These awards take place two years after the Food and Drug Administration unveiled a modernization plan focused on centering everything it does around data.
The IRS received 27 bids and chose five for the blanket purchase agreement to support the office that manages the agency's IT budget and capability delivery function.
Guidehouse argued that a Defense Department official had a conflict-of-interest, but a new bid protest decision outlines how DOD's investigation showed no evidence of harm.
The Government Accountability Office ruled against Guidehouse's claims that Deloitte had a conflict-of-interest because a former employee chaired the technical review board.
Guidehouse claims the Defense Department did not conduct an adequate investigation into claims that a DOD official had a potential conflict-of-interest.
The Gryphon Scientific team uses artificial intelligence in their efforts to help agencies detect and respond to infectious diseases, among other biological and chemical threats.