Accelerating Mission Outcomes through Technalink’s ONIX OTA
Technalink, Inc. is a certified Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) delivering secure, scalable, and future-ready digital solutions across cybersecurity, data, cloud, and enterprise IT. Since 2000, Technalink has helped federal agencies accelerate mission outcomes through innovation, trust, and excellence.
As a core member of the ONIX Other Transaction Authority (OTA), Technalink empowers government agencies to access one of the fastest and most flexible contracting vehicles available today. This membership reinforces Technalink’s commitment to helping agencies deploy emerging technologies, streamline acquisition, and achieve mission success faster and more efficiently.
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What is the ONIX OTA
The ONIX Other Transaction Authority (OTA) is a proven, government approved acquisition pathway that accelerates innovation and delivers mission critical solutions across the Department of War, Federal Civilian Agencies, and the Intelligence Community. Designed as a rapid acquisition process, ONIX OTA enables agencies to procure technologies, services, prototypes, and mission support capabilities at the speed of relevance. Federal leaders increasingly acknowledge that traditional procurement is too slow, costly, and complex. OTAs were created to solve this problem, providing the government with alternative, flexible, and innovative friendly mechanisms for contracting outside the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).
What Makes the ONIX OTA Different
Unlike traditional consortium based OTAs, the ONIX OTA operates under a DOGE friendly Public Private Model that removes barriers, fees, and administrative complexity. ONIX allows agencies to work directly with industry, connecting government and solution providers through a simple, transparent, and compliant process.
Key Differences and Advantages of ONIX OTA:
Speed: Rapid Acquisition with awards in 6-8 weeks.
Direct Access: Agencies can work directly with product and service providers, no consortium or middle layer required.
Outside the FAR: Operates fully outside the Federal Acquisition Regulation, enabling flexible and fast procurement without compliance bottlenecks.
No FAR Competition, No Protest: Allows direct awards without delays or risks associated with FAR competitive procurement or protest.
DOGE Approved: Endorsed by the Department of Government Efficiency for its transparent, repeatable, and proven contracting framework.
Streamlined Process: One page statement of work and simple MIPR or IAA packages for execution.
Open Ended Ceiling: Expansive contract capacity exceeding 100 million dollars.
Extended Performance: Terms of up to 10 years, providing unmatched flexibility for long term programs.
Flexible Authorities: Four pathways CSO and OTAs (4021, 4022, 4023) covering hardware, software technologies, services, training, and prototypes
Proven Model: Public private partnership with no traditional consortium required; over 100 task orders executed for the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, DIU, DLA, ARL, and OUSD.
Structure: Removes the common challenges seen in traditional OTAs and for-profit consortiums such as membership fees and conflicting member interests.
Why It’s Unique and Valuable for Both Government and Industry
The ONIX OTA represents a next generation public private partnership designed to accelerate procurement, reduce risk, and enhance collaboration. Unlike most OTAs, ONIX is not a consortium. It is a direct access vehicle that fosters agility, competition, and accountability.
For Government:
- Completely outside the FAR, eliminating collaboration barriers with industry, FAR bureaucracy, and unnecessary layers of complexity. Designed for speed and efficiency.
- Fast awards within 8 weeks, reduced overhead, and direct engagement with trusted partners.
- Flexible funding and simplified contracting which assists with color of money constraints.
- Sole source authority for direct award with no protest risk and no FAR based delays.
- Ability to prototype, test, and transition solutions to full production without further competition.
- Compliance with NDAA and DOWD acquisition guidance for alternative, non-FAR procurement.
- Cannot be protested! No justification required. Government chooses the awardee, not the contracting center.
For Industry:
- Direct collaboration with Government customers to include follow-on contracts, pilots and proof of concepts.
- A level playing field for both traditional and non-traditional vendors to compete and deliver quickly.
- Prime-like advantage where contractors maintain direct privity with the government, can cite work as past performance, and seamlessly transition to follow on production.
- No barriers such as consortium membership, 51 percent small business split requirement, or cost accounting system requirements, making it equally advantageous for both large and small businesses, as well as partnerships.
- Budget friendly operations outside the FAR, bypassing continuing resolution risks while maintaining transparency and auditability.
The ONIX OTA bridges the gap between innovation and implementation, enabling agencies to acquire capabilities quickly, securely, and efficiently while empowering industry to deliver cutting-edge solutions without administrative drag. Because missions cannot wait, Technalink offers a proven, government-approved rapid acquisition pathway that accelerates procurement and innovation. Through Technalink and ONIX OTA, agencies gain speed, accountability, and transparency to access industry’s best solutions and deliver mission success faster.
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AJ Shehadi, SVP
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