All NITAAC Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) are now designated Best in Class (BIC) by the Office of Management and Budget and the Government-Wide Category Management Program Management Office. The BIC designation indicates that NITAAC consistently demonstrates value that allows agencies to save time, money and realize speed to delivery.
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The NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) announced the names of the 81 SBA 8(a) small business contractors who have been added to the Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 3 Small Business (CIO-SP3 Small Business) Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) during the first wave of the 8(a) ramp on. NITAAC plans to make a subsequent announcement to…, About the Ramp On:, The CIO-SP3 Small Business GWAC contains a provision, Article H.14 "Ramp-on Procedure" that reserves the right of the government to announce an Open Season to open the GWAC to small and disadvantaged businesses. NITAAC began Phase 1 of this process in October 2015. During Phase One, incumbent contract holders that qualified in less than the maximum 10 task areas were given an opportunity to…, About NITAAC: , NITAAC (NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center) is housed within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and is a full service acquisition program that has been designated a federal Executive Agent, authorized by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to administer three Best in Class (BIC) Government-Wide Acquisition…
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NITAAC’s Assisted Acquisition Services program is continuing to process all FY2019 Assisted Awards, including those from the DoD.
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The NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) is pleased to announce a tentative schedule for the Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 4 (CIO-SP4) Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC). The draft Request for Proposal (RFP) is anticipated to be posted to https://www.sam.gov/ in late March/early April 2020. The final RFP is scheduled for release during…
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The draft RFP for CIO-SP4 has been posted here . The final RFP is scheduled for release during the first quarter of fiscal year 2021 and proposals are anticipated to be due in the second quarter of fiscal year 2021.
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In the coming weeks, the NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC), home of the agency's Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) is searching for new top managers and honing a new contracting vehicle. Bridget Gauer, Director of NITAAC since 2015 is set to retire on May 1, and Glynis Fisher, NITAAC Deputy Director, departed in January. Brian Goodger, Associate…
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The NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) is pleased to announce the award of the CIO-SP3 SB Ramp-on Small Business contracts under the subject solicitation. The name, address, and contract number for each awardee is listed below. These contracts have a performance period from May 11, 2020 through July 14, 2022 with a maximum value of $20 billion. The CIO-SP3 SB…
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The National Institute of Health’s Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) has about two years to award its next great governmentwide acquisition contract called CIO-SP4. While this may seem like a lot of time, NITAAC already is getting comments back on its draft solicitation . Read the full article here .
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G2Xchange FedCiv, , May 12, 2020 Also published on FedHealthIT “The government wide IT acquisition contracts operated by the National Institutes of Health can help agencies with disadvantaged small business set aside contracting requirements as the General Services Administration’s 8(a) set-aside contract pushes past its ceiling, according to Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center’s (NITAAC)…
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By Jason Miller | @jmillerWFED May 18, 2020, 9:57 am Over the last 25 years, during the era of the governmentwide acquisition contract (GWAC) and governmentwide multiple-award contracts (MACs) it’s difficult to remember the last time when one of those vehicles hit its total dollar ceiling. Not Alliant at $50 billion. Not Networx at $20 billion. Not even Veterans Technology Services (VETS) GWAC…, Raising the ceiling is one option, One option to fix this situation is for GSA to modify 8(a) STARS II by raising its ceiling, say by another $5-to-$7 billion. The other is to fast track the 8(a) STARS III vehicle. GSA issued the draft solicitation last summer. “GSA is exploring its options regarding the 8(a) STARS II GWAC; however, at this time, there is no guarantee of additional contract value being made available. In the…, Customers need a Plan B, But for 8(a) companies who had been working for months or years with customer agencies to put work on STARS II, moving to NITAAC or another existing contract isn’t always easy. NetImpact Strategies Wilson said she has customers who liked STARS so much they haven’t or didn’t use other 8(a) or small business vehicles. “Our customers are trying to figure out what to do, and part of it is me trying…
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