Information Technology

The CCA of 1996 provided current law on managing Information Technology (IT) and required compliance with the CCA for all IT systems, including those in weapons and weapon system programs. Additional legislative requirements for certification of Major Automated Information System (MAIS) compliance with the CCA and for registration of Mission Critical (MC) or Mission Essential (ME) IT systems have been imposed by recent DoD Authorization and Appropriations Acts. Remember the three "C's" of CCA. ALL IT must be CCA compliant; MC or ME IT systems must be confirmed; and all MAIS (ACAT IAM and ACAT IAC) programs must be certified.

All IT purchases at NAVAIR Orlando are made through the SIGMA ERP software program. Within SIGMA, the create PID/PR transaction is used to purchase the IT.

All IT projects will have a CCA Compliance form on file prior to processing a PID/PR for approval.

Detailed information on CCA can be found at the NAVAIR Clinger Cohen Act (CCA) home page

To avoid the potential for duplication of expenditures for IT capabilities that are available under the NMCI contract IT shall be purchased under the NMCI contract.

When the IT cannot be purchased with NMCI then a waiver form is required. There are four categories of exemptions and two-dollar thresholds (over or under $25,000) for signatures on this form. Plan accordingly for the lead-time that can be required for signatures.

Exemptions:
1. The specific hardware, hardware maintenance, software or telecommunications are essential to successful execution of a command or program initiative and it is clearly needed before it can be delivered under the NMCI contract.
2. The proposed contract actions are for IT services for which the period of performance will expire before the requiring activity transitions to NMCI.
3. The proposed purchase/contract actions are unavailable under the NMCI contract.
4. The requiring activity is exempted from using the NMCI contract.