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FAA launches competition to modernize aging IT portfolio

The Federal Aviation Administration is using a challenge-based acquisition strategy that will require vendors to demonstrate, not just describe, their approach.

GAO backs Army’s sole-source extension to KBR’s LOGCAP contract

A challenge by an Amentum-Parsons joint venture fell short after the Government Accountability Office found the Army’s justification for a $3.1 billion extension as reasonable.

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MAG Aerospace loses OCI protest in $96M Army contract

The Army found no issues and signed a waiver that killed a key aspect of MAG's argument.

Small business drops challenge to $5.5B Salesforce sole-source contract

TurboVets’ brief protest questioned whether the Army properly justified awarding the Pentagon-wide contract without holding a competition.

CNO: ‘I need my stuff on time’

Adm. Daryl Caudle issued a direct call for transparent contracting with the maritime industrial base.

Army extends training support contract for third time

OST Inc. will now perform work through 2027 as the Army revises its acquisition strategy to meet the Trump administration's commercial contracting goals.

Oracle books $88M Air Force Cloud One contract

This award follows a $581 million contract with Amazon Web Services as the Air Force continues to build out its multi-cloud infrastructure.

154 firms face ouster from 8(a) program after failing financial eligibility test

The Small Business Administration's crackdown targets companies that have exceeded net worth, income and asset thresholds.

Air Force launches program for resilient intelligence platforms

The RAPID program will use traditional and other transaction authority contracts to develop cloud-based tools that can combine multiple intelligence sources with automation and cyber defense tools.

SAIC pushes back on $1.4B award that went to Accenture

The Army Corps of Engineers is using the five-year task order to modernize IT and cyber systems.

Marines want uncrewed systems to sout, carry supplies and maybe attack across all domains

A new sources sought notice outlines the Marine Corps' search for vehicles and vessels to use in land, air, sea and underwater operations.

Veterans Affairs decides to redo software license contract

The department will review its acquisition strategy for an enterprise asset management system following Four Inc.'s protest.

NASA opens bidding for $1.8B engineering support contract

Technical expertise will trump price in this competition to provide an on-demand technical workforce across dozens of disciplines.

GSA makes initial cut of choices for Polaris' woman-owned track

No one has been eliminated from the government-wide IT vehicle, which has a new group of 55 "apparently successful" bidders.

CIA announces new acquisition framework to speed tech adoption

DARPA alum Efstathia Fragogiannis joined the agency as its new procurement chief in November and will be spearheading the effort, according to a CIA official.

Veteran-owned business protests Army’s $5.5B sole-source Salesforce contract

TurboVets is challenging the Army's rationale for the award and claims can deliver a comparable platform and services.

Air Force charts new path to recompete nuclear missile support work

Instead of one big contract, the service branch will hold separate competitions for different lines of work to aid in the transition to a new ground-based system.