
NITAAC CIO-SP3 SB
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) Chief Information Officer – Solutions and Partners 3 (CIO-SP3) Small Business (SB)

Contract #: 75N98120D00184
CIO-SP3 SB is a 10-year Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) with a 15-year period of performance designated as Best-in-Class by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). CIO-SP3 SB helps agencies meet their mission-critical needs and small business goals with innovative Information Technology (IT) services and solutions from a wide variety of industry-leading small businesses, in accordance with FAR 2.101(b) and the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996.
Scope of Contract:
- Task 1: Project Management and Documentation
- Task 2: Software Configuration
- Task 3: Cloud Integration
- Task 4: Department of Defense AI Ethical Principles
- Task 5: Data Ingestion, Integration, Architecture, and ETL
- Task 6: Data Accessibility and APIs
- Task 7: Enterprise Information and Metadata Management
- Task 8: Data Quality, Feature Engineering, and NLP
- Task 9: Synthetic Data
- Task 10: Data Anonymization
- Task 11: Data Labelling
- Task 12: AI Security
- Task 13: Data Science and AI Outreach and Innovative Development Mechanisms
Contract Features:
- Contract Type: Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC); Multiple Award, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (MA-IDIQ)
- Task Order Type(s): Time-and-Materials (T&M), Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF), Cost Plus Award Fee (CPAF), and Cost-Plus Incentive Fee (CPIF), as well as hybrid
- Ceiling Value: $20 Billion
- Award Range: $250 to $100 million
- Eligible Users: Any federal, civilian, or Department of Defense agency
- Task Order Competition Required: None
- Ordering Period: 05/11/2020 – 04/29/2026
- Service Fee: Fees Not to Exceed 0.55%, $150K fee cap with orders >$27M
- Prompt Payment Terms: No discount for prompt payment
- Contract NAICS Code(s): 541512
Benefits:
- Streamlined Ordering: The NITAAC electronic-Government Ordering System (e-GOS) allows for requirements and supporting documentation to be quickly uploaded for task order competition, awardee selection, and notification. All files are maintained indefinitely in the system, which acts as a database of record.
- Best-in-Class Quality: Best-in-Class contracts are designated by the OMB after meeting the most rigorous performance standards, making CIO-SP3 Small Business a key acquisition tool.
- Built-in FAR Compliance: The e-GOS system makes it easier for procuring agencies to meet the GWAC fair opportunity requirements of FAR Part 16.
- Pricing Options: CIO-SP3 SB has a $20 Billion dollar ceiling with flexible contract types.
- Support for Socioeconomic Goals: With 195 pre-qualified small business vendors spread across all the socio-economic categories – including Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB), SBA 8(a), and Small Business – any federal, civilian, or DoD agency can have a streamlined solution to meet their socioeconomic goals.