NCAF is applied to all line items in the proposal whether they are for labor, ODCs, Direct Materials, Incentive Fee, Fixed Fee, Award Fee, or other (total proposal amount). Reference NIH Contract Access Fee and Fee Remittance in your contract.
Per the contract, the contractor shall include the NCAF as a separate Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) in all contractor proposals to the…
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The NCAF is extracted from the total funded amount listed on your funding modification. The formula is:
NCAF = Total * .65% (.0065) for CIO-SP3
NCAF = Total * .55% (.0055) for CIO-SP3 Small Business
Example: $500,000 Total funding
CIO-SP3: $500,000.00 ($500,000.00 * .0065) = $3,250.50 NCAF
CIO-SP3 Small Business: $500,000.00 – ($500,000.00 * .0055) = …
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Reference NIH Contract Access Fee and Fee Remittance in your contract.
The NCAF is invoiced based on the obligated amount on the funding document regardless of the awarded contract type. The NCAF shall be invoiced on the 1st invoice after receipt of the funding document. As such, NCAF may NOT be incrementally invoiced. Customers shall contact NITAAC Customer Support with any…
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Yes. NITAAC customers must use e-GOS for solicitations. Contract Holders who receive an RFP or RFI through any method other than e-GOS must notify NITAAC Support immediately.
Contract Holders must submit their responses in e-GOS. If the PCO asks offerors to submit proposals via email or hardcopy, offerors may do so, but offerors are also required to submit in e-GOS prior to the submission…
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"No Bid" responses are required for RFPs only. Contract holders are required to submit no-bids in e-GOS for any RFP for which they are not going to submit a proposal. Reference Task Order Procedures in your contract.
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The Nonmanufacturer Rule (NMR) allows small business set-asides for supply contracts when the small business manufactured the product itself, is supplying a product manufactured by another small business, or a product of any size manufacturer if SBA has granted a waiver. For additional information: …
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Yes. You may change your "No Bid" decision by submitting a proposal (or vice versa) at any time prior to the proposal deadline
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There is no limit on the number of files that can be attached; however, each file must be under 100MB and the email attachment size is 10MB. If your files individually exceed 100 MB, please contact the NITAAC Customer Support Center via email at NITAACsupport@nih.gov or call 1.888.773.6542. Type: FAQ
The Workstation Category Team (WCT), an interagency task force, was charged with analyzing and optimizing current laptop and desktop computer acquisition practices. Based on the WCT’s review, OMB identified three critical steps to improve acquisition practices: (1) establish standard specifications that generally will suffice to meet federal agency computing needs; (2) consolidate federal…
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The WCT determined that approximately 80 percent of federal agencies’ computing needs could be satisfied through one of five standard specifications.
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