NASA SEWP VI

The NASA SEWP (Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement), pronounced "soup",

provides the latest Information Technology, Communications, and Audio-Visual

(ITC/AV) solutions and services for all Federal Agencies and their approved

contractors. Created in 1993, SEWP I was the first Government-Wide Acquisition

Contract (GWAC) in the federal acquisition space. Originally, the contract vehicle

provided only technology products for NASA and all other agencies. SEWP has

continually evolved over the past 30 years, expanding its scope to meet the requests

of its customers. The SEWP vehicle represents acquisition innovation within the

Federal Government. The program is self-funded through usage fees (0.34%) and

provides all Federal agencies with acquisition support - more than 50,000 orders a

year.

Contractors will be provided a fair opportunity at the individual order level as appropriate per FAR Part 16.505(b), including the SEWP RFQ tools. No documentation for order selection must be submitted with the order. All such documentation is to be maintained by the issuing procurement office.

The Contractor shall not market, quote or otherwise offer for sale any IT Solutions not listed under this contract until the said solutions are included in the SEWP database of record and available to all Government end-users. If the Government issues a Request for Information (RFI) as part of market research, the Contractor may provide items not yet listed on their SEWP contract as part of a market research quote if:

1. all such items are clearly marked as not yet available on their SEWP contract; and

2. the contractor submits a technology refreshment request to add those products to their contract.

If the Government issues a Request for Quote (RFQ) or a Market Research Request (MRR), the Contractor may only respond with items available on their Contract and the price of each item shall be no greater than the price in the Attachment F SEWP database of record at the time the quote is issued. If the Contractor has insufficient items on its contract to respond fully to the Formal RFQ, the Contractor must respond with a No Bid. Unless the RFQ specifically allows for partial quotes, the Contractor must respond fully to all requirements specified in the RFQ. When submitting a quote to a government end-user, the contractor must clearly state how long the quote is valid. The Contractor shall honor any order submitted within the stated quote validity period.

When responding to an RFI or RFQ issued from the NASA SEWP RFQ online quoting system, the Contractor must respond as outlined in Attachment C: Contract Holder User Manual (CHUM).

Contract Holders are prohibited from using Government information posted on the NASA SEWP Contract Holder Only Page, such as RFQs, RFIs, etc., for purposes other than proposing on SEWP requirements. This includes Contract Holders providing third parties with SEWP information and requirements to assist companies that are not SEWP Contract Holders in providing unsolicited proposals to meet agency requirements already posted to the NASA SEWP RFQ online quoting system.