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$25B VA professional services contract hit with protests

Three companies are challenging how the VA evaluated their bids to join the vehicle called VECTOR.

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Incumbents win parallel $2.25B background investigation support recompetes

The Defense Department agency responsible for background investigations is moving to a new case processing system as part of the larger "Trusted Workforce 2.0" push.

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INSIDER EXCLUSIVE: Procurement leaders share advice on the market's biggest contracts

Three of the federal government's top procurement officials talk all things vehicles and provide some insights into how companies should think about them.

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Are best-in-class contracts on the downswing?

The question was one of the main focuses among acquisition experts at the Professional Services Council federal market forecast conference.

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Defense policy bill features FedRAMP Authorization Act

Cybersecurity experts say that ‘authorizing FedRAMP is the first step to fully and robustly resourcing the program’ after it was established in 2011

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Amentum continues battle for lost NASA support contract

The incumbent wants another shot at a $145 million laboratory support contract.

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INSIDER EXCLUSIVE: Today's state of GWACs as the numbers show

We went deep into the world of governmentwide acquisition and multiple-award contracts at a WT Power Breakfast. Here is that session presented by The Pulse of GovCon, exclusively available for WT Insider Members.

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Google Cloud gets DOD's blessing. But will it win contracts?

Within days, the Pentagon is expected to announce winners of its up-to-$9 billion tactical cloud effort.

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All Polaris protests now rest in the courts

A handful of companies are taking issue with how General Services Administration is running this $15 billion governmentwide IT contract for small businesses.

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GDIT wins $84M contract to support traumatic brain injury research

The research and support contract, awarded by the Defense Health Agency, has an eight-month base period with three option years.

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INSIDER EXCLUSIVE: Execs share their company's Energy strategies

Leaders at Leidos and ICF share firsthand experience of their companies' work with the Energy Department on emerging technologies, plus their partnering strategies and the impacts of climate change.

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NOAA, Microsoft will advance national climate efforts through advanced tech partnership

Microsoft’s cloud computing and artificial intelligence tools will help NOAA further its climate and weather predictions and forecast modeling through research and development efforts.

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INSIDER EXCLUSIVE: What small businesses should know about the Energy Department

WT Insider members have access to this briefing on how small businesses can work with the Energy Department from Ron Pierce, director of the Energy office of small and disadvantaged business utilization.

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Dozens back in the hunt for a CIO-SP4 spot

The National Institutes of Health's IT acquisition shop will rethink phase one of the competition for this $50 billion governmentwide contract.

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NASA awards $57M contract to build roads on the moon

ICON, an Austin, Texas, company will continue to development technologies to build infrastructure like landing pads and roads on the surface of the moon.

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GSA takes second look at $129M task order

The General Services Administration will look for ambiguities in the solicitation for software development and modernization work.

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Veterans Affairs adds 4 to $25B services vehicle

The VA conducts an on-ramp nearly four years after task order activity started on the contract known as VECTOR.

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Why defense budgets will stay high after the Ukraine war

The war is exposing how European nations were underinvesting in defense, and the critical role that renewable energy will play in transatlantic security.