Software, Networks, Information, Modeling and Simulation Technical Area Tasks (TATs), or SNIM, is an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Contract for Research & Development (R&D) and/or Advisory & Assistance Services related to R&D efforts. It includes the following focus areas of interest: Information Assurance, Software Data & Analysis, Knowledge Management & Information Sharing and Modeling and Simulation. DoD information Analysis Centers (IACs) that operate in the SNIM technical domain areas are DACS, IATAC, and MSIAC. To learn more about the SNIM Contract Characteristics including available contractors, available services, contract ceilings, customer shared direct costs, etc., please visit the SNIM Contract Characteristics page. Below is a flowchart of the Task Order Award process.
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TATs are separately funded work efforts over and above basic IAC products and services. SNIM TATs complement the work already being done at DACS, IATAC, and MSIAC. They provide valuable analysis and R&D solutions to tough Information Assurance, Software Data & Analysis, Knowledge Management and Modeling and Simulation problems.
TATs create new Scientific and Technical Information (STI), which is added to the appropriate IAC repository (i.e. DACS, IATAC, or MSIAC) making it readily available to the scientific community. This allows the STI to be researched and reused by others in the community, thus saving federal resources.
TATs are very flexible and can vary from a fraction of a staff year to several staff years. Costs may vary from a few thousand dollars to several million dollars. TATs may be ordered by DoD components, other Government agencies, industry and academia.
All customers who wish to use SNIM must submit a requirements package. An Ordering Guide for preparing your requirements package and filling out applicable templates can be found below. Each requirements package will consist of the following documents:
Per the IAC Requirements Ordering Guide, incomplete requirements packages cannot be processed for Task Order award. Please ensure your requirements package is complete and contains all the documents listed in the IAC Requirements Package Checklist.
When you're ready to submit your requirements package, please use the Requirements Management System (RMS) https://iac.dtic.mil/iacrms_submit
The Requirements Management System (RMS) is a new web-based program used to streamline the requirements management process. RMS allows customers to submit their requirements directly to the Information Analysis Centers (IAC) Program Management Office (PMO) via the Web. Users can access RMS from any web browser or operating system. RMS replaces the prior requirements system, PREMIS, and will be used on all new requirements (i.e., both SNIM and Legacy contracts).
