Acquisitions conducted under the authority of FAR 16.5 often resemble those conducted under FAR 15.3; however, there are big differences. Communications with offerors, and the terminology used to describe them, are very different under FAR 15.3 versus FAR 16.5. For more information on communicating with offerors when using GWACs, please visit the NITAAC website for other NITAAC videos, tools and…
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A Best In Class (BIC) designation means that a vehicle is based on mature acquisition processes that will help agencies get more value from their spending. All three of NITAAC’s GWACs have been designated as BIC. Are you looking for more information about BIC criteria? Visit the NITAAC website for more NITAAC videos, tools and templates. NITAAC.NIH.gov 1.888.773.6542 NITAACsupport@nih.gov
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The Transportation Security Administration benefits with services from STOPSO, a NITAAC Contract Holder on the CIO-SP3 Small Business GWAC. See how STOPSO’s subject matter experts improved communications and increased speed of data collection in our latest video. Visit nitaac.nih.gov to learn more.
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Ardent Management Consulting (Ardent), a NITAAC CIO-SP3 Contract Holder, developed a solution called the Common Microservices Initializer or CMI. CMI was developed for use by a component within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to help generate clean structured, fully functional Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines adhering to the Department’s guidelines and best…
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Effective January 5, 2016, NITAAC has instituted a fee cap of $150,000 for any task order base or optional period (not to exceed 12 months) with funding in excess of $23 million under CIO-SP3, and $27 million under CIO-SP3 Small Business. The NCAF reimburses NIH for the cost of operating and administering the NITAAC Program as it provides for streamlined ordering procedures, efficient acquisition…, GWAC, NCAF, FEE CAP, APPLICABILITY, CIO-SP3 .65% $150K > $23M CIO-SP3 Small Business .55% $150K > $27M
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The NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) announced the award of its newest government-wide acquisition contract (GWAC) for information technology: Chief Information Officers – Commodities and Solutions (CIO-CS) . This new contract covers 10 years with potential funds totaling $20 billion to provide the entire federal government with IT solutions. This GWAC offers…
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By Michael O'Connell The National Institutes of Health awarded its $20 billion Chief Information Officer - Commodities and Solutions (CIO-CS) Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) Tuesday to 65 vendors . "This GWAC is intended to support the full range of IT needs across the federal government with a particular emphasis on agencies like NIH and its parent, [the Department of Health and Human…
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