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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.
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DARPA seeks to scale photonic computing with new program
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency seeks circuit-level innovations to reduce reliance on electronics that erase photonics' speed advantages.
Companies
Private equity firm forms new defense manufacturer with two acquisitions
Ventus Industrial Partners creates Aeron Defense to build production capabilities across key military programs through a workforce ownership model.
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Recordings prove DIA wrong in $814M intelligence contract protest
The Defense Intelligence Agency could not support its evaluation findings that dinged SOS International and Amentum.
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Accenture’s complaints over $1.6B Transportation Command contract fall short
The Government Accountability Office denies Accenture Federal's claims of a conflict of interest at CACI International, whose technical proposal and a willingness to take a lower profit won out.
Companies
Capgemini to sell U.S. government unit over ICE work
The French government’s pressure on the Paris-based company over detention facility contracts has prompted the plan to divest the small, but controversial unit.
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NITAAC finally pulls the plug on CIO-SP4
The troubled $50 billion IT contract vehicle has faced hundreds of protests that the National Institutes of Health's acquisition arm could never fully resolve.
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AWS lands $581M sole source deal under Air Force Cloud One program
The three-year contract is the latest in a series of awards the service has made for its enterprise IT infrastructure modernization effort.
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‘We will have their backs:’ GSA pushes culture shift for FAR changes
Larry Allen of the General Services Administration says training and backing up contracting officers are critical for getting the acquisition workforce to embrace new flexibilities in acquisition regulations.
Companies
Reveal Technology acquires Anomaly Six to grow intelligence offerings
The defense technology company is adding global location tracking and behavioral analysis tools to its geospatial intelligence platform.
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GSA quietly rolls out CMMC-like cybersecurity framework for contractors
The General Services Administration's new requirements for protecting controlled unclassified information apply immediately to new contracts, at the contracting officer's discretion.
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State Department takes third look at Alpha Omega’s $10B Evolve protest
The department takes another corrective action after the contractor challenges its exclusion from the enterprise IT contract.
Companies
Lockheed Martin launches wildfire tech venture with Salesforce, PG&E and Wells Fargo
EmberPoint will combine artificial intelligence, autonomous systems and military-grade sensors to help first responders detect and suppress fires faster.
Contracts
8(a) program faces unprecedented pressure from Trump administration attacks
Defenders of the small business contracting initiative say it enables rapid procurement, can meet administration priorities and the administration is overstating fraud concerns.
Companies
Salesforce signs $5.5B contract with the Army
The vehicle will be open to the entire Defense Department and broadens access to the company’s artificial intelligence, data and cloud technologies over the next 10 years.
Companies
Leidos' plan for revenue synergies in Entrust acquisition
Artificial intelligence tools, new markets and cross-selling are driving Leidos' business case for the $2.4 billion acquisition.
Companies
Leidos makes $2.4B bet on utility infrastructure with Entrust acquisition
This will be Leidos' largest purchase since 2016 and doubles its energy business. As Leidos' homeland security unit president told us, artificial intelligence helping to drive a trillion-dollar grid modernization push as computing power needs grow.
Companies
SBA suspends 1,000 8(a) contractors for missing data submission deadline
These companies now have until Feb. 19 to submit financial records, but their reinstatement remains uncertain.
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GSA wants answers from resellers about markups and equipment maker relationships
A new sources sought notice includes a set of questions about pricing and services, plus explanations on the fees charged by value-added resellers.
Companies