POTS Development and Solution Support

Background
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the nation’s leading medical research agency and the primary Federal agency whose mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and apply that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, reduce illness and disability, and conduct, support, and make medical discoveries that improve people’s health and save lives. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) is an institute within the NIH that conducts research into the causes, treatments, and preventions of neurological disorders and stroke. The NINDS mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the brain and nervous system and use that knowledge to reduce the burden of neurological disease. The NINDS Division of Intramural Research (DIR) Information Technology Program (ITP) plays a critical role in providing and supporting the information technology resources necessary to further the mission of NINDS and other collaborating ICs (Institutes or Centers) at NIH.

Work Details
The contract involves the development and solution support for the Purchasing Online Tracking System (POTS). POTS assists with the submission and tracking of purchase orders through a Web-based system, facilitates transactions between end-users in each IC, tracks procurement life cycle, ensures compliance with requirements, and serves as a workload management and acquisition trending tool.

The specific requirements are divided into three sections: Application Development, Operations and Maintenance, and Innovation and Modernization Solutions.