SAM.GOV Notice - OrchestrateSI and TalentSI

Industry Day Notice: FY2027

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Industry Day: Horizon 25 OrchestrateSI and TalentSI

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will host an Industry Day to engage industry partners on technology evolution efforts under the Horizon 25 Strategy: an integrated airport-operations capability and talent acquisition.

The event will take place on October 20, 2026, from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM at TSA Headquarters in Springfield, Virginia. A virtual option will be available for registered participants unable to attend in person.

TSA is working to strengthen security, elevate travelers’ experience, improve checkpoint efficiency, and improve mission-support operations. TSA welcomes both traditional and non-traditional partners with agile, scalable, and mature solutions. Through this effort, TSA seeks practical technologies that can help the agency move from reactive processes to proactive, data-driven operations. Industry Engagement Areas

1. OrchestrateSI

TSA seeks either a consolidated solution or a set of integrated solutions operating under a unified architecture to help transition from reactive bottleneck mitigation to predictive, data-driven operational management. The program includes three integrated workstreams:
Workforce Orchestration and Optimization: Capabilities to support predictive scheduling, automated shift and leave bidding, dynamic capacity modeling, workforce accounting, and interoperability with existing TSA human capital, payroll, and credentialing systems to better balance staffing supply with forecasted and real-time operational demand. Checkpoint Visualization, Digital Twin, and Bottleneck Detection: Privacy-compliant, non-invasive video analytics, where appropriate, other sensor and edge-analytics capabilities to develop a digital twin that supports identification of passenger-flow anomalies, lane imbalances, dwell-time patterns, and emerging checkpoint bottlenecks, while providing actionable alerts to frontline leadership. Real-Time Airport Wait Time and Queue Intelligence: A multi-source platform that integrates available transportation, flight, operational, and other relevant data feeds to forecast passenger volume and support public-facing passenger-experience tools that provide travelers with estimated wait times before they arrive at the airport and assist with terminal wayfinding, checkpoint comparisons, and alerts. The platform should also provide demand signals to inform TSA operational planning, staffing decisions, and proactive checkpoint management.