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Contributing to CIO-CS’s reputation as one of the easiest contracts to use in federal government is an electronic easily create requests for proposals training isn’t mandatory, training is
CS as a premier contract vehicle that met rigorous management performance criteria and provides pre-vetted solutions. OMB encourages use of BIC contracts by government acquisition professionals “to the maximum extent practicable.”
CIO-CS Full Throttle
To get the most from CIO-CS, consider these tips:
. CIO-CS’s full range of products and services creates endless opportunities for combining example, met the end-to-
end solution requested by an agency that sought to compile a and products submitted under a single CLIN.
. CIO-CS can deliver many of the cornerstones of IT modernization services, mobility, cybersecurity. agency’s request for a large Device as a Service offering.
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CIO-CS’s commitment to longer- than-usual customer support hours in September and its record of
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experienced contract holders,
most secure, earning important
ensure that contract holders best practices for global supply chain security and integrity of commercial off-the-shelf IT products.
account managers for each
customers to streamline ordering and ongoing processing. In one case, an NIH customer ordered
a Microsoft Enterprise licensing subsequently gained access to a that further streamlined the customer’s placement of orders.
and obtain quotes,” says Sheryl McCurnin, senior manager of
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CIO-CS by the Numbers
Fee, as a percentage, with no cap
Number of technology product and service categories
Number of years on the contract, with options
Estimated value of contract over its life, in billions
Expenditures, in millions, on cloud services in fiscal years 2015 to 2017
Contract holders
Volume of business, in millions, booked through CIO-CS in 2017
The year CIO-CS was awarded