“The National Institutes of Health IT Acquisition and Assessment Center extended the deadline for bids for its $40 billion CIO-SP4 vehicle amid complaints and problems with the proposal submission portal it is requiring vendors to use.
NITAAC required all contractors who previously submitted proposals in August to resubmit bids through a third-party portal provided by Innovo by Jan. 28 at 5 p.m. Bids for CIO-SP4 are now due by Feb. 11 at 5 p.m…”
“The additional two weeks comes as a reprieve for vendors who were scrambling to submit their proposals because the portal wasn’t working well…”
“Brian Goodger, the acting director of NITAAC, repeated in an email statement to Federal News Network what amendment 15, said, which was, ‘Receiving CIO-SP4 proposals from all eligible offerors is one of the highest priorities for the NITAAC program. To that end, we have extended the submission date to February 11, 2022 to allow all proposals to be successfully submitted and resolve any perceived issues with the Insight tool.’…”
“Part of the reason why the portal may be stressed is NITAAC changed the requirements for vendors to submit evidence for their self-scoring sheet.
Brad Barker, president of 8M Strategies said amendment 14 from Jan. 14 required each bidder to submit supporting documentation to support each their self-scoring for each task order area…” Read the full article here.
Source: NITAAC extends due date for CIO-SP4 after bid submission problems – By Jason Miller, January 27, 2022. Federal News Network.
