U.S. Department of Agriculture

NITAAC is proud to serve USDA’s integrated IT Governance Framework and modernization with our three Best in Class (BIC) Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs): CIO-CS for IT Commodities/Solutions, CIO-SP3 for IT Services/Solutions and CIO-SP3 Small Business for IT Services/Solutions in five socioeconomic categories (shown below). As USDA embraces its small business goals, CIO-SP3 Small Business and CIO-CS have a pool of over 300 Contract Holders ready to serve. Our Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts offer both strategic and tactical solutions:

• Serve USDA’s Integrated IT Governance Framework
• Already support almost $3.5B in USDA 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
• Achieve mission goals across competing interests, departments and agencies
• Feature rigorously pre-vetted Contract Holders recognized for IT innovation; many already with FedRAMP certifications
• CIO-SP3 and CIO-SP3 Small Business GWACs have been extended through 4/29/26 with 5-year period of performance, taking clients well into FY31.
• 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 USDA grow

When you look through the USDA Task and Delivery Orders listed here, you’ll see that NITAAC supports all the needs identified in your Strategic Plan. And we’re ready to meet the President’s recent Executive Orders as threats to our supply chain and climate change grow more acute. Whether you need simple legacy operations and maintenance, as-a-service managed commodity solutions, or complex enterprise-wide cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence, NITAAC GWACs are the ones to call for:

• Meeting all of your information technology needs in one place with NITAAC Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts (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 lowest fee (2% of total obligation)
• Awarding Task Orders, on average, in 45 days or less; Delivery Orders, on average, in only 10 days (depending on 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 more easily and get 3-5 responses on most orders
• Using downs-selects and other creative contracting methods under FAR Subpart 16.505 to streamline competition, save money and make ordering much faster