CIO-SP3

We offer services as a Prime Contractor on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) CIO-SP3 contract, a new Governmentwide Acquisition contract (GWAC).

What is CIO-SP3?

The Chief Information Officers Solutions and Partners 3 Small Business contract (CIO-SP3) offers cutting-edge technology, access to a large and diverse pool of small business innovators, and enables streamlined acquisition for fast provisioning. The CIO-SP3 contract can be used by any Federal civilian or DoD agency to fulfill a broad range of mission critical IT requirements and socioeconomic goals.

With a $20 billion ceiling, flexible contract types, and the ability to award in modular increments and incorporate performance-based features, CIO-SP3 allows for streamlined planning, acquisition, and deployment of large-scale IT program requirements.

Key features of CIO-SP3

• Contract type: Ten (10) year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract
• Contract valued to $20 billion
• Awards range from $250 to $100 million
• Firm fixed price
• Time and materials
• Labor-hour task orders
• Cost plus award fee
• Period of Performance June 1, 2012 through May 31, 2022

What are the overall benefits of leveraging NITAAC CIO SP3?

• Easy-to-use, secure web-based e-GOS ordering system for automated task order competition, set-aside, management, awardee selection and notification
• No special “Delegation of Procurement Authority” is required by NITAAC
• Customer Support Center provides 1-hour response to any contractual, technical, or procedural question
• 1-day turnaround on free, comprehensive SOW/SOO assessment for every task order assures quality responses
• Free training on GWACs, FAR 16, NITAAC contracts and NITAAC online ordering systems; certification for two CLPs awarded

What are the overall benefits of leveraging GWAC?

• Streamlined ordering and procedures under FAR Subpart 16.505 save time, money, and resources
• Task orders placed directly by agency with end-to-end management by procuring CO
• Task order competition drives rates even lower
• 1-day turnaround on free, comprehensive SOW/SOO assessment for every task order assures quality responses
• Customized terms, conditions, and labor categories easily added at the task order level