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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

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
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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

Air Force seeks data migration solution for classified 3DExperience systems

This new market research effort focuses on air-gapped engineering environments.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Agency CIOs must supply top-down IT contract information, OMB memo states

The guidance aims to help enforce legal mandates that chief information officers have full visibility into their agency’s IT spend.

  • By Natalie Alms
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GSA adds 4 woman-owned small businesses to Polaris

This portion of the massive government-wide IT vehicle now has 51 winners, and the General Services Administration says it is not done with making awards.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Special Operations Command opens proposal window for $2.6B services contract

The command uses this contract's current iteration to acquire subject matter expertise and other knowledge-based services from small businesses.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Judge sides with VA in T4NG2 protest case

The Veterans Affairs Department's potential 10-year, $60 billion IT modernization vehicle has been tied up in court for almost two years.

  • By Ross Wilkers

NIH opens the bidding for $3B professional services recompete

Work supports the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in vaccine research efforts, among other areas.

  • By Ross Wilkers

State starts to set up global logistics recompete

Iteration number two of the Diplomatic Platform Support Services contract will continue the current version's focus on lifecycle support and operations-and-maintenance work.

  • By Ross Wilkers

KBR wins $200M Transportation IT support recompete

Work will support the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, a key hub for advancing innovation and transforming the future of transportation systems.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Protests force the Army into a second redo of $237M soldier gear contract

Amentum has won the Product Manager Soldier Clothing and Individual Equipment contract twice, only to face fresh challenges each time.

  • By Nick Wakeman

DISA launches search for tactical data link contractors

The small business contract will run through 2030 to maintain tools that help military systems exchange standardized messages and data.

  • By Nick Wakeman