NIH / NITAAC Organizational Structure

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NITAAC is winding down. This is official, dated, and load-bearing for your pipeline. On June 9, 2026, NITAAC published notice that the HHS Senior Procurement Executive, acting under EO 14240 and OMB M-25-31, sunsets ALL NITAAC GWACs (CIO-SP3, CIO-SP3 Small Business, CIO-CS) on October 29, 2026: that is the last day to award new orders. Orders awarded on or after June 8, 2026 cannot run past December 31, 2028, and all NITAAC program functions cease that day. Future requirements move to GSA vehicles. There is no successor: CIO-SP4 was cancelled via a January 30, 2026 court filing (trade press; the vehicle is verifiably gone from the official portfolio). If you hold CIO-SP3 seats, your recompete path is Alliant 3, Polaris, or MAS IT. The nitaac.nih.gov home page, re-read October 19, 2026, still carries the sunset notice and has added an "IMPORTANT REMINDER: NITAAC Program Sunset Timeline" item and an "FY2026 Year-End Operations" item (both September 25, 2026) plus an NIH/GSA Industry Overview dated August 31, 2026.

Office of the Director, NIH

Director · Senate-Confirmed

Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD

Director, NIH (18th)

Confirmed Mar 25, 2025; took office Apr 1, 2025 · also served as acting CDC director in 2026 until Schwartz's confirmation

Principal Deputy

Matthew J. Memoli, MD, MS

Principal Deputy Director

Management

Alfred C. Johnson, PhD

Deputy Director for Management

Extramural

Jon R. Lorsch, PhD

Deputy Director for Extramural Research

Intramural

Roland A. Owens, PhD

Acting Deputy Director for Intramural Research

Acting

Strategy

Nicole C. Kleinstreuer, PhD

Deputy Director for Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives

Information Technology

CIO · Permanent as of Jul 26, 2026

Maureen Falvella

NIH CIO · Director, Office of the CIO

Acting since Sep 2025, made permanent Jul 26, 2026

Deputy CIO

Joe Henke

Acting NIH Deputy CIO

Concurrently CIO, National Human Genome Research Institute

Acting

Security

Craig Hayn

Acting NIH CISO

Concurrently CISO, National Cancer Institute

Acting

The 27 ICs

27 Institutes and Centers

Still operating as 27. The FY2026 budget proposed consolidating to 8 entities with a ~40% cut; that is a proposal requiring Congressional action, not an enacted change.

The Contracting Chain

HCA · Permanent

Olga M. Acosta

Director, Office of Acquisition and Logistics Management (OALM) · Head of Contracting Activity

Verified live Aug 25, 2026 on the OALM homepage; consistent with the April 2026 HHS HCA roster · olga.acosta@nih.gov

OLAO

Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations

OALM sub-office and NITAAC's parent. Four divisions; no current director is named on its official page.

NITAAC

Ricky Clark

Director, NITAAC

Named Director Jan 17, 2025 (deputy since 2021; succeeded Brian Goodger, now HRSA HCA). Deputy seat: no successor announced. Now running the wind-down.

The NITAAC Portfolio: Sunset Board

CIO-SP3

Sunsetting

Last day for new orders Oct 29, 2026 · orders awarded on/after Jun 8, 2026 capped at POP end Dec 31, 2028 · CO: Tracy Holmes

CIO-SP3 Small Business

Sunsetting

All tracks (SB/WOSB, 8(a), SDVOSB, HUBZone) · same Oct 29, 2026 cutoff

CIO-CS

Sunsetting

IT commodities vehicle; its OMB mandatory-source role for laptop/desktop buys ends with the program · CO: Wanda M. Holliday

CIO-SP4

Cancelled · never awarded

Withdrawn via Jan 30, 2026 court filing citing EO 14240 (trade press); absent from the official portfolio

Capture read: the wind-down makes the org chart above a countdown clock. Task orders you want under CIO-SP3 pricing must be awarded by October 29, 2026 and delivered by December 31, 2028. Everything after that competes on GSA paper, where the buyer relationships are the ASD program offices, not NITAAC. Move your NIH customer conversations to "which GSA vehicle do we meet on next" now.

Sources. NIH leadership roster (verified 2026-08-25; re-verified 2026-10-05 and 2026-10-19 with no change to the Office of the Director nodes; page reviewed 2026-07-29, nih.gov). NIH Director bio (nih.gov). NIH OCIO leadership (ocio.nih.gov). OALM homepage naming Acosta as Director and HCA (oalm.od.nih.gov). NITAAC sunset notice, June 9, 2026 (nitaac.nih.gov; home page re-read 2026-10-19: sunset still posted, with the September 25, 2026 sunset-timeline reminder and FY2026 year-end operations items and the August 31, 2026 NIH/GSA Industry Overview added). Clark appointment (nitaac.nih.gov). GWAC status pages (CIO-SP3, CIO-SP3 SB, CIO-CS). CIO-SP4 cancellation detail: Washington Technology and Federal News Network, pending a primary court document. FY2026 IC-consolidation proposal: STAT reporting on the Congressional budget justification. Data current as of October 19, 2026.

What changed since this was published? Vacancies fill. Acting designations turn Permanent. We re-verify quarterly. If you spot a stale entry, email mary@missionmeetstech.com · we will update and re-cite.

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