Contracts

DCS loses latest protest, but the challenges might not be over

DCS' challenges to the Army's corrective action involving this $251.7 million task order are dismissed, but the opportunity to raise objections remains if the contract again goes to Amentum.

DISA sets release date for follow-on cloud solicitation

The Defense Information Systems Agency is pushing to expand its $9 billion cloud vehicle beyond the big four hyperscalers.

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DHS wraps up Oracle's Cumulus cloud contract

The Department of Homeland Security has two more hyperscaler awards to finalize before it can move ahead on a separate competition for this enterprise cloud program.

Lockheed's $10.5B Special Operations award faces protest

General Dynamics' One Source arm is arguing the command's logistics and sustainment award decision was unreasonable.

Navy planning small business R&D contract

The Naval Research Laboratory wants to hire a provider of research-and-development work that focuses on how solar activity impacts satellites and Earth's ionosphere.

What history tells us about the potential government shutdown

Kicking the funding can down the road would prevent a government shutdown during the November midterms, but a flip of either the House or Senate would increase the odds of a prolonged December shutdown.

GAO to DOGE: The ‘Wall of Receipts’ does not add up

The Government Accountability Office's review backs up what reporters and other observers were finding all along: overstated savings, undisclosed data problems and a wall that still cannot be trusted.

Space Force launches $300M ground operations support recompete

A final solicitation is now live for the Hybrid Architecture and Development for Experimental Systems contract, which Space Force set up as a way to protect satellites from inefficient coding or commands.

GSA's agenda for resellers focuses on service pricing transparency

The General Services Administration's strategy for more unified technology purchases starts with baseline pricing for products, then eyes resellers as providing nearly everything else agencies need.

DHA wants out of the test infrastructure business it built

The Defense Health Agency says it is paying for capacity it does not use and now wants a commercial fix, not a bigger contract.

Contractor alleges Army inappropriately used AI to make $450M contract award

An industry lawyer anticipates more bid protests will likely allege that agencies misused AI in the procurement process but that could be hard to prove if agencies don’t report their use of AI as “high-impact.”

Library of Congress awards 5 seats on $162M IT support contract

Library officials created the contract to help it run network, database and web-based applications.

CGI Federal books $251 million contract to modernize GSA's financial operations

The company will continue supporting the General Services Administration's Pegasys financial management system and multi-tenant shared application environment.

File-naming blunders doomed MAPS protest, not ambiguities

JAAW Group’s protest also was dinged because it cited a non-existent case, which the Government Accountability Office cited as evidence of careless use of artificial intelligence.

12 firms land spots on DHS's $1.5 billion counter-unmanned aircraft contract

The Homeland Security Department set up this contract to cover hardware, software and services for many types of operational use cases.

DHA picks 12 for $300M product deployment contract

The Defense Health Agency hires a pool of companies to aid its deployment, training, change management and sustainment activities.

CACI lands $500M contract to scale up SkyValor counter-drone system

The system is moving into full-rate production following a series of tests at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma.