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GSA names first group of Polaris small business vehicle selections

Exactly 100 companies have made the initial cut for the government-wide IT vehicle with three more blocks of awards to come later this year.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Accenture's federal arm wins major Army ERP contract

The Army is looking to centralize several of its business systems into a single SAP platform over the next eight years.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Defense industrial base unprepared for quick conflict responses, report warns

A study from George Mason University's Baroni Center for Government Contracting calls for a national strategy to bolster U.S. readiness and production capacity.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Navy starts $828M business support recompete

Awardees will compete for work to directly support the Navy’s objectives for its personnel, manpower and training initiatives.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Labor Department sets 2025 federal contractor minimum wages

Labor Department officials have set the range of minimum wages for contractors between $9.30 per hour for tipped workers to $17.75 per hour, depending on the job type.

  • By Erich Wagner

ODNI told to redo financial management contract

The Government Accountability Office looked at Guidehouse's protest against the award and found inconsistencies in how proposals were evaluated for this contract that supports the entire intelligence community.

  • By Nick Wakeman
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Veterans Affairs awards 10 seats on $2.4B user experience vehicle

The SPRUCE acronym for this contract aptly describes VA's goal to improve how it incorporates more modern and commercial-like software development practices.

  • By Ross Wilkers

DOD adds 13 to $48B tech research vehicle

The Defense Department now has 41 companies involved in this program focused on the preservation and sharing of information and knowledge related to military technology.

  • By Ross Wilkers

FDA backs away from $500M data modernization award

The Food and Drug Administration will take another look at proposals in the wake of protests that challenged how it evaluated the bids.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Energy chooses nonprofit for $5B national lab contract

Fermi Forward Discovery Group will manage and operate the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory that focuses on particle physics research.

  • By Nick Wakeman

FirstSource III battle moves to court

Three companies are challenging the evaluations and other factors behind awards for the Homeland Security Department's $10 billion commodity IT contract.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Dell wins $794M Adobe software supply contract

The global tech giant will also take on related upgrades, modernization and maintenance support.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Accenture books $90M CISA mission support award

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency wants more data analytics and vulnerability management solutions.

  • By Nick Wakeman
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HHS' equitable care agency awards 2 vehicles, $750M combined ceiling

The Health Resources and Services Administration chooses 10 firms for a evaluation support contract and 14 on a second pact directly tied to the U.S.' organ transplant network.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Mission systems sold separately: Air Force debuts ‘next-gen acquisition model’

Service says buying planes’ brains separately will help integrate the entire force.

  • By Audrey Decker

Protests challenge DHS' $10B FirstSource III contract

Close to a dozen companies are taking issue with the Homeland Security Department's evaluation process, pricing, and best-value decisions for the small business commodity IT vehicle.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Army Corps of Engineers seeks R&D support across multiple domains

A new broad agency announcement covers seven labs, emphasizes climate change, engineering, remote sensing and IT advancements.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Army unveils structure of bundled professional services, IT recompete

The future Marketplace for the Acquisition of Professional Services contract is poised to have five domains for interested bidders to consider.

  • By Ross Wilkers

MDA previews recompete of advisory, assistance services contracts

Whether the Missile Defense Agency will lean on the government's flagship professional services vehicle for this family of contracts remains an open question.

  • By Ross Wilkers

NASA sets out new timeline for SEWP VI

The strategic pause on this $60 billion IT vehicle is over after NASA says it will answer all industry questions by early November with proposals due the following month.

  • By Nick Wakeman

GAO decision shows how subjective 'best practices' are

Slalom’s loss to IBM in a $305.6 million competition and subsequent protest defeat is a lesson in why bidders need to seek clarity before they turn in their proposals.

  • By Nick Wakeman