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  • What is an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)
    A company which, with its own facilities, performs the primary activities in transforming inorganic or organic substances, including the assembly of parts and components, into the end item being acquired. For commodities, an OEM is normally a company that builds a commodity product or component and incorporates it into a new product with its own brand name and derives at least 40% of its revenue…
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  • What is a Value Added Reseller (VAR)
    A VAR is a company that takes existing commodities adds its own value, and resells it as a new product or package.
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  • What do I do if I receive an e-GOS error
    If you receive an error message while using e-GOS that is not resolved by logging out and back in, please take a screen shot of the error and email it to Customer Support Center at NITAACsupport@nih.gov or call 1.888.773.6542
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  • What are the benefits of using e-GOS
    The e-GOS System provides streamlined ordering, enabling you to quickly upload specifications/requirements and supporting documentation and select awardees. You control the time frame, and responses can be received in as few as three (3) days. Additionally, the system features built-in FAR guidance and satisfies Fair Opportunity to be Considered (FAR 16.505). The e-GOS System can serve as a…
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  • What are Health and Biomedical Research IT Commodities
    Health and biomedical-related IT commodities meet scientific, health, administrative, operational, managerial, and information management requirements.
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  • What are CIO-CS Categories
    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,…
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  • Is there a warrant threshold for an award under CIO-CS
    The warrant threshold is determined by each ordering agency for each requirement. Please reach out to your Ordering Contracting Officer (OCO) for more information.
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  • Is there an ordering guide for CIO-CS
    CIO-CS Ordering Guide is available here .
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  • Is there a minimal amount of time customers are required to post a Request for Quotation (RFQ)
    The amount of time given to respond to a Request for Quotation (RFQ) is the determined by the Ordering Contracting Officer (OCO). For orders exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, the OCO is only required to give offerors a reasonable amount of time to respond to the RFQ.
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  • Is the NIH Contract Access Fee (NCAF) a separate line item
    Yes, the CIO-CS NCAF is listed as a separate Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) on contract holder quotes by default.  The CIO-CS NCAF is fixed at .35 percent (.0035) and is calculated using the following formula: Total NCAF = Total Award Value * NCAF Percentage Example: Total Award Value ($5 Million) * NCAF .35% (0.0035) = $17,500 The NCAF is applied to the total award value for contractor…
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