“There are a variety of government-wide acquisition contracts across the federal space, but the National Institutes of Health IT Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) is encouraging agencies to place orders through its government-wide acquisition contracts (GWACs) to streamline the acquisition process…”
“NITAAC is amid a transition between CIO-SP3 and CIO-SP4, and although CIO-SP3 is set to expire Nov. 1, [Ed Wilgus, from NITAAC’s executive outreach team] noted that agencies can still place an order across its 10 task orders through CIO-SP3 as late as Oct. 31 – or further out, in particular cases – and have that task order last for five more years. This leaves the older GWAC accessible for agencies to tap before it closes…”
“While agencies can still contract through CIO-SP3, CIO-SP4 is rising as the new vehicle. NITAAC closed its RFP period in February and is aiming to begin awarding by Nov 1, right as CIO-SP3 expires. NITAAC said it designed CIO-SP4 to complement and align with current CIO-SP3 GWACs, and it raises the contract ceiling to $50 billion for each contract holder…”
“As NITAAC prepares for its awards in November, Wilgus encouraged agencies to continue ordering through various avenues that the agency provides. He said that the Electronic Government Ordering System, or e-GOS, is an online system that NITAAC provides for competition management and awardee selection. With the services it provides, e-GOS acts as a single source portal for task and delivery order management and market research.
NITAAC provides two ways for agencies to place orders through e-GOS. The first is through direct order, and the other is in NITAAC’s Assisted Acquisition Services, which Wilgus said is a popular option…” Read the full article here.
Source: NITAAC Engaging Agencies to Streamline Acquisition – By Melissa Harris, March 15, 2022. GovCIO.
