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Government pacing toward increased IT contract spending despite DOGE cuts

A new administration and new priorities haven’t dampened the federal government’s appetite for IT products and services.

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Pentagon sets start date for CMMC implementation

Step one involves getting this new cyber and supply chain security standard into solicitations as the Defense Department sees the full rollout as taking three years.

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NASA continues work on SEWP VI during consolidation uncertainty

The space agency is still processing proposals for the next-generation IT contract while the Trump administration weighs moving the program to the General Services Administration.

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GSA launches FAS Office of Centralized Acquisition Services

The office will be headed by longtime GSA executive Tom Meiron.

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Companies successfully challenge $237M Army award to Amentum

The Army backs away from its award for protective equipment following a pair of protests, so the branch can re-evaluate proposals and make a new award decision.

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Accenture prevails in battle for $3.5B Energy contract

Accenture's federal subsidiary clears an investigation over an alleged conflict-of-interest and will continue providing enterprise IT and business support services.

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DLA seeks more participants in $3.2B 'C5ISR' supply contract

The Defense Logistics Agency begins an open season to get some initial markers of interest from companies not on the contract.

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Aerodyne-Amentum venture wins $1.8B NASA contract

The new contract is called COSMOS and includes support for systems used in NASA's primary mission control center.

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FAA starts the bidding for new air traffic control system contract

The eventual winner will have three-and-a-half years to implement the new system.

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ServiceNow, GSA strike OneGov deal to drive government AI adoption

Government customers can access discounts of up to 70% off select ServiceNow products through the deal.

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NOAA awards 'Weather' block of $8B services vehicle

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration wraps up awards for its ProTech 2.0 small business contract.

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GSA unveils 2 batches of 'apparently successful' Polaris bidders

Pending the results of any size challenges, the General Services Administration can still make adjustments to its choices for this government-wide IT vehicle.

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Microsoft offers major discounts to government customers in latest ‘OneGov’ deal

The discounts could be worth as much as $3.1 billion in year one, according to the General Services Administration.

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Space Force goes commercial for space domain awareness

Nearly 150 companies are vying for a spot in the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program, a top official says.

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Small business joint venture wins Coast Guard cyber contract

The five-year, $160 million contract covers information assurance services from headquarters to ships at sea.

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Advocacy groups ask OMB to axe Grok AI procurement

Citing vulnerabilities and biased outputs in the program, multiple advocacy organizations and nonprofits signed a letter to the Office of Management and Budget asking it to bar Elon Musk’s Grok from federal workflows.

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Accenture challenges $1.6B CACI award

The contract will build a cloud-based platform to manage logistics operations for 36,000 Defense Department users.

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Veterans Affairs chooses 9 for $14B health care transformation recompete

VA described its ideal lineup of teams for this contract as having "combined their reach and collective capabilities to tackle some of VHA’s largest professional service requirements."

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Quantum computers have an isolation problem and DARPA wants to solve it

An emerging contract vehicle will focus on developing the hardware and software needed to get different types of quantum computers to communicate and work together.