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Leidos fights for another chance at $89B national biomedical lab contract

The company has supported the only federally-funded research and development center focused on medical research for 17 years, but a challenger has wrestled the contract away.

  • By Nick Wakeman

FAR overhaul: The challenges in tackling federal procurement’s 5,000-page beast

The General Services Administration's acting leader outlines a blueprint for how the Trump administration wants to streamline regulations, a move aimed at opening the market to more competition and "best-in-class" companies.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Adapt or perish: How contractors can plot their courses through an uncertain market

A panel of industry veterans points to technology pivots and partnerships as among their keys to thriving in a transforming landscape.

  • By Nick Wakeman

GSA tightens enforcement of minimum sales requirements for schedule holders

The Trump Administration and DOGE revive revenue thresholds to cut administrative costs and remove poor performing schedule holders.

  • By Nick Wakeman

What these 5 hot federal contracts say about today's market

GovTribe’s newest list of its most-viewed opportunities highlight professional services, cybersecurity and IDIQ contracts as priorities amid government transition.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Centralized federal procurements bring plenty of risks, potential rewards

DOGE is considering whether to designate the General Services Administration as the mandatory purchasing center for civilian agencies. But history suggests that competition drives innovation and efficiency, not consolidation.

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Last protests cleared for SEWP VI

NASA can make awards for the potential $60 billion government-wide IT contract vehicle whenever the evaluation process ends.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Trump’s ‘pincer maneuver’ reshapes federal contracting landscape

Contractors are under more pressure than before to justify value and embrace innovation as the DOGE seeks radical efficiencies through cuts and process reforms.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Energy to reconsider $3.5B IT contract award to Accenture

A pair of protests have prompted the department to take a second look at claims of improper pricing evaluation.

  • By Nick Wakeman

GovCon enters uncharted territory in Trump's efficiency push

The combination of federal workforce reductions and spending cuts are providing little clarity to the industry.

  • By Nick Wakeman

How contractors can navigate the Trump era

David Berteau, CEO of the Professional Services Council, offers strategic advice for companies to consider as the federal landscape undergoes rapid transformation.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Full faith and credit crisis: The true costs of unpaid government invoices

How the administration’s payment freeze threatens many government contractors and could disrupt the entire federal marketplace.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Certification question puts woman-owned business contract at risk

Strategic Alliance is challenging its elimination from an award on the OASIS+ professional services vehicle, claiming an inconsistent application of certification requirements.

  • By Nick Wakeman
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Supreme Court rejects Trump’s bid to freeze USAID payments

In a 5-4 ruling, the justices require the administration to honor existing aid and contracts obligations while the legal battle continues.

  • By Nick Wakeman

NTT Data contests $111M CDC contract on technicality

The incumbent is challenging the rival’s eligibility over a corporate name discrepancy in the government's official database of who its contractors are.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Some cancelled VA contracts disappear from ‘Wall of Receipts’ as more cuts loom

Despite inconsistencies, veteran-owned businesses are bearing the brunt of the DOGE-driven eliminations at the Veterans Affairs Department.

  • By Nick Wakeman

VA targets 585 ‘non-mission critical’ contracts for elimination

The Veterans Affairs Department claims $900 million in savings and that the cuts will not impact health care, benefits or services.

  • By Nick Wakeman

COMMENTARY: The chainsaw approach to cutting government promises more damage than results

The new GovCon oversight strategy seems to go like this: Make big, broad accusations of wrongdoing and then watch your targets squirm.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Veteran-owned small firms hit first by VA's push for $2B in contract cuts

Service-disabled veteran entrepreneurs bear 89% of the claimed savings. Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins claims this is just step one.

  • By Nick Wakeman

NVIDIA's Anthony Robbins calls it a career

The long-time GovCon executive is retiring after 39 years at companies like NVIDIA, AT&T and Oracle.

  • By Nick Wakeman

SEWP VI faces small business challenges

A protest involving a now-deleted sustainability requirement is dismissed, but three other challenges go on and NASA cannot award the $60 billion IT contract until they are resolved.

  • By Nick Wakeman