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Census Bureau sets industry day as 2030 planning gets underway
The agency is planning a group of multiple-award pacts that would hire small businesses to help with application development and planning for the next census.
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NGA wants ideas for automatically spotting changes in its geospatial data
A commercial solutions opening seeks vendors with ideas on how to flag relevant changes around the world instead of the current manual process.
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Army's $50B MAPS contract hit with wave of protests over evaluation criteria
Seven protesters (so far) are citing scoring ambiguities, tight deadlines and "systemic procurement instability."
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TOP 100: DLT's new leader bets on distributors as 'orchestrators,' not middlemen
Wendy Welch tells us that pricing volatility, artificial intelligence and the OneGov initiative's push toward more direct agreements with tech names make resellers like Company No. 87 more essential — not less.
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Salesforce’s Missionforce takes the wheel on Air Force fleet management
A new platform gives the 441st VSCOS real-time visibility into 84,000 vehicles as part of a string of recent wins with the Army and Air Force.
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Air Force seeks shared services backbone for ERP systems
A new sources sought notice also asks industry to help shape artificial intelligence requirements for the eventual solicitation.
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DHS' $3B mobile device contract faces protest
Turning Point Global Solutions is disputing Widepoint's incumbent capture of the Cellular Wireless Management Services III award.
Companies
Iridium closes deal to expand air traffic network
The acquisition of Aireon comes as Iridium prepares for its $8 billion takeover by Rocket Lab.
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OPM’s HR systems award clears protest window
None of Oracle’s competitors have filed objections to the $396 million Federal HR 2.0 contract.
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HHS to pit AI vendors against each other in parallel pilots
The Health and Human Services Department wants real operational data across multiple platforms before finalizing its enterprise acquisition approach.
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42 companies from the 2016 Top 100 are gone. What happened to them?
A decade of mergers, divestitures and shifting priorities has reshaped the federal market. The next 10 years may be just as turbulent.
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GSA floats two-tiered Buy American marketplace on its Advantage platform
A new sources sought notice seeks industry feedback on icons, filtered search results and a new special item number only for original equipment manufacturers.
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GSA’s centralization push is a return to its roots, not just a Trump priority
The General Services Administration's acting acquisition chief says the consolidation drive mirrors the founding mission laid out by the Hoover Commission 77 years ago.
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GSA taking measured approach to SEWP takeover
Continuity is the General Services Administration's top priority as it embeds staff in NASA’s SEWP office to lay groundwork to transfer the $60 billion IT vehicle.
Companies
CGI set to promote new federal leader
Alisa Bearfield will become president of CGI Federal on Oct. 1 as Stephanie Mango is moving to a global role with the parent company.
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30 days to shape the biggest FAR overhaul in 40 years
Industry faces a tight window to weigh in on these changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation as eight more proposed rules wait in the pipeline.
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NASA names 2,100 winners for SEWP VI
The $60 billion government-wide IT program expands the scope of what agencies can buy and how they can buy as the vehicle's proposed transition to the General Services Administration looms.
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Revolutionary FAR Overhaul moves to formal rulemaking with first batch of proposed rules
Four proposed rules covering 21 Federal Acquisition Regulation parts are to be published Tuesday. Small business rules and others are on the way.
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Battelle challenges KBR’s $8B Antarctica contract win
The protester claims the National Science Foundation did not account for the potential impacts of KBR’s planned spinoff of its government business.
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