Yes, the CIO-CS contract allows for the purchase of items that are not Trade Act Agreement compliant.
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Through its CIO-CS and CIO-SP3 GWACs, NITAAC offers a complete IT portfolio for IT commodities and services. Because the scope of CIO-CS is commodities, services available under that contract relate to the operation and sustenance of the IT equipment, commodities and products such as deployment and installations, warranty and maintenance, training, engineering, design, assessment studies, and…
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Yes. FAR Subpart 11.104(b) states, brand name or equal purchase descriptions must include, in addition to the brand name, a general description of those salient physical, functional, or performance characteristics of the brand name item that an 'equal' item must meet to be acceptable for award.
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Yes. This functionality is available and can be found on the TRP creation screen.
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Only if specified by a customer in their delivery order. Contractors are required to provide new commodities rather than used or refurbished commodities unless otherwise specified in an individual delivery order.
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No. Value added services related to the operation and sustenance of the IT equipment, commodities and products can be purchased separately under the contract.
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Yes. For orders exceeding the micro-purchase threshold, before setting the delivery order aside, the ordering contracting officer must determine if there is a reasonable expectation of obtaining offers from two or more responsible small business concerns that are competitive in terms of market prices, quality and delivery unless one of the exceptions in FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i) applies. e-GOS…
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Yes. CIO-CS is an Indefinite-Delivery Contract which gives ordering contracting officers the discretion to set delivery orders aside for small business and small disadvantaged business identified in FAR 19.000(a)(3).
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Yes. Where applicable, the contractors shall provide site-specific services as required by the Government in all matters relating to the operation and sustenance of CIO-CS commodities and solutions.
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Currently the functionality does not exist in e-GOS to allow Contract Holders to download their entire CLIN catalogue, but this functionality is being developed for a future build release.
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