Companies must meet minimum wage pay under federal contracts

Companies will have to pay a minimum wage to employees working on federal contracts, according to a new interim procurement rule.

New rule would demand more info on company ownership

Contractors may have to share more company history including owners and previous owners on bids as acquisition officials look a clearer picture of a bidder’s past, according to a new proposed rule.

Nine win Air Force’s $800m USTRATCOM contract

Nine companies have spots on the Air Force's $800 million U.S. Strategic Command support and assistant service multiple award contract.

Army releases draft RFP for $37B IDIQ

The Army has released the draft RFP for its $37 billion 10-year indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract known as the Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services or RS3.

NASA releases draft RFP for $200M LITES II IDIQ

NASA has released a draft solicitation for its five-year, $200 million Langley Information Technology Enhanced Services II indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contract

NASA to release draft RFP on eight-year IT IDIQ

NASA plans to recompete its Enterprise Applications Services Technologies (EAST) indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract.

DISA seeks small biz for 5-year Internet data processing program

The Defense Information Systems Agency intends to award a five-year contract in 2015 for Internet data processing and aggregation services, as part of its Information Volume & Velocity (IV2) framework.

NWR Consulting wins $14.6M contract for IT collaboration services

Network Management Resources, Inc., of Chantilly, Va., received a $14.6 million contract modification from the Missile Defense Agency to a previously award contract for IT collaboration services.

GAO: Women-owned businesses need a boost from SBA

Small Business Administration officials need to protect its woman-owned small business program by keeping a closer eye on both third-party certifiers and eligible companies, according to a Government Accountability Office report released Nov. 12.

NOAA plans for $10M cloud IDIQ

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is considering a three-year, $10 million public cloud and infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract.

Air Force seeks asset management solution

The Air Force wants ideas on setting up an enterprise-level software management solution, as it builds an inventory of its IT software.

DOD issues small-biz warning on growth

Defense Department officials intend to forewarn small businesses that accepting high dollar-value contracts may make them ineligible for future set-aside contracts.

FWA wants to gather and standardize pavement data

The Federal Highway Administration wants to hear from companies able to create a standardized format for data on pavement conditions.

Army plans to modernize AKO-ES with new IDIQ

The Army anticipates awarding a four-year indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for technical support services as well as reuse and redesign of existing systems in the Army Knowledge Online–Enterprise System (AKO-ES).

Boeing awarded $5.5M B-2 bomber mission support

The Boeing Company received a $5.5 million contract for B-2 bomber mission planning and intelligence support.

House solicits 6-year data center support work

The U.S. House of Representatives is developing a contract to modernize its existing data center facilities and build new ones.

VA needs support increasing VistA Imaging demands

The Veterans Affairs Department released a sources sought notice to find companies that are capable of handling its expanding VistA Imaging system and related services.

Navy considers C4I support IDIQ

The Navy is considering a two-year indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for engineering and technical support services on command, control, communications, computers and intelligence systems on surface ships.

DISA asks for mobile device management, app store in new RFI

The Defense Information Systems Agency issues RFI for solutions that can handle mobile device management and a mobile application store for DOD users.

DOD explores improving how it pays vendors

The Defense Department wants to update the process it uses to pay suppliers by using commercial software.