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The GovCon Club presents the NITAAC/Industry CIO-SP4 Virtual Chat

Event Description:

In federal contracting, the designation of a "Best-in-Class" contract or BIC, means the contract vehicle has OMB's stamp of approval as a preferred governmentwide solution that allows federal acquisition executives and professionals to leverage pre-vetted, governmentwide contracts to access an array of goods, services and solutions. The NITAAC CIO-SP3 and CIO-SP3 SB contracts have that designation and it's expected their successors, CIO-SP4 and CIO-SP4 SB will also be BIC's.

On Friday, April 17, 2020, the GovCon Club hosts a web-based stop on the CIO-SP4 Roadshow called the NITAAC/Industry CIO-SP4 Virtual Chat. This event is an opportunity for companies in pursuit of the 10-year, $20 billion, IT services, Best-in-Class GWACs to hear from Government and Industry to increase their knowledge, their relationships and their strategies for developing a winning approach.

Update: The CIO-SP4 draft RFP was released March 27, 2020. This event will be your first opportunity to hear from NIH/NITAAC following the release of the draft.

Update: The period for submitting questions to NIH/NITAAC and the Teaming Best Practices Panel concluded at 6:00 PM EDT on April, 13, 2020.

Agenda (Subject to change):

Event Times: 8:00 AM EST to 11: AM EST

• Welcome by Presenting Sponsor and GovCon Club Chair

• Comments from Keith Johnson, Contracting Officer, NITAAC CIO-SP3 and CIO-SP3 Small Business (CONFIRMED)

• CIO-SP4 Update by Brian Goodger, Associate Director, NIH Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations (CONFIRMED)

• NITAAC CIO Contracts Opportunity Outlook presented by Brian Friel of BD Squared

• NITAAC CIO-SP3/CIO-SP3 SB Teaming Best Practices Panel

• Event Concludes

IMPORTANT: Tower Club members must register using the Tower Club Member ticket to have registration fee billed to their member account. All non-members must register using the General Admission ticket.

Background:

The National Information Technology Acquisitions and Assessment Center released a draft RFP on March 27, 2020 for the follow-on to a 10-year, $20 billion, IT services governmentwide acquisition contracts CIO-SP3 and CIO-SP3 Small Business. NITAAC announced the schedule at a Dec. 3 quarterly contract holder meeting.

The new vehicle will be called Chief Information Officer – Solutions and Partners IV and will continue to be managed through NITAAC, a division of the Health and Human Services Department’s National Institutes of Health.

The target date for release of the CIO-SP4 final RFP is October 2020, according to Brian Goodger, associate director of NIH’s Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations.

CIO-SP4 will rely on a self-scoring evaluation criteria, Goodger said, and may require certifications such as FedRamp or others.

NITAAC Director Bridget Gauer reported that NITAAC awards, which include CIO-SP3; CIO-SP3 Small Business; and CIO-CS (Chief Information Officer Commodity Solutions), totaled $6 billion in fiscal 2019, the highest annual spending recorded to date.

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This webinar presentation will not be recorded.

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