NITAAC Industry Advisory Council (IAC) Meeting
Thursday February 16, 2006
Bldg. 6100 Executive Blvd., Rockville, MD
Conference Room 6D01
10:00 A.M. – 11:30 P.M.
“If you want to be successful, put your effort into controlling the sail, not the wind.” — Anonymous
Attendees:
Diane Frasier, NIH, IAC Chair
Rusty Wall, CSC, IAC Co-Chair, rwall@csc.com
Victor Powers, Program Director, NITAAC, powersv@od.nih.gov
Donald Wilson, CO, NITAAC
Greg Holliday, Senior CO, NITAAC
Wanda Russell, CO, NITAAC
Mary Alice Johnson, Connelly-Works, NITAAC New Business Development Support, Marketing, Outreach and Education Support
Nancy Green, Connelly-Works, NITAAC New Business Development Support, Marketing, Outreach and Education Support
Linda Martin, CTS, NITAAC Business Development, Marketing, Outreach and Education Support
Bruce Thorner, NITAAC Support
Esther Burgess, NAC, SI-Intl
Stuart Kramer, NAC, CRA
Polly Seleski, NAC, iDox Solutions
Dennis Dietrich, IAC, DIGICON
Diane McLaughlin, IAC BearingPoint
Jim Terry, IAC, Pyramid Systems
Debbie, Rieger, IAC, A-Tek
Frank Durso, IAC, SRA
Cindy Kendall, IAC, SAIC
Sunil Kolhekar, IAC, CITI
Sandi LaCroix, Raytheon
Kathy O’Keefe, Anteon
Pat DuLaney, GMRI
Rip Singh, Booz Allan Hamilton
Carolyn Little. UHD
Paula Bayliss, Apptis
Pat Tobin-Cropper, Apptis
Sandi LaCroix, Raytheon
Kevin Cevasco, Unisys
Geralynn Franceschini, Unisys
The Thursday February 16, 2006 Meeting Minutes Follow:
Opening Remarks by Diane Frasier, NITAAC IAC Chair
Diane Frasier discussed the exceptional turnout and thanked everyone for attending.
Upcoming Agenda Items as a result of HHS/NITAAC participation in the OMB GWAC Interagency Committee-Victor Powers
Victor Powers briefed on NITAAC’s participation in the new Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Interagency Committee for GWACs. He participates as a representative of both HHS and NITAAC.
The OMB Interagency Committee is addressing procedures related to the management of both GWACs and MACs. The committee is addressing the need for increased oversight and additional recertification requirements for both MACs and GWACs. The increased oversight has as its purpose providing OMB with more visibility and ensuring that Agencies provide increased governance of their multi-agency contracts. NITAAC was asked to brief at the upcoming March meeting on the processes an Agency must follow in order to achieve OMB designation as an executive agent in order for their contracts to be recognized as GWACs under the Clinger-Cohen Act. In addition to Mr. Powers, other Agency representatives included, among others, Ms. Althea Correllis from GSA’s and representatives from the Department of the Interior, EPA and NASA. On December 9, 2005, the full working group met consisting of the Guidance Team and Strategic Team,
Mr. Robert Burton, Associate Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, OMB addressed the group and discussed the purpose of the working group, which is to help ensure the proper use and strategic development of interagency contracts.
ECS III RFQ system and training/pilot status- Bruce Thorner and Linda Martin
Bruce Thorner briefed on the ECS III RFQ system currently being piloted. The enhancements to the new system are intended to make it easier and more convenient for NITAAC’s government customers to request services, to provide NITAAC with better oversight and to make it easier and more efficient for the supporting contractors to use the system. The enhancements include an electronic means to exercise the Fair Opportunity Process, to include exceptions, and allows contractors to attach proposals rather than to only type them on the screen. NITAAC has planned to conduct additional training on the new system on Tuesday, February 28th at 6120 Executive Boulevard at 10:00 AM. Please contact Millicent Manning if you or one of your customers is interested in this training. Linda Martin noted that ECS III has already gone out to many of the Prime contractors soliciting their participation and the involvement of their government customers in the 28 February training session. She is assisting with all the outreach efforts on this new system.
Proposed IAC and subcommittee Membership - Results Membership Development – Rusty Wall
As a result of the membership enhancement efforts for both the IAC and the subcommittees, and additional 17 people from 15 different companies have expressed interest in joining. These volunteers were asked to participate as either IAC or subcommittee members. The proposed list was distributed at the IAC meeting and is attached to these minutes. Additionally attached and addressed at the IAC were the criteria for IAC membership. Each person listed is being asked if they desire any changes to the proposed list. Your comments are welcome. Please contact Rusty Wall or Victor Powers.
Additionally, the IAC discussed ensuring that each subcommittee was represented by an IAC member who also participated as chair of each of the subcommittees. Additionally, the IAC discussed whether or not the three subcommittees were sufficient and whether more or less subcommittees were necessary. The consensus was that the three current subcommittees are the correct mix and cover all the areas currently required. The subcommittee charters are posted on the NITAAC website. http://NITAAC.nih.gov
Proposed Agenda Items for IAC Subcommittees- Rusty Wall
The IAC was asked to submit new potential agenda items for the IAC Subcommittees to the IAC co-chair Rusty Wall and to Victor Powers. We welcome your ideas for agenda items/projects to further the success of the NITAAC GWAC vehicles as well as influence OMB policy decisions.
NIH Office of Financial Management (Payment Office) process – Rusty Wall
As a result of IAC discussions concerning invoice payment issues external to NITAAC at the NIH payment office, Diane Frasier plans to meet with NIH’s Director, Office of Financial Management to address possible process enhancements.
NITAAC Outreach- Mary Alice Johnson
Mary Alice Johnson from NITAAC’s outreach program provided an updated list of proposed shows and costs to NITAAC that are planned for attendance by NITAAC. The next big show that NITAAC is attending is FOSE from March 7th to March 9th. Please contact Mary Alice Johnson if you would like to coordinate any show activities with her at 301.435.4479 or via e-mail at johnsmar@od.nih.gov
Linda Martin is also responsible for NITAAC’s business development efforts. Industry should feel free to contact her as well at 703. 217.5145 or via e-mail at martinlw@od.nih.gov.
Contract Reports for CIO-SP2i, IW2nd, and ECS III - Greg Holliday, Donald Wilson, Millicent Manning
CIO-SP2i now has 424 awarded Task Orders with a base year value of $1.33 and an option year value if all options are exercised of $5.14B. Greg Holliday said that the influx of new task orders on CIO-SP2i has picked-up.
Donald Wilson reported 42 Task Orders on IW2nd with a value 0f $16.3M and 580 Delivery Orders with a value of $87M.
Millicent Manning reported a new total of 56,220 delivery orders valued at $1.1B on ECS III.
Open Discussion/Potential Agenda Items for the next Meeting
Proposed agenda items for the next meeting included decisions on the final make-up of the IAC subcommittees and assignment of subcommittee chairs.
Also NITAAC participation at contractor functions/booths will remain an agenda item for the next meeting. This will be a marketing feature for future NITAAC outreach efforts. Please contact Mary Alice Johnson to discuss co-marketing at conferences you plan to attend in 2006 at (301) 435-4479 or via e-mail at johnsmar@od.nih.gov.
New Agenda items for the next meeting - Your input is requested!!!! Please propose any desired agenda items or your desire to participate on the IAC Subcommittees as a new member for our next meeting. You may send your input to Rusty Wall, rwall@csc.com or Victor Powers, powersv@od.nih.gov.
The next IAC meeting is on Thursday,
March 16, 2006 from 10:00- 11:30 AM Bldg. 6100 Executive Blvd. Conference Room 6D01
Proposed IAC Industry Membership Additions
|
Name |
Organization |
Phone # |
E-mail Address |
Contract |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Cindi Kendall |
SAIC |
703-824-7410 |
CIO-SP2 |
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Alan Bechara |
PCMallgov |
703-736-8181 |
ECS III |
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Sunil Kolhekar |
CITI (Small Business) |
703-276-0345 X240 |
CIO-SP2 |
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Frank Durso |
SRA |
(703) 803-1712 |
CIO-SP2 |
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Carolyn Little
|
UHD |
301-926-8000 X 334 |
IW2 |
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Proposed IAC Subcommittee Members
Marketing Subcommittee
|
Name |
Organization |
Phone# |
E-mail Address |
Contract |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Geralynn Franceschini |
Unisys |
240-498-7687 |
geralynn.franceschini@unisys.com |
CIO-SP2 |
|
Rip Singh-BAH |
Booz Allan Hamilton |
240-314 5941 |
CIO-SP2 |
|
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Kathryn O’Keefe |
Anteon |
703-246-0296 |
CIO-SP2 |
|
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Joyce Hunter |
Ingenium (Small business) |
301-883-9800 X352 |
CIO-SP2 |
|
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Pat DuLaney |
GMRI (Small business) |
703-330-1199 X4581 |
ECS III |
Programs Subcommittee
|
Name |
Organization |
Phone# |
E-mail Address |
Contract |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Diane McLaughlin |
BearingPoint |
703-747-8854 |
CIO-SP2 |
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Kevin Cevasco |
Unisys |
703-439-5198 |
CIO-SP2 |
|
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Sandi LaCroix |
Raytheon |
703-295-1571 |
CIO-SP2 |
|
|
Ashley Lehman
|
Government Acquisitions |
513-721-8700 X2102 |
ECS III |
Government Affairs Subcommittee
|
Name |
Organization |
Phone# |
E-mail Address |
Contract |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Dwight Chamberlain |
Unisys |
703-439-6457 |
CIO-SP2 |
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Bill Cratty |
Apptis |
703-980-8646 |
ECS-III |
TBD at a later date Potential Membership—Follow-up
|
Name |
Organization |
Phone# |
E-mail Address |
Contract |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
William Mickler |
CACI |
703- 679-3866 |
CIO-SP2 |
|
|
Patricia Kent |
TechTeam Government Solutions (formerly Sytel) |
240-333-1105 |
CIO-SP2 |
Criteria For IAC Membership
Below is the criteria used in selecting industry prime contractors for membership on the National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) Industry Advisory Council (IAC). The criteria may be used with other pertinent information to make membership selections.