Contracts

MDA awards 1,014 companies slots on $151B Golden Dome contract vehicle

The Missile Defense Agency is making staggered awards for the SHIELD contract as it works through 2,463 proposals with more winners and likely protests to come.

DOD’s move to ‘wartime footing’ demands new contracting models

The Pentagon's leader for industrial policy says the acquisition regulation overhaul will create openings for artificial intelligence-enabled service models and drive a move away from traditional contracts.

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SAP offers major discount to government customers through OneGov agreement

Discounted software could generate as much as $165 million in savings for agencies over the next 18 months, GSA estimates.

DISA releases first draft of comms equipment recompete

The Defense Information Systems Agency uses the contract to acquire “dynamically scalable communications capability.”

PSC’s Vision Forecast sees tight budgets, high uncertainty through the next decade

The trade association's annual forecast lands at a time of unprecedented change and disruption in the market, with civilian agencies facing the most budget pressures.

Civilian agency spending cratered during shutdown

October spending during the shutdown dropped by as much as 80% for some agencies compared to October 2024.

Enabled Intelligence books $708M data labeling contract

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency chooses this five-year-old company for "Sequoia," a broad effort to incorporate commercial artificial intelligence and machine learning tools into GEOINT missions.

DOGE no longer has ‘centralized leadership’ under White House tech team, personnel head says

The team that was altered to house DOGE — formerly the U.S. Digital Service — is also still doing its own technology work across agencies.

GAO denies EY protest over Army's corrective action in $250M contract

The Government Accountability Office denies some parts of the protest and dismisses others, while affirming an agency’s discretion to make revisions.

Air Force looks to refactor HR apps, avoid vendor lock-in

The service branch's personnel office needs to move applications to a new Salesforce licensing model while keeping the current systems up and running.

NASA agrees to take a second look at its $1.8B COSMOS contract following protest

Incumbent KBR successfully challenged the award to Ascend Aerospace & Technology, prompting the agency to review its evaluation and best-value determination.

Polaris small business protests continue as GSA seeks to update the administrative record

Six companies are at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims challenging the evaluations of their scores, claiming that improper point deductions cost them spots among the top 100 awardees.

GSA finalizes a pair of Polaris award pools

Six apparent winners were dropped from the HUBZone and service-disabled/veteran-owned pools after challenges, adding 53 new companies on the 10-year IT vehicle.

Three firms protest $900M CBP IT and professional services contract awards

Guidehouse, Dignari and LMI are challenging how their proposals were evaluated against the six winners.

GSA, Perplexity ink first direct-to-government OneGov deal

Under a new agreement, federal agencies can access Perplexity Enterprise Pro for Government through a direct contract on the General Services Administration’s Multiple-Award Schedule.

CMMC enforcement begins with mixed industry readiness

A new survey finds two-thirds of contractors prepared for the cybersecurity certification over many years, while nearly 40% have not yet completed required self-assessments.

Guidehouse protests $99M Coast Guard financial management contract award

The company challenges the evaluation process and questions whether the winner has the required experience for modernization support work.