Department of State

As a federal government program, the NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC), understands how difficult it can be to deal with overlapping and competing interests, especially as the U.S. faces an increasingly hostile foreign climate. At the NIH, we have 27 Institutes and Center’s to Department of State’s 23, and we’ve kept information technology above the fray for over 25 years. 

Our program began with the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 and continues today despite changing laws and requirements from the White House Office of Management and Budget, who is responsible for all Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts. Today, we see billions of U.S. dollars going to weapons, economic aid and intelligence. And trying to remain at least one step ahead of foreign actors should be a key performance indicator, no matter what the strategic objective, as nothing is more important than keeping democracy alive worldwide. As State looks to modernize using cloud, Artificial Intelligence and other proven solutions, NITAAC and its Contract Holders stand ready to meet your requirements:

• We already support almost $1.1 Billion* in State IT obligations
• Assisted Acquisitions Services orders are administered and awarded by Contracting Officers and specialists who were among the first to receive the new, mandatory, FAC-C Digital Services (DS) Certifications, which are now required on orders for the management of digital services over the FAR Subpart 13.500(c) commercial items threshold
• Features many Contract Holders who already have cleared personnel, ready to support the federal government in a variety of positions that require access to sensitive information
• CIO-SP3 and CIO-SP3 Small Business GWACs have been extended through 4/29/25. Any task orders issued can have up to a 5-year period of performance, taking clients well into FY30
• Will assure our customers always have a NITAAC contracting vehicle that accommodates their needs while CIO-SP4 is awarded and onboarded

NITAAC will do whatever it takes to assure our customers always have a NITAAC vehicle that can handle their requirements. While we hope we can avoid another extension, we are prepared to get one if circumstances dictate. Please check with us before making any comparable IT obligations.

How NITAAC has helped State maintain readiness.

When you look through the State Departments Task and Delivery Orders, you’ll see that NITAAC has supported your agency with a wide array of IT requirements. We can help you manage and leverage data as a strategic asset. We can enhance user and mission effectiveness. We can help promote IT modernization and achieve the President’s vision. We can strengthen IT management. And, finally, we can provide the IT workforce of the future – now. As your CIO looks to provide oversight for $3.5 billion technology programs across the Department, we hope you’ll let him in on a well-kept secret with this glance at what you’re already getting from NITAAC:

• Meeting all of your information technology needs in one place with NITAAC GWACs: CIO-SP3 and CIO-SP3 Small Business for IT Services/Solutions and CIO-CS for IT Commodities/Solutions
• Purchasing commonly used commodities with Government-Wide Strategic Solutions (GSS), a subset of CIO-CS that meets all category management tiers and goals
• Getting help from  Assisted Acquisitions with the lowest fee (2% of total obligation)
• Awarding Task Orders, on average, in 45 days or less, and Delivery Orders, on average, in 10 days (depending on order complexity)
• Getting free Technical Assessments on every task order, turned around in only 2 business days
• Using NITAAC’s Electronic Government Ordering System (e-GOS) to meet Fair Opportunity Requirements, order faster and more easily, and get 3-5 responses on most orders
• Using downselects and other creative contracting methods under FAR Subpart 16.505 to streamline competition, save money and make ordering much faster and easier