Title: SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT)  (Class Deviations M/OAA-DEV-FAR-16-1c and M/OAA-DEV-AIDAR-16-2c)

Subject Category: ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT

Purpose: 

The purpose of this AAPD is to provide new special contract requirements and revised AIDAR clause to ensure compliance with federal Information Technology (IT) security and accessibility requirements and guidelines, such as Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), OMB Circular A-130 Management of Federal Information Resources, M-14-03 Enhancing the Security of Federal Information and Information Systems, and others as specified in the revised clause/special contract requirements.          

Required Action: 

Contracting Officers (COs) must insert the attached revised clause/special contract requirements in solicitations and resulting awards (irrespective of award value) in accordance with the guidance below.

Note that this applies to solicitations and resulting contracts for supplies and/or services that include an IT supplies/services component (including cloud services), or include a requirement that the contractor have access to sensitive information.   Per the revised definition of IT below, the special contract requirements are applicable to any equipment/services or system(s) used by the Agency directly or used by a contractor under a contract that requires use of the services or equipment or system(s).  IT procured for host countries, e.g., Health Information System for Government of Kenya, laptops for El Salvador public schools, etc., is not subject to these special requirements.

AAPDs are EFFECTIVE AS OF THE ISSUED DATE unless otherwise noted in the guidance below; the directives remain in effect until this office issues a notice of cancellation.

Date Issued: 
Tuesday May 03, 2016