National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NOAA Mission IT Services

In November 2020, the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded its NOAA Mission Information Technology Services (NMITS) contract vehicle, a small business set-aside Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with five base years and a five-year option period. This $2.1B vehicle utilizes General Services Administration’s (GSA) IT Schedule 70 and is administered by a joint effort from the NOAA Office of the CIO (OCIO) / NOAALink Program Office (NPO) and NOAA’s Acquisition and Grants Office (AGO) / Corporate Services Acquisition Division (CSAD). The NMITS vehicle, referred to simply as “NMITS”, provides information technology (IT) services, solutions, and support and will be utilized by all NOAA Offices. NMITS allows NOAA missions the ability to procure IT tools and support in areas such as enterprise services, application administration, enterprise and cloud computing, data and voice network services, and cybersecurity and information assurance. The vehicle is specifically designed to enhance performance (by pre-vetting vendors), invest in innovation (by focusing on emerging IT solutions and technology integration), and broad corporate engagement (by simplifying market research processes).