NITAAC Industry Advisory Council (IAC)
MEETING MINUTES
Bldg.
Conference Room 6D01
Thursday, March 22, 2007, 2:00 P.M.–3:30
P.M.
Attendees:
Diane J. Frasier, IAC
Co-Chair, NIH
Victor E. Powers, NITAAC
Program Director, powersv@od.nih.gov
Donald Wilson, CO, NITAAC
Greg Holliday, CO, NITAAC
Rusty Wall, IAC Co-Chair, CSC
rwall@csc.com
Geralynn Franceschini, IAC,
Unisys
Frank Durso, IAC, SRA
Cindy Kendall, IAC, SAIC
Dwight Chamberlain, IAC,
Unisys
Dennis Dietrich, IAC, Digicon
Bill Cratty, IAC, Apptis
Debbie
Rieger, IAC, A-TEK
Zaman Khan, IAC, Intelligent Decisions,
Esther Burgess, NRC, SI International
The Thursday,
March 22, 2007 Meeting Minutes follow:
è Opening Remarks Ms. Diane J. Frasier
Acting
ADA, Head of Contracting Activity
Director,
Office of Acquisition Management and Policy, OA, OM
Ms. Diane Frasier welcomed everyone to the IAC meeting.
è Discussion of “Top GWAC Contractors: Ms. Diane J. Frasier
Addressing a Public Image
Problem” Acting
Director,
Office of Acquisition Management and Policy, OA,
Ms. Diane Frasier distributed a March 5, 2007 Federal Times article (click here to view the article) on the subject of GWACs and led a discussion concerning the Federal acquisition environment and the changes in the environment. Specifically, the article addresses that increased criticism of interagency contracts is pushing GWAC usage down because there is fear among some agency personnel concerning the use of contract vehicles that are not originated by their own Agency. The article addresses that MACs–not formally approved GWACs–appear to be the problem and that there is no problem with formal GWACs—but some people don’t know the difference between OMB formally approved GWACs and interagency MACs. This IAC discussion resulted in the following comments about NITAAC:
• NITAAC plans to
continue to provide increased oversight and governance on its three GWACs.
• The new NITAAC
e-GOS ordering system will be implemented in Calendar Year 2008.
• NITAAC will
continue its tradition of being a pioneer in innovations on its three GWACs.
• NITAAC plans to
move forward with its Executive Agency status renewal submission to OMB.
è NITAAC’s Outreach/Upcoming Shows Request
for Mr. Victor E. Powers
Comments NITAAC Program
Director
Victor Powers addressed NITAAC’s plans for attending
various 2007 Tradeshows. He specifically
addressed NITAAC’s plans to attend the April 10-12 Government Tech Expo and the
April 19th Seventeenth Annual OSDBU Conference in Upper Marlboro MD.
http://www.fbcinc.com/osdbu09/default.aspx
Additionally, Mr. Powers addressed NITAAC’s plans for ramping up the NITAAC Outreach and Education program in the spring. IAC council members are encouraged to contact Victor Powers with any suggested additional shows or changes to the draft 2007 Tradeshow schedule previously distributed.
Mr. Donald Wilson, NITAAC Senior Contracting Officer, also briefed the IAC on the excitement generated at the NIH Tech Expo on March 20th with the various options and wide rage of products available to the institutes on the Image World 2nd Contract.
è Update on the Federal Electronic Challenge Mr. Donald Wilson
Program (EPEAT) Sr.
Contracting Officer, NITAAC
Mr. Donald Wilson updated the IAC on the progress to date of the EPEAT Program. He reemphasized the fact that Government customers can request EPEAT compliant products today via all three NITAAC’s GWACs.
è Collaborative Efforts of Subcommittees
in Mr. Donald Wilson
Developing GWAC Comparative Analysis Sr.
Contracting Officer, NITAAC
Mr.
Donald Wilson, Programs Subcommittee member, led a roundtable discussion on
behalf of
Ms.
Diane McLaughlin, Programs Subcommittee Chair.
The discussion concerned results to date on the draft comparative
analysis of current, past, and future GWACs, and representative Agency ID/IQ
MACs.
è Discussion/Status of IAC Subcommittees
– Marketing Chair Ms. Geralynn Franceschini
– Programs Chair Mr. Donald Wilson for Ms. Diane McLaughlin
– Government Affairs Chair Mr. Dwight Chamberlain
Each of the Subcommittee Chairs reported on the status of their subcommittee efforts. The Marketing Subcommittee meeting minutes for March 2007 are attached. To view the minutes click here.
è Report on NITAAC Contract Performance
Mr. Donald Wilson and Mr. Greg Holliday, NITAAC Senior Contracting Officers, reported on NITAAC contract performance as of the end of February 2007.
• ECS III has an inception-to-date award total of 62,595 orders for a total value of $1.2B.
• IW2nd has currently awarded 467 Delivery Orders with a value of $71.3M and 43 Task Orders with a base award value of $13.2M and an option value of an additional $7.2M.
• CIO-SP2i has 489 awarded Task Orders with a base value of $1.6B and an option year value of $6.6B if all options are exercised.
è Open Discussion/Potential Agenda Items for the Next Meeting
The next IAC Meeting will be held on Thursday, April 19th from 10:00 A.M.–11:30 A.M. in Bldg. 6100 Executive Blvd., in Conference Room 6D01. The IAC will, at a minimum, discuss the results of the collaborative efforts of the subcommittees on the GWAC comparative analysis and the subcommittee minutes as presented by each Subcommittee Chairperson, NITAAC Contract Performance, and the ongoing efforts of the NITAAC Outreach and Education Team.
Your input is requested on any new agenda items for the
next IAC meeting. Please propose your
desired agenda items or your desire to participate on the IAC Subcommittees as
a new member. You may send your inputs to: Rusty Wall, rwall@csc.com and/or Victor Powers, powersv@od.nih.gov
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A.M. - 11:30 A.M. Bldg. 6100 Executive Blvd. Conference Room 6D01