Companies

Multiple priorities drive investments across the defense market

Increases to both global threats and the national debt create a complex business environment.

Companies

How Vibrint will push toward $500M revenue mark

CEO Tom Lash says the rebranded company's keys to growth include focusing on national security agencies and investments in technologies like cloud computing and artificial intelligence.

Contracts

Protests could delay Polaris awards

The small business IT contract faces challenges to how bidders can revise their proposals to update their past performance and experience examples.

Contracts

Federal Transit Administration seeks bids on $670M grant oversight contract

The multiple-award contract will support FTA’s main infrastructure grant program that distributes money to state and local governments.

Contracts

A reader's guide to the upcoming draft CMMC rule

Market observers have advice on what to read and how to comment when the Defense Department releases its proposed cybersecurity rule for the industrial base.

Contracts

AI executive order draws some praise, but where are the resources?

The order’s guardrails on artificial intelligence development and adoption also spotlight the importance, quality and location of data.

Contracts

More troubles for GSA's Polaris small business contract

A new protest raises a common complaint others have raised: mentor-protégé joint ventures have an unfair edge in the competition for the IT solutions vehicle.

Contracts

Federal CIO to industry: Build opportunity roadmaps off of executive orders

Clare Martorana believes companies should look to White House initiatives like the digital services memorandum as a guide for future business.

Contracts

DHS agrees to evaluate Arch Systems' allegedly 'corrupted' proposal

But the agency is not providing details on why it was unable to view the company's bid.

Opinion

The 2023 Fast 50 showcases small business tech skills

Our annual ranking of the government market's fastest-growing small businesses highlights all they do for agencies in key technology priorities like cyber, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and application development.

Opinion

CIO-SP4 drove spike in bid protests

Unhappiness with the National Institutes of Health's main IT contract vehicle contributed to a 22% increase in protests during the government's 2023 fiscal year.

Contracts

SEWP VI heads toward final solicitation

NASA sees its three-decade-old contract vehicle for buying IT products and services as having more flexibility.

Contracts

Awards for $60B Veterans Affairs IT vehicle look imminent

VA sounds confident enough to give a timeline for when it will make selections for the T4NG2 contract, even as one protest remains active in the courts.

Companies

CGI Federal brings the metaverse to Marine logistics

The company sees this pilot project as having broad implications across areas like defense, law enforcement and disaster recovery.

Companies

Google centers public sector strategy on alliances with integrators

This global tech giant's relationships with Accenture's federal subsidiary and Deloitte help show how partnering strategies are evolving in the government market.

Contracts

Losing bidder protests $333M VA cybersecurity award

The company alleges that the Veterans Affairs Department unreasonably evaluated its bid and conducted a flawed best-value tradeoff decision.

Contracts

OPM puts data at the center of human capital modernization

Contractors should focus on data standards as they develop solutions, a senior Office of Personnel Management official says.

Contracts

All sides ask court to dismiss case involving $1B DISA contract

It is unclear if the Defense Information Systems Agency will stand by its choice of American Systems or restart the competition.

Contracts

IBM loses attempt to change VA supply chain modernization contract evaluation

In this unsuccessful protest, Big Blue argued that the Veterans Affairs Department's approach restricted competition.

Companies

Bridge Core's busy agenda of acquisitions, new CEO and board appointments

The NewSpring Holdings-backed company is working on intelligence solutions around visualization, analytics and cybersecurity and other areas.