The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has been designated as an executive agent for purposes of providing Information Technology (IT) to the government. Under this authority, NIH established Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) to support the full range of IT needs across the federal government. The NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) has combined two contracts, Chief Information Officer - Solutions and Partners 2 Innovations (CIO-SP2i) and the Image World 2 New Dimensions (IW2nd) GWACs, which have in expired December 2010. The successor contract will continue to support government IT efforts with a focus on health and biomedical-related IT services in support of federal agencies' health missions.