Tools and Templates

Understanding the difference between FAR 16.5 fair opportunity competitions compared to the FAR 15.3 source selection process; Possible FAR 16.505(b)(1) fair opportunity competition ordering strategies for team consideration as they employ the CO’s “broad discretion” to develop appropriate ordering procedures for their situation.

Use this form to request NITAAC Assisted Acquisition support.

The Assisted Acquisition flyer provides an overview on NITAAC's Assisted Acquisition Services.

The Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE) is an important document that has direct influence on how long it may take to execute an acquisition and, ultimately, the estimated cost of performance.

The Assisted Acquisitions Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) establishes minimum levels of management duty and responsibility for NITAAC.

This sample is a redacted copy of a work statement accomplished under a NITAAC GWAC.

Establishment of Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting Core-Plus Specialization in Digital Services (FAC-C-DS)

The CIO-CS Contract (Conformed) contains all the information contract holders need to know about successfully operating under the CIO-CS GWAC.

The CIO-CS Customer User Guide provides step-by-step instructions for Government users on how to register and use the e-GOS platform.

The Executive Agent Designation recognizes CIO-CS as the replacement for the Electronic Commodity Store GWAC.

The CIO-CS Fee Cap Memorandum details the fee cap for all orders under the CIO-CS GWAC in the amount of $70,000. The fee cap applies to any order base or optional period (not to exceed 12 months) with funding in excess of $20 million.

This flyer summarizes the key points associated with using CIO-CS to acquire IT commodity products and commodity-enabling solutions.

The past performance evaluation form provides a quick and easy template for gathering information regarding prime contractor past performance on other federal awards.

The CIO-CS Statement of Work (SOW) template assists agencies by providing guidance on items that should be considered in a scope of work in order to meet project objectives, costs, deliverables, timeliness, and other expectations. Use of the template is encouraged, but not required.

The Fee Cap Memorandum details the NIH Contract Access Fee (NCAF) for Task/Delivery Order Requests (TORs) released on or after January 5, 2016.

The CIO-SP3 Contract Conformed details contractor roles and responsibilities and other pertinent contract information.

The Instructions to Offerors Template provides guidance on the proposal preparation and submission process.

The CIO-SP3 Flyer provides an overview on how to leverage the CIO-SP3 GWAC.

NITAAC has been designated a federal Executive Agent, authorized by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to administer three Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) for information technology procurement.

The CIO-SP3 Ordering Guide provides an overview of the ordering procedures for CIO-SP3.

The CIO-SP3 Small Business Contract Conformed contains all the information contract holders need to know about successfully operating under the CIO-SP3 Small Business GWAC.

The CIO-SP3 Small Business flyer provides agencies with an overview of the CIO-SP3 Small Business GWAC and lists the pre-vetted small business contract holders who are GWAC holders.

This guide provides the procedures for ordering Information Technology (IT) service-based solutions under the CIO-SP3 Small Business GWAC.

This tool provides guidance and a template for Order Requests, for use with Government-wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) contracts; to be issued to qualified Contract Holders for the purpose of entering into a Task Order (TO).

The CIO-SP3 Statement of Work (SOW) template assists agencies by providing guidance on items that should be considered in a scope of work.

The White House Office of Management and Budget has designated the NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) to serve as Executive Agent for the upcoming $50 Billion Chief Information Officer - Solutions and Partners 4 (CIO-SP4) Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC). 

Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) hardware and software is a system that has been developed for sale, lease, or license to the general public and is currently available at a fair market value. COTS items require no unique government modifications or maintenance over the lifecycle of the product to meet the needs of the FAA.

Provides Federal agencies more specific guidance in effectively implementing the “Cloud First” policy and moving forward with the “Federal Cloud Computing Strategy” by focusing on ways to more effectively procure cloud services within existing regulations and laws.

This sample is a redacted copy of a work statement accomplished under a NITAAC GWAC.

This sample is a redacted copy of a work statement accomplished under a NITAAC GWAC.

This sample is a redacted copy of a work statement accomplished under a NITAAC GWAC.

This sample is a redacted copy of a work statement accomplished under a NITAAC GWAC.

This sample is a redacted copy of a work statement accomplished under a NITAAC GWAC.

Developmental hardware and software relates to a system that currently does not exist and will require engineering development to fulfill the FAA's requirements. Solution Implementation activities include all work required to develop, test, produce, deploy, and fully support a system built from developmental hardware and software. Template #1 contains more paragraphs and CDRLs/DIDs related to Program Management.

Developmental hardware and software relates to a system that currently does not exist and will require engineering development to fulfill the FAA's requirements. Solution Implementation activities include all work required to develop, test, produce, deploy, and fully support a system built from developmental hardware and software. Template #2 contains more paragraphs and CDRLS/DIDs related to training.

This sample is a redacted copy of a work statement accomplished under a NITAAC GWAC.

The e-GOS Amendment Guide is a tool used to provide guidance on adding or deleting documents, distributing an extension notice, or updating a point of contact.

The e-GOS Delivery Order Request Guide is a tool used to provide guidance on issuing, competing and awarding delivery orders under CIO-CS.

The e-GOS Labor Rate Search Guide is a tool used to provide guidance on searching and viewing contractor labor rates for all 137 labor categories.

The e-GOS Question and Answer (Q&A) Guide is a tool used to provide guidance on submitting and answering questions.

The e-GOS Registration Guide is a tool used to provide guidance on setting up a new account in e-GOS.

The e-GOS Report Award Guide is a tool used to provide guidance on reporting an award in e-GOS. 

The e-GOS Request for Information Guide is a tool used to provide guidance on conducting market research by issuing a request for information under CIO-SP3 and CIO-SP3 Small Business.

The e-GOS Responses Guide is a tool used to provide guidance on viewing the responses submitted to task or delivery order requests in e-GOS.

The e-GOS Task Order Request Guide is a tool used to provide guidance on issuing, competing and awarding task orders under CIO-SP3 and CIO-SP3 Small Business.

The EIT Standards ensure that Federal employees with disabilities have access to and can readily use information and data that is comparable to the access and use by Federal employees without disabilities.

This sample is a redacted copy of a work statement accomplished under a NITAAC GWAC.

This sample is a redacted copy of a work statement accomplished under a NITAAC GWAC.

This sample is a redacted copy of a work statement accomplished under a NITAAC GWAC.

This sample is a redacted copy of a work statement accomplished under a NITAAC GWAC.

Questions and answers regarding Fair Opportunity

This document serves as guidance and advice for ordering contracting officers under GSA's Connect II IDIQs

NITAAC’s Ordering Guides make it easy to purchase product offerings under the CIO-CS Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) and the NITAAC Government-Wide Strategic Solutions (GSS) program. The GSS Ordering guide outlines the process for ordering standard laptops and desktops to meet OMB’s Category Management Policy 15-1.

The Laptop and Desktop Standard Specifications v5 details the standard configurations for NITAAC GSS (Government-Wide Strategic Solutions).

The Laptop and Desktop Standard Specifications v7 details the standard configurations for NITAAC GSS (Government-Wide Strategic Solutions).

The Laptop and Desktop Standard Specifications v8 details the standard configurations for NITAAC GSS (Government-Wide Strategic Solutions).

This set of questions and answers is offered for contracting officers and buyers with the goal of helping to make your GSS experience at NITAAC easy!

The Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE ) is used to assist in the determination of the acquisition strategy, as well as an estimated cost for the proposed effort.

This sample is a redacted copy of a work statement accomplished under a NITAAC GWAC.

This sample is a redacted copy of a work statement accomplished under a NITAAC GWAC.

This sample is a redacted copy of a work statement accomplished under a NITAAC GWAC.

This sample is a redacted copy of a work statement accomplished under a NITAAC GWAC.

This form establishes an agreement between your agency and NIH to perform assisted acquisition services only.

This form serves as the Order Requirements and Funding Information (Order) form when establishing an agreement between your agency and NIH to perform assisted acquisition services only.

The Connections II IPv6 Transition Project Statement of Work (SOW) Template is provided by GSA to help customer Agencies contract for services to transition their network infrastructures and applications from IPv4 to IPv6. The SOW Template is designed as an example SOW that can be readily tailored to meet an Agency’s transition needs.

The scope of this task is to provide a variety of current and future IT operational support services to the Internet/Intranet environment.

This sample is a redacted copy of a work statement accomplished under a NITAAC GWAC.

The scope of this SOW is to provide a variety of current and future IT operational support services to your organization. In addition to the specific support areas, the contractor shall support any future technologies that are adopted by the government to improve enterprise-wide business systems.

The Assisted Acquisitions Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) establishes minimum levels of management duty and responsibility for NITAAC.

This sample is a redacted copy of a work statement accomplished under a NITAAC GWAC.

CIO-SP3 and CIO-SP3 Small Business can accommodate cybersecurity services under Task Area 7: Critical Infrastructure Protection and Information Assurance. CIO-CS can accommodate cybersecurity services under Category 3: IT Security Software.

NITAAC Health IT Flyer

The NITAAC overview flyer provides an at-a-glance overview of the benefits of leveraging one of NITAAC's three best in class GWACs: CIO-CS, CIO-SP3 or CIO-SP3 Small Business.

NITAAC Success Stories Template

Non-developmental item (NDI) hardware and software consists of a system that has been previously developed for use by federal, state, local, or a foreign government and requires no further development. An NDI item may require minor modifications or modifications of the type customarily available in the commercial marketplace to meet FAA requirements.

The OMB Memo details the immediate steps agencies must take to meet category management objectives, as established by the Category Management Leadership Council.  

The OMB Memo details the immediate steps agencies must take to meet category management objectives, as established by the Category Management Leadership Council and answers frequently asked questions about category management. 

This sample is a redacted copy of a work statement accomplished under a NITAAC GWAC.

Oral presentations are a show, not tell, practice to find an industry solution to a government solicitation.

This template has been provided as a streamlined approach to assist you in drafting your information technology work statement. Please consult and work with your contracting officer early and often to determine what is appropriate to your requirement.

This tool provides tips and a sample email debrief for ordering contracting officers to consider as they prepare to give feedback to NITAAC contract holders. This tool has two documents. One is tips and the other is a sample email debrief.  

This sample is a redacted copy of a work statement accomplished under a NITAAC GWAC.

This sample is a redacted copy of a work statement accomplished under a NITAAC GWAC.

The Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) template can be used to assist with creating a QASP.

The Request for Information (RFI) is generally used when the solution to a business problem is not immediately evident or clearly defined. The RFI is used to gather information and is not used to make a selection or a contract award.

The requirements package checklist is used by NITAAC when reviewing Statements of Work (SOW) and other requirements package documents.

The Rerepresentation of Business Size Memorandum and SBA Presentation provide guidance to NITAAC GWAC holders who need to rerepresent their business size under their contract.

This page provides a variety of Sample Technology Statements of Work

The Small Business Search Guide is a tool used to provide guidance on identifying small business and set-aside categories through the NITAAC website.

This template will assist technical personnel in translating software requirements into contractual language by giving guidelines of what should be included in the SOW for different phases of the software life cycle.

The objective of this SOW is to obtain an enterprise-wide license for vulnerability analysis services in order to discover flaws in agency-owned, agency-controlled, and third-party software code.

These templates provide guidance for Ordering Contracting Officers (OCO) on developing solicitation instructions and evaluation criteria.

This sample is a redacted copy of a work statement accomplished under a NITAAC GWAC.

The Laptop and Desktop Standard Specifications v6 details the standard configurations for NITAAC GSS (Government-Wide Strategic Solutions).

This template has been provided as a streamlined approach to assist you in drafting your information technology work statement (WS). Please consult and work with your contracting officer early and often to determine what is appropriate to your requirement.

This template has been provided as a streamlined approach to assist you in drafting your information technology work statement (WS). Please consult and work with your contracting officer early and often to determine what is appropriate to your requirement.

This tool provides guidance for Technical Evaluation, as the Technical Evaluation assesses the Offeror's proposed approach to satisfy the Government's requirements specified in the Order Request.

This case study provides the following information: How a coding exercise was used to select a vendor; How a digital service team met the need for additional development support services; Lessons learned from conducting this type of acquisition; Documents used in the solicitation

Level 3 Communications LLC, of Broomfield, Colorado, protests the issuance of a delivery order to Verizon Deutschland GmbH, of Frankfurt, Germany, under request for quotations (RFQ), issued by the Department of Defense, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), for the installation and maintenance of a telecommunications circuit. Level 3 argues that the agency's evaluation of vendors' quotations and resulting award decision were improper.

Transforming the Marketplace: Simplifying Federal Procurement outlines the actions agencies should take  to strengthen Federal acquisition practices to improve efficiency, reduce red-tape, and provide greater benefit for taxpayer dollars.

April 2021 USDA Task & Delivery Orders

A Workstation/End User Device Environment and Trends paper was developed to provide U.S. Federal government agencies with insight into the end-user computing environment and anticipated trends over the next decade. Development of this white paper began in 2020 by the Core Workstation Category Team (WCT), consisting of principals from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Institute of Health (NIH), General Services Administration (GSA), and the Department of Defense/Army.

This paper informs Federal agencies about the Government-wide Strategic Solutions (GSS) for Desktops and Laptops initiative for which technical standards that define end-user computing solutions have been developed and refreshed annually over the past seven years. The trends and assessments highlighted in this paper will enable agencies to shape their specific workstation requirements, price negotiations, terms and conditions, and other acquisition considerations. The overall intent is that these insights will guide Federal agencies on hardware technology acquisitions in alignment with the U.S. Federal Government Category Management IT Hardware Plan. If you have any questions regarding this paper, please contact NITAAC Support.