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GSA re-opens OASIS+ to new bids, shifts to continuous approach

All six solicitations for the massive services vehicle's unrestricted and small business set-aside tracks will remain in an open status indefinitely.

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GAO denies final protest against NOAA’s ProTech 2.0 contract

Strong past performance was not enough to overcome weaker scores for management and technical experience.

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Supreme Court lets stand ruling that blocks subcontractors from protesting

Percipent's effort to replicate Palantir’s protest strategy falls short, cementing the traditional definition of what is an "interested party."

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Trump administration gets less tech funding than requested in new bicameral bills

The fund that supports the U.S. DOGE Service would receive less than half of what was requested, and the bills do not include explicit reauthorization for the Technology Modernization Fund.

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GovCIO loses GAO IT services recompete to SAIC

The agency's protest adjudication arm found Science Applications International Corp.'s lower-priced bid was technically acceptable.

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Air Force consolidates some acquisition program offices into mission-focused groups

But many of the new “portfolio acquisition executives” were already leading multi-mission efforts.

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Guidehouse loses protest of $151M USCIS contract

IBM is cleared to begin work on supporting U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services networks, data centers and cloud systems.

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NASA eyes partnerships to extend lives of three aging Earth observation satellites

NASA is exploring how public-private partnerships could help continue the data collection missions of Terra, Aqua and Aura.

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GSA sets industry day to discuss acquisition system support

The General Services Administration is working on a contract to incorporate new functions into its systems used for contract lifecycle management and other aspects.

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GSA strikes OneGov agreement with Cohesity

Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner Josh Gruenbaum said the latest deal “will strengthen and enable robust and secure AI infrastructure across the federal government.”

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State's $10B Evolve contract faces renewed protest from Alpha Omega

Alpha Omega's challenge now targets the evaluation after it again did not win a spot on the massive enterprise IT vehicle.

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Air Force gives small businesses 3 days to respond to nuclear systems contract

The contract nuclear missile engineering support has a compressed timeline from the initial sources sought notice to award.

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Major takeaways for federal agencies from the latest bipartisan spending package

The new "minibus" rejects many Trump proposals, from reorganizations to program eliminations.

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CIA improperly used oral instructions to evaluate modernization contract, GAO rules

The agency marked up Markon's costs by millions based on pre-bid guidance that was never incorporated into the final solicitation.

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GSA backs off planned layoffs within its technology team after court order

The Technology Transformation Services has lost 67% of its staff since Jan. 25.

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Incumbents face new risks in filing bid protests under 2026 NDAA

A new provision could reshape bid protest strategies, but does not address one root cause of them: poor debriefings by agencies.

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Another 1,000 defense companies chosen for $151B Golden Dome competition

The number of awards doubled as more companies are selected to compete for the SHIELD contract vehicle.

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GSA’s OneGov agreements gain traction as agencies compete to be early adopters

Laura Stanton, deputy commissioner of the General Services Administration's contracting arm, says major contract vehicle updates to incorporate acquisition regulation reforms will roll out by the end of January.

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GAO dismisses protests challenging GSA's $1 Gen AI pacts

The Government Accountability Office never looked at the merits of Sage's complaints about the agreements with OpenAI and Anthropic, instead dismissing them over jurisdiction and standing issues.