Contracts

Fight over DHS consulting contracts moves to court

Companies are complaining about how the Homeland Security Department evaluated bids for a set blanket purchase agreements worth up to $450 million combined.

Contracts

Agriculture unveils pair of cloud solicitations

This new 10-year basic ordering agreement called STRATUS is designed to cover all aspects of cloud computing, from the hyperscale hosting itself to the related integration services.

Contracts

Special Operations Command starts process to recompete $8B logistics contract

A pair of site visits are on the calendar for companies interested in this largest of SOCOM's service contracts currently held by Lockheed Martin.

Opinion

Disaster averted, or just delayed?

A continuing resolution was signed Saturday averting a government shutdown, but there is still a lot to overcome ahead of the new Nov. 17 deadline.

Contracts

DIA looks to increase public info analysis

The Defense Intelligence Agency needs a contractor to help manage the licenses for collecting and analyzing publicly-available information.

Opinion

How soon will you feel the pain of a shutdown? Very soon.

A shutdown may be inevitable and so is the pain and chaos that will follow.

Opinion

How DOD can more effectively leverage venture-backed innovation

Shift5's co-founder and CEO Josh Lospinoso explains both how the venture capital ecosystem works and ways the Defense Department can lean into it for bringing in new technologies.

Contracts

Ahead of shutdown, House and Senate Dems propose back pay for furloughed contractors

A similar effort to legislate back pay for contractors failed during the 2018-2019 shutdown.

Contracts

NSF developing a tech-rich Antarctic research vessel

The construction and operation of this new National Science Foundation research vessel will offer plenty of technology opportunities.

Contracts

White House to issue 'broad' executive order addressing AI risks and standards

Top science advisor Arati Prabhakar said the forthcoming executive order will address a wide swath of potential AI dangers.

Opinion

Are you ready for another government shutdown?

Attorney James Fontana shares tried and true advice for surviving a government now that we are about to hit another one.

Companies

AOC Connect looks to make next big jump after acquisition

AOC Connect is now on the government's main telecommunications network modernization contract vehicle after closing an acquisition and sees runway ahead of it.

Contracts

GovTribe's top 20 contracts for September

GovTribe has analyzed its traffic to determine the top 20 contracts and opportunities in the federal market.

Contracts

L3Harris sees plenty of flaws in NASA's $500M weather satellite contract

L3Harris says NASA didn't follow the solicitation and didn't account for an alleged conflict-of-interst in awarding the contract to Ball Aerospace.

Opinion

Why the Amazon antitrust case is important to GovCon

The antitrust lawsuit against Amazon might seem like a million miles away from government contractors, but they need to be prepared for ripple affects across the market.

Contracts

Connolly releases new FITARA scores without usual committee hearing

“We could not allow a lapse in the scorecard,” Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., said of the Tuesday roundtable discussion held without Republicans.

Contracts

Deloitte gets second shot at FBI data contract

After Deloitte complained about how evaluations were conducted, the FBI said it will take a second look at how it made awards for a high-speed data transfer contract.

Contracts

What does it take to end a government shutdown?

The end of past budget impasses have often played out as calculations of policy goals versus the political pain needed to achieve them, but when the goal is unclear how do you know who wins? 

Companies

Accenture's federal arm seeks to be all over the full tech lifecycle

Accenture Federal Services' acquisition of Novetta in 2021 brought in new technology and ideas for how to approach integration, a mindset that is arguably needed as cloud computing and artificial intelligence further take hold.