About T-Minus
A working prototype of procurement at the speed of mission.
What this is, and what it is not
T-Minus is a working prototype built by a NASA contracting officer on the agency's own rules. It makes acquisition time visible against the mission date: the phase, the next decision, the days to award, the blocker, and who owns it.
It is not an official NASA system and it implies no endorsement. Every record in it is fictional: the vendors, the prices, the people, and the contract numbers. Only the Center names are real. It extends NCMS, SAM.gov and ORBIT; it never replaces them, and NCMS remains the document of record for solicitations and contracts.
What is built
Live now
- Executive Overview (Mission Clock) Priority projects, statuses, blockers, callouts, Centers and Enterprise tabs.
- Work Queue Five-column board and list view for the team, with filters.
- Intake (NF 1707) The form, validation, red flags, the estimate, and Start the clock.
- The acquisition file Launch sequence, polls, holds, thresholds, NCMS handoff, contract file index.
- Template engine Versioned HTML forms with binding, exports, defect reporting, and the regulation sidebar.
- Checks SAM.gov entity, exclusions sweep, set-aside evidence, comparables.
- Audit log Every action, with actor and phase filters.
- Watch GAO decisions, Federal Register, and regulatory references.
- Announcements and leadership digest HQ notices and the weekly digest.
- Clause change impact list Affected contracts, mod tasks, SF 30 handoff packets.
- Reporting views and Center configuration Read-only views, nightly extracts, Center overrides.
Built next
- Estimate The level-of-effort estimator as its own page for the team.
- Ask T-Minus citations Widening the answer set to the full Companion Guide text.
Planned
- Teams bot "@T-Minus where is PR 4200999101" in Microsoft Teams.
- NCMS write-back Sending the handoff packet into NCMS rather than downloading it.
Not built, and not intended to be
- Solicitation and contract authoring NCMS remains the document of record (NFS CG 1804.11).
- Payments, invoicing, and property Handled by the systems of record.
Data sources and their dates
- NFS interim ruleJuly 23, 2026
- NFS Companion GuideAugust 5, 2026
- PCD 26-03B clause matrixJune 25, 2026
- NFS applicability matrixJuly 23, 2026
- OP template listSeptember 10, 2026
- Thresholdsverified September 11, 2026
Live feeds
Every outside call is made by the server, never by the browser.
- SAM.gov Entity Management Vendor registration, CAGE, small business status, reps and certs.
- SAM.gov Exclusions Nightly sweep of every vendor on an open file.
- SAM.gov Contract Awards Comparable prior awards and the agency backfill.
- GAO recent decisions Protest decisions on Watch. Decision text is never stored.
- Federal Register FAR and NFS rulemaking on Watch.
Build
This deploy was built Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:57:05 UTC.
Send feedback
Feedback goes to the same HQ queue as a template defect report, under your name.