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Accenture prevails in long fight for Healthcare.gov work

After several rounds of protests, the company will continue to manage the health insurance exchanges that are the Affordable Care Act's centerpiece .

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SAIC captures $1.3B Treasury cloud prize

This blanket purchase agreement is the Treasury Department's way to consolidate how it manages cloud computing operations.

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Air Force gets moving on redo of $12B missile support recompete

Step one is extending BAE Systems Inc.'s incumbent contract to continue its support of nuclear weapons. Step two -- making a new award decision -- will take a while.

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Pair of protestors secure places on $1.7B NIH BPA

The National Cancer Institute makes additional awards after it had second look at proposals.

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Nearly four dozen VETS 2 IT vehicle awardees get more runway

The Veterans Technology Services 2 vehicle is one of several federal contracting mechanisms feeding into the White House's larger equity agenda.

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Fight for $1B DISA contract lands in court

Two companies including an incumbent are now asking the U.S. Court of Federal Claims to reverse the award of a $1 billion contract to American Systems.

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DISA starts work on Joint Chiefs support contract

Market research is underway to find out if there are enough small businesses to support top secret command-and-control systems.

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Air Force begins $900M prototyping vehicle on-ramp

The branch wants even wider industry participation beyond the 93 companies already involved.

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GSA contract vehicle looks to solve the 'valley of death' problem

The General Services Administration has given the potential vehicle a name and formed an acquisition team to continue its market research.

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CMS re-signs Serco for $690M insurance eligibility support contract

The company has worked with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to qualify people for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act since 2013.

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CISA teases industry day for operational strategy support

The cybersecurity agency is planning to field a multiple award schedule contract for consultant services to help shape its operational strategy.

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FBI takes over the management of $7B IT procurement

The agency will still lean on the General Services Administration's Schedule in developing this contract vehicle.

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Veterans Affairs chooses 10 projects for $20M suicide prevention challenge

The VA is eyeing the use of artificial intelligence and virtual reality to find new ways to prevent veteran suicides.

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Top senator says modernizing VA’s EHR 'is not optional'

After leading GOP lawmakers introduced legislation to terminate the deployment of VA’s new electronic health record program, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont.—chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee—said upgrading the system “has to be done.”

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Biden's equity executive order includes data, AI provisions

The order directs agencies to consider including their civil rights offices in decisions about artificial intelligence systems.

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NSA again chooses CACI for $2.4B award and protestors return

The National Security Agency has now twice chosen CACI International for the network analysis contract and is now facing a second round of protests.

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Veterans Affairs unveils second draft for $60B IT vehicle

In what is a running theme: companies have a mere week to comment on this latest draft solicitation for the Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation recompete.

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DOD eyes June for final CMMC proposed rule release

The new cybersecurity standard for the defense industrial base will likely not be final until 2024. Companies still have options available to get ready before the final proposed rules go out.

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Accenture drops out of battle for $5.7B Air Force contract

One protest remains active for this enterprise IT contract that looks like it will go all the way to a decision.

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Small business participation in federal marketplace continues decline despite $159 billion in awards

The number of small businesses that received federal contracts in fiscal year 2022 was less than half the number that received contracts in 2012, according to a new report.