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Veterans Affairs awards 10 seats on $2.4B user experience vehicle

The SPRUCE acronym for this contract aptly describes VA's goal to improve how it incorporates more modern and commercial-like software development practices.

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DOD adds 13 to $48B tech research vehicle

The Defense Department now has 41 companies involved in this program focused on the preservation and sharing of information and knowledge related to military technology.

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FDA backs away from $500M data modernization award

The Food and Drug Administration will take another look at proposals in the wake of protests that challenged how it evaluated the bids.

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Energy chooses nonprofit for $5B national lab contract

Fermi Forward Discovery Group will manage and operate the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory that focuses on particle physics research.

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FirstSource III battle moves to court

Three companies are challenging the evaluations and other factors behind awards for the Homeland Security Department's $10 billion commodity IT contract.

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Dell wins $794M Adobe software supply contract

The global tech giant will also take on related upgrades, modernization and maintenance support.

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Accenture books $90M CISA mission support award

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency wants more data analytics and vulnerability management solutions.

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HHS' equitable care agency awards 2 vehicles, $750M combined ceiling

The Health Resources and Services Administration chooses 10 firms for a evaluation support contract and 14 on a second pact directly tied to the U.S.' organ transplant network.

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Protests challenge DHS' $10B FirstSource III contract

Close to a dozen companies are taking issue with the Homeland Security Department's evaluation process, pricing, and best-value decisions for the small business commodity IT vehicle.

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Army Corps of Engineers seeks R&D support across multiple domains

A new broad agency announcement covers seven labs, emphasizes climate change, engineering, remote sensing and IT advancements.

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Army unveils structure of bundled professional services, IT recompete

The future Marketplace for the Acquisition of Professional Services contract is poised to have five domains for interested bidders to consider.

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MDA previews recompete of advisory, assistance services contracts

Whether the Missile Defense Agency will lean on the government's flagship professional services vehicle for this family of contracts remains an open question.

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NASA sets out new timeline for SEWP VI

The strategic pause on this $60 billion IT vehicle is over after NASA says it will answer all industry questions by early November with proposals due the following month.

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GAO decision shows how subjective 'best practices' are

Slalom’s loss to IBM in a $305.6 million competition and subsequent protest defeat is a lesson in why bidders need to seek clarity before they turn in their proposals.

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GSA moves on second big batch of OASIS+ choices

Approximately 770 companies can now call themselves apparent winners of seats on this recompete of the government's primary vehicle for acquiring professional services.

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Accenture Federal joins global AIDS fight with $190M State capture

Accenture Federal Services will provide data and systems engineering support to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, a 20-year program for combatting AIDS and HIV worldwide.

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NOAA adds pair to $8B services vehicle's 'Fisheries' domain

One of the new awardees put up a legal fight to get its bid reconsidered and the second appears to have benefited from that ask.

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DLA picks 89 for $12B IT recompete

Known by the acronym JETS, this is the Defense Logistics Agency's main mechanism for acquiring technology products and services from industry.

Companies

What we can gauge from Intel's $3B military chip grant

This agreement has two signposts: how the U.S. government views semiconductors as core to restoring the country's tech leadership and the company involved.

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Maximus wins partial victory in $6.6B CMS battle but several issues remain

The majority of Maximus' protest involving the Contact Center Operations contract was denied, but the Government Accountability Office does say parts of the solicitation's harmony agreement clause were ambiguous.