Speakers
Kevin Cooke
(IM-10)
Robert Gettings
(DOE OCIO)
Sue Dudek
(DOE OCIO)
Description
The Department of Energy spends approximately $2.2 billion annually on information technology. In the past, each Program Office, field office, site office, and major facility operating (M&O) contractor pursued their own software acquisitions, resulting in a fragmented set of contracts for the same products, services, and capabilities. In order to leverage the buying power of the entire DOE complex to negotiate maximum cost savings, the DOE Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) instituted the Enterprise-Wide Agreement (EWA) program.
The objective of the EWA program is to reduce total cost of ownership and acquisition cycle times by consolidating Department-wide COTS software license purchases in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR). This is done by coordinating the purchase of enterprise-wide license agreements (ELAs) and blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
This presentation will provide an overview of the EWA program, describe recent accomplishments, and discuss the benefits to the labs and vendors in participating.
Primary author
Kevin Cooke
(IM-10)
Co-authors
Robert Gettings
(DOE OCIO)
Sue Dudek
(DOE OCIO)