Frequently Asked Questions

CIO-CS Categories are only used in determining discount applied to new and replacement commodities offered during Technology Refreshment. Other than that, the scope of CIO-CS includes the provisioning of IT commodities and solutions as defined in FAR 2.101(b) and further clarified in the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 within the Federal Government, which can include IT products, IT commodities, hardware, software, solutions, cloud services and future technologies as defined under the FAR.