CIO-SP3 (Unrestricted) Solicitation   3

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has been designated as an executive agent for purposes of providing Information Technology (IT) to the government. Under this authority, NIH intends to solicit contractors to participate in a new Government-wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) to support the full range of IT needs across the federal government, with a particular emphasis on agencies like NIH and its parent, HHS, that are involved in health care and clinical and biological research. This GWAC is the successor contract to NIH's current Chief Information Officer - Solutions and Partners 2 Innovations (CIO-SP2i) and the Image World 2 New Dimensions (IW2nd) GWACs, which are both expiring in December 2010. This successor contract will continue to support government IT efforts with a focus on health and biomedical-related IT services in support of federal agencies' health missions. The NAICS code for this procurement is 541512, with a size standard of $25 million. This procurement will be issued on an unrestricted basis. The solicitation will be made available on or about September 1, 2010. This solicitation will be made available on-line at http://www.fbo.gov. The CIO-SP3 Contracting Officer is the sole point of contact for this procurement. No requests for meetings regarding this announcement will be entertained. It is the responsibility of the offerors to check the website periodically for any amendments/notices to this presolicitation notice. (The government intends to solicit a second GWAC with essentially the same scope that will be set-aside for small business. The small business set-aside GWAC will be announced under a separate notice in Federal Business Opportunities.)