No. NITAAC only sends your requirements package to contract holders who were awarded contracts in ALL of the task areas defined in your requirement. NITAAC automatically excludes those contract holders who are not qualified to submit proposals for your requirement.
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Yes. When defining the order in e-GOS, select the WOSB set-aside option and a complete listing of woman owned small businesses will appear. You must then deselect all the companies that are NOT Economically Disadvantaged. You can find the socioeconomic status of each contract holder in the Contract Holder Directory. Before setting aside an acquisition, keep in mind The “Rule of Two” as set out in…
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The NIH Contract Access Fee (NCAF) for the CIO-SP3 Small Business contract is .55% with a cap of $150,000 for any task order base or optional period (not to exceed 12 months) with funding in excess of $27 Million.
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The CIO-SP3 Small Business Contracts were originally awarded in waves and are now being additionally extended through 4/29/26. This will ensure there is always a NITAAC CIO-SP3 Small Business IT Services/Solutions Contract available while CIO-SP4 is awarded and onboarded. The Period of Performance (POP) for each task order placed under the contract will be specified in the individual task order.…
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All CIO-SP3 Small Business contract holder on-and off-site rates can be obtained by logging into e-GOS here . You can also visit the contract holder information page of each contract holder in the Contract Holder Directory . In the Contract Holder directory, you can select the contract holder whose rates you want to see, and click the link to their individual websites.
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Because items offered under CIO-CS span the entire scope of IT commodities and value added services, many may not be subject to Section 508 of the Rehabilitations Act of 1973. However, if the customer agency requires IT products that are subject to Section 508, this requirement should be included in the delivery order. Article H.8 provides the applicable provision to be used by HHS customers. …
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Yes. All products and services on the CIO-CS contract are commercially available.
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Yes. The scope of CIO-CS includes cloud computing services. Such services are most often deployed via a Managed Services Model which can also include Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS).
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Yes.
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NITAAC follows the guidance of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) which strongly encourages, but does not mandate, the use of Performance-Based Contracting (PBC).
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