Contracts
When the government blackballs your sub, CICA is no help
A dismissed protest shows how little recourse subs have when an agency knocks them out of a teaming agreement.
Contracts
Industry offers government a playbook for handling OneGov expirations
Some deals offering federal agencies significantly discounted access to software are set to expire at the end of the month.
Companies
A subset of the tech talent supply crunch to watch out for
Forward-deployed engineers are the ones who consistently translate artificial intelligence deployments into documented results and not enough of them are senior enough, a new study says.
Contracts
DISA sends mixed signals on combatant command network migration
After a protest, two RFIs, and a one-day comment window, the path forward is still unclear.
Contracts
Shutdown threat possibly lifted as House passes stopgap spending bill
The measure gives Congress more time to reach a deal on a comprehensive spending package for fiscal 2027.
Contracts
SBA’s size standard rewrite draws angry, frustrated comments
Critics say the rule would turn the small business program into a marketplace dominated by the biggest players.
Contracts
CMS taps Mathematica, Deloitte to improve effectiveness of its healthcare models
An agency spokesperson said the four-year Learning Insights for Action project “will enable CMS to efficiently target resources across models with varying periods of performance and support cross-model learning.”
Opinion
Mixed signals on acquisition are creating a confused market
The market will adapt to change but there is too much uncertainty and confusion about the direction and pace of that change, writes Stan Soloway, former president of the Professional Services Council.
Contracts
Army picks Dragonfly payload system for spectrum sensing
Research Innovations will provide and maintain the ruggedized sensors under a nearly $100 million, five-year contract.
Opinion
Evaluating contract bids with AI? Prepare to be challenged.
A $450M bid protest over an alleged AI hallucination is a preview of what's coming for every agency using AI in source selection, writes David Smalley with defense AI firm Seekr.
Contracts
Air Force eyes overhaul of PLM program as Siemens contract nears 2029 end
An RFI seeking a modernized approach to how it updates and deploys the software it uses to manage data across its weapons systems.
Companies
Judge rules Anthropic supply chain risk designation was ‘illegal and baseless’
A Northern California judge found that the AI company’s products did not represent a meaningful threat to national security, making the Pentagon’s designation “unlawful retaliation.”
Companies
Valiant divests O&M business to private equity firm
The newly independent Vulcan Government Services will focus on facility operations, maintenance, and logistics services.
Opinion
When ‘small’ gets bigger, who gets left behind?
SBA’s proposed size-standard overhaul might help growing firm but it raises hard questions about competition, the mid-tier, and how to define small, writes Kristina Messner, CEO of Messner Media Group.
Companies
How Salesforce built itself into a prime contractor
National security leader says that close ties to defense and intel customers require a direct role instead of working only through partners.
Contracts
Army selects 5 companies to build nuclear microreactors on bases, under new $2 billion deal
The service’s plans for 20 on-base microreactors come amid a uranium enrichment shortage.
Opinion
CMMC phase II is paused, but the adversary threats are not
Contractors still holding sensitive defense data need visibility, segmentation, and containment — CMMC or not.
Companies
Contractor may have used AI to falsify payment dispute financial documents, appeals board finds
A legal expert told Nextgov/FCW the possibility underscores how the federal government is “fully unprepared for how bad” AI-driven procurement fraud is going to get.
Contracts
Marines want to move Camp Lejeune armory off paper and into the web
A new solicitation for a SDVOSB contract also leans on the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul deviation instead of the standard FAR.
Companies