The National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center has lowered the fees for NIH’s government-wide acquisition contracts by up to 35 percent.
NITAAC said Tuesday it reduced the fees for CIO-SP3, CIO-SP3 small business, CIO-CS and value-added services due to the success of these programs.
“I’m so glad to be able to offer further savings to our government-wide customers,†said Robert Coen, program director at NITAAC.
“We’re doing all we can to improve efficiencies in our own program, so we can pass those savings along to our government-wide customers,†added Coen.
NITAAC cut the CIO-SP3 access fee from 1 percent to .65 percent, the CIO-SB3 small business from .75 percent to .55 percent and the CIO-CS from .50 percent to .35 percent.
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