Ideal System Solutions, Inc. (Ideal) is an industry leader in support of government and commercial organizations nationwide and specializing in design and implementation of custom IT solutions. Ideal is pleased to receive our company’s award under the Chief Information Officer – Commodities and Solutions (CIO-CS) contract. As a partner with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) and an awardee of this Government Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC), Ideal will provide federal agencies with IT commodity products and commodity-enabling solutions, on-site or in the cloud.
Contract Number: HHSN316201500028W
Small Business Certifications:
Small Business
HUBZone
Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB)
Economically Disadvantaged Woman Owned Small Business (EDWOSB)
Program Manager: Carol Irish, cirish@idealssi.com
Phone: 888-696-1044
Sales Order Administration: salesadmin@idealssi.com
General Information Email: cio-csinfo@idealssi.com
Informational flyer: https://www.idealssi.com/cio-cs-flyer/
Contract Details:
This 10-Year, multiple award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract, with a $20 billion ceiling, is one of the largest government-wide technology-related contracts in support of the Federal Enterprise, the Department of Defense Enterprise, and the Federal Health Architectures. This Contract provides for “Everything IT” including services such as deployment and installation, maintenance and training, engineering studies, enterprise licenses and extended warranties, as well as cloud computing, mobility, collaboration tools, web and video-conferencing, cyber security, virtualization and health and biomedical IT.
Benefits:
With a flexible contract design and no limits on what can be purchased (within scope, of course) CIO-CS allows for streamlined planning, acquisition and deployment of enterprise IT commodity requirements. Ideal System Solutions, Inc. has gone through a comprehensive review process prior to contract award including dimensions such as technical capabilities, past performance, price and cost, allowing you to purchase commodities and commodity-enabling solutions with confidence.
Additional CIO-CS Program and Contract benefits include:
- Established to provide government agencies a streamlined ordering utilizing process under FAR Subpart 16.505 – saving time, money and resources;
- Delivery orders are placed directly by the agency in an easy-to-use, secure web-based e-GOS system for automated delivery order management;
- No special “Delegation of Procurement Authority” is required by NITAAC;
- Customer Support Center provides 1-hour response to any contractual, technical or procedural question;
- Free training on GWACs, FAR 16.505, e-GOS and more; certification for 2 CLPs awarded;
- No Economy Act Determination required.
Benefits to Working With Ideal on the CIO-CS Contract include:
- Small business with big business capabilities – including a robust e-commerce shopping site for complete product information and availability and pre-negotiated contract pricing;
- Over 17 years of government contracting experience;
- Excellent top-tier relationships with the industry’s largest manufacturers and distributors;
- Dedicated account management and support team to provide special pricing, quick quote turnaround, custom configurations and post-sales support;
- Robust services and solutions organization offering multiple VAR services and complete integrated solutions;
- JIT inventory with access to over 1 million products via multiple warehouse locations throughout the US and worldwide;
- Ability to add product and services to contract, within moments, and at pre-negotiated discounts;
- An award winning company: Lockheed 100% Rating, Boeing Performance Excellence Award, DOE HUBZone Small Business of the Year 2010, ORNL HUBZone Small Business of the Year 2011 and many more!
Contract IT Commodities and Commodity-Enabling Solutions Offered:
Ideal System Solutions, Inc. provides IT commodities and commodity-enabling solutions within the following categories under the CIO-CS contract:
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Category 1, End User Hardware Commodities
– Group A Laptops
– Group B Desktops
– Group C Printers
– Group D Other - Category 2, End User Software Commodities
– Group A Operating Systems
– Group B Desktop Collaboration
– Group C Other - Category 3, IT Security Software Commodities
– Group A Anti-Virus Software
– Group B Other - Category 4, Enterprise Performance Management Tools
– Group A Enterprise Database Management Systems
– Group B Enterprise Performance Management Tools
– Group C Other - Category 5, Health and Biomedical Research IT Capabilities
– Group A Laboratory Information Systems
– Group B Other - Category 6, On-Premise Infrastructure
– Group A Enterprise Servers
– Group B Other - Category 7, Infrastructure and Platform as a Service
– Group A Computing
– Group B Enterprise Storage
– Group C Other - Category 8, Telecommunications Plans
– Group A Carrier Plans
– Group B Other - Category 9, Value Added Services
Contract Fees:
NITAAC Contract Access Fee (NCAF) is .35%.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), encourages federal agencies to use Government Wide Acquisition contracts (GWACs) to aggregate buying power and streamline the acquisition of Information Technology (IT) products and services. The NCAF reimburses the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the cost of operating and administering its GWACs.
The NITAAC Program Office is pleased to announce that effective immediately, the NCAF has been reduced for all new Task/Delivery Order Requests (TORs) released on or after January 25, 2017. For CIO-CS a cap of $70,000 applies to any task order base or optional period (not to exceed 12 months).
GWAC NCAF Fee Cap Funding Level Time Applicability
CIO-CS .35% $70K > $23M NTE 12 months period
Prompt Payment Terms: 0%, Net-30
Additional Contract Information:
For further contract information please visit the NITAAC/CIO-CS Website at https://nitaac.nih.gov/nitaac/contracts/cio-cs
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For general inquiries please contact Ideal System Solutions, Inc. at 888-696-1044 or email sales@idealssi.com