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KBR wins $8B Antarctica research recompete

KBR's government services unit beats out three other bids as it prepares to go it alone as an independent public company.

VA seeks contractor to tackle 10 years of ad-hoc automation

The Veterans Affairs Department is looking to acquire a commercial platform and professional services to standardize and govern infrastructure automation across its hybrid IT environment.

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GSA publishes ‘Elimination, Optimization and Automation’ playbook for government agencies

The playbook’s framework has already helped the agency save hundreds of thousands of hours, and other agencies can now make use of it to launch their own automation initiatives.

Army seeks contractor support for war planning, medical logistics

The Army Material Command is in the market research phase of a contract that could run for five years.

OPM moves one step closer to HR system overhaul for 2 million federal workers

With protests cleared, the Office of Personnel Management can now award a 10-year contract for a new government-wide human capital platform.

CMS chooses finalists for Medicare claims processing competition

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will eventually choose one integrator after seeing how their prototypes function in a set of challenges.

SpaceX awarded $4.1B tracking satellite contract

SpaceX has a 2028 deadline for delivering the constellation as an early operational capability.

Navy chooses 16 for $350M 'Seabed to Space' systems contract

Awardees will perform technical work across the entire lifecycles of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems.

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GSA is preparing an AI-specific acquisition reform rule

The updated rule is expected in the next couple weeks and will set a preference for fixed-price models, making the GSA a “more predictable business partner” to original equipment manufacturers.

Army logistics command wants to move away from staff augmentation

A new solicitation signals the Army's push toward more outcomes-based managed services for logistics and installation management.

GSA joins White House’s fraud prevention task force

The agency said it will support the unit’s efforts by identifying waste, fraud and abuse across government contracting programs.

Pentagon consolidates Microsoft software buys into a single $9.7B Dell agreement

The blanket purchase agreement covers defense agencies, the intelligence community and the Coast Guard.

Navy picks 5 companies to keep its ships, subs and bases connected

The $453 million Automated Digital Network System contract consolidates several predecessor vehicles into a single pool.

Deloitte awarded $249M Army contract as lone bidder

The firm will support the service branch’s 15-year, $18 billion effort to modernize depots, arsenals and ammunition plants.

Army walks away from business system consolidation contract

The 10-year, $1 billion program will not proceed. But the winner Accenture Federal Services is not going anywhere thanks to incumbent contracts.

Army MAPS protest saga takes new twists

One protest dismissed, one refiled, and proposals are now due June 22.