# NITAAC Cancels CIO-SP4 GWAC

The NIH IT Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) officially cancelled the CIO-SP4 governmentwide acquisition contract in February 2026 due to over 90% service duplication with existing GSA and NASA contract vehicles, particularly in health IT. NITAAC will stop accepting new orders after October 29, 2026, and all task orders will conclude by December 31, 2028. Many non-HHS orders are transitioning to the General Services Administration (GSA) to streamline federal IT procurement and reduce redundancies.

- **Why this matters:** Procurement professionals should anticipate the phase-out of CIO-SP4 and plan for transitioning orders to GSA or other existing vehicles, especially for health IT services.
- Agencies and contractors currently using CIO-SP4 must prepare for the October 29, 2026 cutoff for new orders and the December 31, 2028 task order completion deadline.
- This consolidation signals a federal effort to optimize IT acquisition vehicles, reducing overlap and improving procurement efficiency.
- Vendors should evaluate opportunities under GSA and NASA contract vehicles as CIO-SP4 orders wind down, adjusting business development strategies accordingly.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Information Technology
**Topics:** Contracting Vehicles
**Published:** September 16, 2026

### Government Entities
- NIH IT Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC)
- General Services Administration (GSA)
- Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

### Key Quotes
> I think long gone are the days of having truly substantive protests, unless they’re actually that. Now it’s more a business decision, especially for bigger vehicles like us, and companies thinking about the potential revenue earnings or revenue stream for a $50 billion vehicle.
> — Ricky Clark, Director of NITAAC

### Sources
- [
        CIO-SP4 post-mortem: GWAC was not longer relevant, needed | Federal News Network](https://federalnewsnetwork.com/contractsawards/2026/09/cio-sp4-post-mortem-gwac-was-not-longer-relevant-needed) - federalnewsnetwork.com