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Transportation adds digital services to 1DOT initiative with possible $1.9B pact

The department aims to release the solicitation in August and targeting March 2027 for awards.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Gruenbaum heading for the exit from GSA

Laura Stanton will lead the General Services Administration’s acquisition shop on an interim basis.

  • By Ross Wilkers

GSA drops 'disadvantaged' from small business office name

The rebranding reflects the Trump administration's broader rollback of diversity and equity programs, though statutory protections remain in place.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Optum's federal arm wins $1.6B military care contract

The Remote Health Reserve Program supports efforts by active duty, reserve and National Guard components to maintain a deployable force.

  • By Ross Wilkers

State embarks on search for new content management software platform

The State Department is succinct with this line its request for information: “Custom-built or unproven solutions will not be considered.”

  • By Ross Wilkers

Amentum secures INDOPACOM supply contract after incumbent's protest denied

Amentum unseated SupplyCore for the contract to support roughly 100 military installations across Japan.

  • By Nick Wakeman
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AI is expanding the federal attack surface. Here’s how agencies are responding.

ATARC's next event gathers cloud security practitioners from across the government on April 16 in Reston, Virginia.

  • By Nick Wakeman

DISA starts to build recompete for DOD's Microsoft 365 support contract

The Defense Information Systems Agency is planning a follow-on to the task order General Dynamics has held since 2021, while extending the incumbent's work through May 2027.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Air Force Research Lab cancels $10B vehicle

Air Force leaders will reassess the strategy for acquiring research-and-development support from industry.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Navy readies recompete for combat systems engineering support

The work spans AEGIS, ballistic missile defense and nuclear survivability. But only holders of the Seaport contract vehicle are eligible.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Space Force picks 14 for $1.8B object tracking contract

Established defense market giants and newer, mostly venture-backed startups are in the awardee pool.

  • By Ross Wilkers

GAO warns DOD’s CMMC fix could become the program’s biggest threat

Waivers are a legitimate risk management tool, but the Government Accountability Office believes over-reliance on them could undermine the cyber and supply chain security initiative's core premise.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Why your program managers are winning deliverables but losing recompetes

Execution excellence can become the enemy of on-contract growth, writes business development expert Nic Coppings.

  • By Nic Coppings
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NASA seeks commercial contractor to build new Mars communications network

Only companies that worked on the Mars Sample Return program need apply, narrowing the field to a handful of space industry heavyweights.

  • By Nick Wakeman

DHA starts the bidding for $300M tech deployment support contract

The Defense Health Agency has structured this multiple-award effort to focus on health care delivery and operational medicine.

  • By Ross Wilkers

DCSA launches $495M background check support solicitation

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency moves ahead on the next iteration of a contract that supports continuous vetting efforts.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Budget pressure is simplifying federal procurement, and separating winners from losers

LPTA, HTRO and controlled competition are rewriting the rules of federal contracting, writes Katie Helwig, president of Mild Red LLC.

  • By Katie Helwig

GAO details why KBR lost $1.8B NASA spaceflight contract

A rival joint venture’s cost advantage and KBR’s declining performance scores doomed the incumbent’s challenge.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Too little, too late: GAO dismisses Z SofTech’s SEWP VI protest

The company missed deadlines and filed bare-bone objections in its bid to challenge elimination from the IT competition.

  • By Nick Wakeman

DOD prioritizes prototyping in $1.4B research contract recompete

The Defense Department seeks industry expertise in artificial intelligence, hypersonics and electronic warfare for emerging technology efforts.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Army launches $50B IT, professional services solicitation

Industry will have roughly one month to finalize bids for the 10-year Marketplace for the Acquisition of Professional Services vehicle.

  • By Ross Wilkers