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Trump executive order pushes fixed-price contracting, but implementation questions loom
A 90-day deadline for agencies to renegotiate major contracts is drawing skepticism from legal observers.
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DIA tees up $800M data collection recompete
The Defense Intelligence Agency sets the date for when it plans to release a final solicitation for this multiple-award contract focused on technical functions.
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Pentagon makes agreements with 8 companies to add AI to classified networks
Advanced capabilities from NVIDIA, OpenAI, SpaceX, Reflection, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Oracle and Google will be made available at the Pentagon's Impact Levels 6 and 7.
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Leidos secures $869M contract to help the Army see the battlefield faster
The MACRO II effort covers artificial intelligence and advanced networking across land, sea, air, space, cyber and electromagnetic domains.
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NOAA starts the bidding for ProTech 2.0's environmental monitoring domain
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is seeking to hire a pool of companies that can help it use satellite data for its forecasting and modeling operations.
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CBP seeks AI solutions to keep pace with rising volumes of border scans
A new sources sought notice seeks artificial intelligence tools to help agents sift through tens of thousands of X-ray images at ports of entry.
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GSA hits one-year mark for OneGov
The General Services Administration's effort to centralize brand name technology purchases has brought in 20 companies as participants so far.
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SOCOM adding AI, autonomy ‘at every level,’ commander says
Fast adoption illustrates smaller organizations’ ability to harness disruptive tech.
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Japanese lease dooms SupplyCore’s protest of logistics contract
The General Services Administration could not evaluate the documentation of a warehouse lease written entirely in Japanese with no English translation.
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Army sets industry day for high-performance computing recompete
Defense Department communities involved in tech development and transition efforts all have access to the supercomputing systems, which are currently supported by BAE Systems Inc.
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VA seeks single contractor to modernize sprawling supply chain
The Veterans Affairs Department has 63 legacy systems across 174 sites that have created fragmented and inefficient operations.
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First protest filed against the Army’s troubled MAPS contract
Some in industry are calling the $50 billion professional services vehicle "still a hot mess" as the Army works to answer thousands of questions.
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FAR Overhaul final rules stall as OMB weighs changes
President Trump's "Made in America" executive order could force significant rewrites to domestic content provisions.
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Commerce goes direct to hyperscalers with $4.1B cloud pact
The department cites artificial intelligence, weather modeling and scale as reasons to narrow the competition.
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HHS to rework $1B legal services contract after protests
Acacia Center for Justice and ICF challenged invoicing terms, background check requirements and a rule ending representation when unaccompanied migrant children turn 18.
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VA seeks industry ideas for contact center tech upgrade
The agency is asking for artificial intelligence applications including conversational voice bots and chatbots with multilingual capabilities.
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Outcome-based strategies must come before outcome-based contracts
A new report by IBM Center for the Business of Government and the Commerce and Contracts Management Institute says trust, governance and data need to be in place before the contracts can work.
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House FY27 VA funding bill allocates $3.4B for EHR rollout
The measure, which was voted out of the House Appropriations Committee, withholds 25% of the funds for the EHR modernization project until July 1, 2027, contingent upon VA providing lawmakers with additional information and meeting performance requirements.
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DHS takes first step in Cumulus cloud award process
The Homeland Security Department is entering into direct contracts with the four major hyperscalers and setting up a separate, multiple-award vehicle as part of this enterprise cloud effort.
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