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Welcome to the Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations

The OLAO is proud to celebrate another year of providing a wide variety of high quality products and outstanding services to the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Health and Human Services and other Federal agencies. We take pride in being NIH's premier central services organization for personal property, logistics and acquisition services, and a valued business partner to the other agencies we support. We continue to work diligently to improve our products and services and remain committed to providing the highest quality of services to our customers.

The OLAO staff is pleased to showcase our products and services and to keep you up to date on all of the new and exciting things that are happening in OLAO. From blackberries to reverse auctions, to renting a vehicle from Enterprise Car Rental, or learning more about NIH's Purchase Card Program, the primary goal of our site is to ensure we have a "user-friendly, customer focused web-page, designed to allow you easy access to our products, services and policies.

Our home page and related links are part of our continuing efforts to enhance the quality of our service delivery to you, our most valued customer. To enable us to better meet your needs, we need your input. Please let us know what you like about our site, what you think we need to do better, or what you think is missing and should be added. Please e-mail your ideas and suggestions to artisb@od.nih.gov .

Sincerely,

Antonio R. Rodriguez

Acting Associate Director, Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations

Featured Spotlight

SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION (SA) - “PATHWAY TO KNOWLEDGE”
LECTURE SERIES V
GENERAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATION (GSA)
FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICES

SPEAKER:

Ms. Johnetta Edward-Fords is the Customer Service Director at the General Services Administration (GSA). She will be presenting the various services that the U.S. General Service Administration has to offer. As a Customer Service Director for the Business Development Division, her presentation will provide us with the GSA tools necessary to perform and enhance our acquisitions.

What Everyone Needs to Know About GSA Services:

EBuy – is an online Request for Quotes (RFQ) tools which allows buyers to obtain quotes and issue orders for products and services offered by sellers on the GSA/VA Multiple Award Schedules (MAS) programs and Government-wide Acquisition Contracts (GWAC)s
GSA Advantage – Search by Keyword, Browse by Category and Specialty Category, refining your search and advance, order history and order status, etc.
Schedules E-Library – Source for the latest GSA and VA Federal Supply Schedules and GWAC contract award information.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

Simplified Acquisition staff including Purchasing Agents, P-Card Holders, Buyers and Approvers
All who are interested

TIME AND LOCATION:

The U.S. General Services Administration session is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, May 21, 2008, 9:30am -11:30am, at the Neuroscience Center, 6001 Executive Blvd -Conference Room D, Rockville, MD. Be sure to bring your ID badge.

Important Links


•	NITAAC (NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center)
•	NIH Stock Supply Catalog
•	Purchase Card Training
•	Announcements
•	Self-Service Stores
•	New and Deleted Items in the Central Storeroom
•	Awarded Contracts
•	NIH-wide BPA List, dated 5/15/2008
•	NIH Property 2006 Inventory Progress Report
•	Helplines
•	FAQs
•	BPA Commodity List, dated 5/15/2008
•	DCIS Guidance
•	Discontinued Items in the Central Storeroom