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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.
    Type: FAQ
  • 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,…
    Type: FAQ
  • What are Health and Biomedical Research IT Commodities
    Health and biomedical-related IT commodities meet scientific, health, administrative, operational, managerial, and information management requirements.
    Type: FAQ
  • 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…
    Type: FAQ
  • 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
    Type: FAQ
  • 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.
    Type: FAQ
  • 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…
    Type: FAQ
  • What is EPEAT
    EPEAT is an easy-to-use resource for identifying high-performance, environmentally preferable products.  You can use the market research tool in the RFQ System to search for EPEAT certified products and/or manufacturers, or specify the standard as part of your requirements. For more information on EPEAT environmental standards, or to search their comprehensive database, visit www.epeat.net .
    Type: FAQ
  • What is meant by ‘the NCAF is not subject to a downward adjustment’ Can we get an NCAF credit if a customer deletes an item(s)
    The NCAF is not subject to a downward adjustment means that there is no mechanism to pay back NCAF.  However, this should not be an issue since the customer would have paid the NCAF that was forwarded to NITAAC.
    Type: FAQ
  • What is Ramp-off and how does it work
    The Ramp-off provision gives contractors an avenue to request to terminate its participation under the GWAC at any point during the period of performance of the GWAC, or for the PCO to ramp a contractor off the GWAC if the contractor does not perform on delivery orders meeting the minimum dollar threshold of performance. How does Ramp-off work: If the PCO accepts the contractor's request, the PCO…
    Type: FAQ