Contracts

Early protests attack PACTS III solicitation

Several small businesses are challenging aspects of how the Homeland Security Department is running the $8.4 billion professional services contract vehicle.

Contracts

Army mulls bundling billions in professional services, IT vehicles

The service branch wants to create a consolidated and comprehensive marketplace that could replace two large vehicles with $49 billion in combined ceilings.

Contracts

NOAA awards 'Oceans' block of $8B services vehicle

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration moves ahead on its ProTech 2.0 small business contract with this round focused on NOAA's coastal mission.

Sponsor Content

Adapting to the AI Landscape: Strategies for Technological Evolution in the Public Sector

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force. Discover how AI extends beyond mere automation and plays a pivotal role in revolutionizing processes, fostering efficiency, and ensuring informed decision-making.

Contracts

Deloitte backs off SHARKCAGE protest

Accenture can now begin working on the $789 million Navy cybersecurity contract after Deloitte withdrew its challenge.

Contracts

Space Force's new commercial strategy emphasizes partnerships

The introduction to the document emphasizes the desire for a deeper and more integrated relationship with the industry to confront growing threats in space from near-peer adversaries.

Companies

Bernhard Capital Partners adds another Energy-focused contractor

The private equity firm now owns three companies focused on providing technical and other professional services to the Energy Department and its components.

Companies

Vibrint, pureLiFi form networking tech partnership

Their collaboration centers around secure light-based connectivity for intelligence agencies that do not use traditional wireless methods inside their secure facilities.

Companies

Los Alamos National Lab unveils new supercomputer primed for AI

NVIDIA, Hewlett Packard, and the Department of Energy jointly brought a new supercomputer to the New Mexico lab outfitted for processing large volumes of data.

Contracts

DHA starts to preview $290M acquisition support recompete

The draft request for proposals is now available for small businesses to read through and weigh in on.

Sponsor Content

Whole-of-state cybersecurity blueprint

This whitepaper provides a blueprint for developing a whole-of-state cybersecurity strategy based on best practices and built from real-world implementations.

Companies

How IBM blends AI and cyber for its federal clients

Artificial intelligence is one of the main priorities of Big Blue's corporate strategy and cybersecurity is a critical part of that.

Contracts

Army launches $3B energy services recompete

Iteration number four of the Energy Savings Performance Contracts program continues the Army's efforts to use those alternative financing mechanisms.

Companies

Bowman enters government market via acquisition

Surdex will bring to Bowman a line of business in digital orthoimagery, a technique that combines aerial photos with a map's geometric qualities.

Companies

Accenture's federal arm to acquire Cognosante

Accenture Federal Services is also creating a new health portfolio through this addition of 1,500 people to its team.

Contracts

Leidos books $267M Army C5ISR recompete

The company has supported the branch's Communications Electronics Command since 2011 and in the fielding of more than 9,000 systems to date.

Contracts

Two more join the T4NG2 protest fray

The $61 billion IT vehicle now has 16 protests at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and most of the complaints continue to focus on the Veterans Affairs Department's self-scoring methodology.

Podcasts

WT 360: The NDAA is both law and a business roadmap

RSM's government contracting gurus Luis Avila and Stephanie Smith highlight some key signposts in this annual piece of policy legislation that companies can and should use to shape their strategies.

Exclusive Contracts

New bill would greatly expand Defense Department quantum efforts

Proposed legislation would establish a quantum advisor and a new center of excellence.

Companies

Finance, tech and growth leadership moves across the market

One of the U.S.' longstanding nonprofit research-and-development organizations features, as does a space company that fetched $1.4 billion in Series A capital in 2021.

Companies

Bluestone forms partnership with ECS vets to find acquisition targets

Bluestone Investment Partners is joining forces with former ECS Federal executives George Wilson and Tom Weston to look for a company to buy and then build.