Contracts

DOJ suit claims Georgia Tech ‘knowingly failed’ to meet cyber standards for DOD contracts

The Justice Department has joined onto a whistleblower lawsuit filed by two senior staffers on Georgia Tech’s cybersecurity compliance team that was filed in 2022.

Contracts

Peraton ends protest of $1B DOD enterprise IT contract

The move potentially allows Deloitte to begin work on the Defense Manpower Data Center contract award.

Contracts

Accenture to bring AI tools to Patent Office

The agency wants to incorporate more artificial intelligence techniques and methods into the patent examination process.

Contracts

CGI Federal books $120M in USPTO financial, security solution work

The company will provide its Momentum software for revenue collection and modernize document management systems using cloud technology.

Contracts

How TRANSCOM went with a newcomer for $108M contract

A newly-released bid protest decision describes KPMG's capture of the award and how incumbency alone doesn't guarantee contract retention, as Ernst & Young found out.

Contracts

DARPA designates 5 firms as 'Commercial Accelerators'

The Defense Department's lead research-and-development agency tasks this group of primes to work with qualified companies developing early stage technologies of promise.

Contracts

IRS chooses 6 for $300M consulting pact

This blanket purchase agreement points to the management and operational aspects of the IRS' larger modernization push.

Contracts

Northrop Grumman awarded $200M contract for second space radar facility

U.S. Space Force is looking to enhance its deep space monitoring capabilities with a new site for surveillance usage.

Contracts

Army's $365M contract cancellation sparks court battle

Bidders are clashing over proposed solutions to the dispute as Army seeks to resolve organizational conflict-of-interest arguments surrounding its SETA III contract.

Contracts

CMS reverses $31M award decision after GDIT protest

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will re-evaluate proposals for this practice improvement and quality measures management task order.

Contracts

Serco books $323M job to modernize arctic space base

The company will upgrade power systems at a site in Greenland that supports missile defense and space surveillance capabilities.

Contracts

Lack of detail sunk ICF’s bid for $308M GSA contract

A newly-released bid protest decision explains how General Dynamics IT got chosen for the work instead.

Contracts

Army unveils second solicitation for $4B in R&D recompetes

This is for the unrestricted portion of the so-called D3I2 vehicle that focuses on research work in space, high-altitude and missile defense.

Contracts

GAO warns: bidders must adapt after the solicitation changes

Systems Planning and Analysis loses a protest after failing to account for amended requirements in the request for proposals.

Contracts

Air Force scraps $12B Sentinel systems integration contract

After repeated protests, the Air Force decided to cancel the program to start anew instead of re-evaluating proposals.

Contracts

Rapid protest withdrawal leaves $1.8B PRISM contract uninterrupted

West 4th Strategy's protest against the personnel and readiness management support contract ended before the government could even respond.

Contracts

MTSI wins $73M MDA digital engineering project

The Missile Defense Agency tasks Modern Technology Solutions Inc. to look at the creation of kill webs for defeating threats.

Contracts

IRS clears final hurdle in $2B epayment tech award

The last protester has withdrawn its objections, which means the IRS can start building a new electronic payment system for taxpayers.

Contracts

Air Force chooses 23 for $12.5B network modernization vehicle

The Base Infrastructure Modernization program envisions a more modern network architecture involving both wired and wireless components.

Contracts

Army unveils draft for $10B software development competition

The Army has doubled the maximum number of awardees from its prior intent and shed some more light on how the downselect could work.