Yes. Assisted Acquisitions Services from NITAAC are for Information Technology only. Therefore, the expertise offered by NITAAC acquisitions professionals is very specific in nature and isn't diluted by other areas of procurement. In addition, NITAAC Contracting Officers use the NITAAC GWACs for all procurements.
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NITAAC asks that the requesting agency notify their current procurement office of their intent, and give them the opportunity to accept or decline the requirement.
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Requesting agencies may complete the Assisted Acquisition Request Form and Memorandum of Agreement (MOA). These documents outline all of the necessary approvals and can be found here under the heading, "Assisted Acquisitions."
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NIH customers will provide funding via a CAN transfer to NITAAC. All other agencies will provide funding to NITAAC via an Interagency Agreement (IAA) or Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request (MIPR) under the advance payment authority.
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Yes, if for unique professional skills. See, Unique Professional Skills – Task Order Level, in your contract. A new or different skill level category may be proposed at the task order level. You will need to provide detailed justification for the new/different skill level category. The OCO will determine whether circumstances warrant the use of unique professional skills.
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Typical acquisition requirements will be completed within the following acquisition lead times: up to 90 days for competitive acquisitions and up to 30 days for sole source acquisitions. All acquisition lead times are based upon receipt of a complete and finalized package.
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The NITAAC fee for assisted acquisition is 2%, which is competitively priced compared to other assisted acquisition contract shops.
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All FOIA requests should be submitted to the NIH FOIA office. Please see http://www.nih.gov/icd/od/foia/ .
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Interested agencies may complete a Request Form or contact the NITAAC Customer Support Center to submit an inquiry.
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NITAAC Contracting Officers (COs) have a knowledge base that is exceptional within the IT procurement realm. Our COs work with customers throughout the federal government on both assisted and direct orders and have developed best practices specific to IT as a result of reviewing hundreds of procurements. NITAAC is in a unique position to offer assisted services because we manage the very GWACs…
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