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GSA faces first two Polaris protests

More could be coming as the General Services Administration works toward making additional awards in specific small business categories.

  • By Nick Wakeman

2024’s unfinished business that carries over to 2025

These stories started in 2024, but are not even close to the finish line.

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COMMENTARY: Trump’s promise and the chaos ahead

The continuing resolution battle is a preview of an administration that wants to bring reforms into government, as long as it can avoid derailing its own agenda.

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How Booz Allen thrives on tech disruption

Richard Crowe, who leads Booz Allen's civilian business, sees artificial intelligence adoption and expertise as keys to the company’s continued growth.

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Small businesses object to their exclusion from $5B USAID vehicle

Two companies are challenging the U.S. Agency for International Development's decision to only select a pair of small businesses for the stability support services program.

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Judge says Groundswell can add former SAP exec to legal team

Accenture Federal Services and the Army did not want Uli Werner to access sealed documents in Groundswell's fight over a $1 billion business system consolidation contract.

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MetTel loses shot at Coast Guard contract

The company's protest was dismissed because it never submitted a proposal.

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Q2 Impact goes to court over its OASIS+ bid rejection

The company claims its waiver to use Huawei equipment should allow it to pursue a spot on the government-wide professional services contract.

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NASA grinds its way through SEWP VI questions

NASA has answered some 4,600 questions from industry so far about the $60 billion IT product vehicle. More answers are on the way before the agency can make awards.

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Army lets some protesters back into ITES-4H competition

But other challenges are still moving forward in court regarding how the Army has evaluated bids for the $10 billion multiple-award IT hardware contract.

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Former Stanley and ECS exec George Wilson starts a third chapter with cyber-focused acquisition

The veteran tech leader takes the helm of Valiant Solutions in a strategic private equity play.

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Why successful application modernization can be so hard to do

For this industry roundtable, executives cited misaligned expectations and a lack of strategic planning as problems even as there still are opportunities for success.

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CIO-SP4 court challenges swell to 26 companies

The protesters are continuing to challenge the evaluation process and past-performance scoring for this $50 billion IT contract.

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SEWP, GSA and DOD leaders to talk contracting at our next Power Breakfast

Join us for an exclusive morning of insights on government procurement strategies on Friday, Dec. 6.

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OASIS+ clears its final pre-award protest hurdle

A combination of denied protests and corrective actions means that every small business category of the massive professional services contract could be open for business by the end of this calendar year.

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More OASIS+ protests fall short

The Government Accountability Office has denied three more challenges to the government-wide contract's small business awards, leaving just two more to be resolved.

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Bid protests return to a long-term decline

The Government Accountability Office reports an 11% drop in cases for fiscal year 2024 after all the protests surrounding the CIO-SP4 vehicle fueled a spike in 2023.

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SSA seeks new data center space in western US

The Social Security Administration is planning a flexible, task order-based contract for colocation data center services.

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GAO starts to move on OASIS+ protest rulings with 2 denials

More decisions are due within the next two weeks on four remaining protests involving the government-wide professional services vehicle.

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Understanding stakeholders and missions matters more than ever as the market faces change

The second Trump administration will bring new priorities and new ways of doing business, but supporting the customer should remain your top priority.

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Industry execs weigh potential impacts of presidential transition

A group of senior leaders at government contractors outline the challenges and opportunities they see in a second Trump term.

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