Services Ordering Process
Advertising and Integrated Marketing Solutions | AIMS
AIMS is a competitively awarded contract. Each client agency has specific contract procedures that it will follow when using this simplified procurement process. Orders flow directly from the client agency to Westat. There is no middleman, no bureaucracy to deal with, no need to advertise, and no need to deal with anyone outside your own agency. The following are general rules that GSA has proposed.
Proposals Based on the Best-value Determination
When the Customer selects Westat based on a best-value determination, these are the steps that can be followed:
Step 1: Westat meets with the Customer to define and document the requirements.
Step 2: The Customer reviews the project definition and modifies it as necessary.
Step 3: Westat advises the Customer of the labor mix and the cost to meet the identified project requirements.
Step 4: The Customer provides the project definition and funding documents to its internal Contracting Officer.
Step 5: The Customer's Contracting Office executes the purchase order and issues it directly to Westat. The purchase order should include Westat's AIMS Contract Number (GS-23F-0155K).
Step 6: Westat begins the work.
