Solicitation. Failure to comply with the requirements in the 27.1 Solicitation will likely result negatively in the proposal evaluation or elimination from consideration for award. The final 27.1 Solicitation may differ from the Pre-Solicitation. This Pre-Solicitation contains topics for the DHS SBIR Program. Unsolicited proposals will not be accepted. Prior to proposal submission, Offerors must register with SAM.gov and the Small Business Administration (SBA) Company Registration Database. Note – Completion of SAM.gov registration can be a lengthy process (up to several weeks). It is recommended to initiate this as soon as possible. Offerors that are majority?owned by multiple venture capital operating companies, hedge funds or private equity firms are NOT ELIGIBLE to submit proposals in response to the 27.1 Solicitation. Per the SBA SBIR Policy Directive, dated May 3, 2023, to be eligible for a Phase I award, Offerors must meet or exceed the Phase II Transition Rate Benchmark. SEE ATTACHED PRE-SOLICITATION FOR FULL DETAILS

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Market context: DHS and NAICS 541715

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