Deloitte wants back in on $400M FDA competition
Deloitte has filed a protest after being eliminated from the competition for a $400 million Food and Drug Administration contract to support regulatory enforcement activities.
GSA offers guidance for looming telecom equipment ban compliance
With just a few weeks left to meet the legislative deadline, GSA is offering some guidance to contractors on how to comply with the ban on using telecommunications equipment from certain manufacturers out of China.
DHS pushes toward data center consolidation
The Department of Homeland Security is closing in on a final solicitation for the management of its Mississippi data center, with an eye to supporting cloud and hybrid IT operations.
Podcasts
PROJECT 38: Understanding the impact of COVID and the social justice movement on the GovCon market
The continuing acceleration of the COVID-19 pandemic coupled with the simultaneous revival of diversity and social justice movements in the United States can be overwhelming. In this episode of Project 38, we attempt to distill what it all means with the help of Capitol Hill veteran and GovCon community leader Tonya Saunders.
Redo in the works for $5.5B IT product buy
The General Services Administration Air Force are amending the solicitation for the $5.5 billion 2GIT hardware and software contract.
L3Harris pushes 'Sixth Prime' strategy with latest Navy unmanned vessel win
L3Harris Technologies beat out four other bidders to help design the Navy's medium-sized unmanned surface vehicle and that is just the kind of program the company wants to win as a the "Sixth Prime" in the defense market.
DynCorp loses protest over mismatched 'CAGE' codes
DynCorp International submitted its examples of its own work as part of its bid for a $180 million contract but the Army rejected that proposal because the CAGE codes didn't match.
Opinion
Why you need to cultivate your customers now
COVID-19 has slowed government contracting but that also means that you need to be cultivating those customer relationships now.
E3/Sentinel creates new COO position
E3/Sentinel has created a chief operating officer position and hired a nearly two-decade market veteran for the role.
LMI names its next full-time chief exec
Four months into its search, LMI identifies and hires a three-decade federal market veteran to be its next full-time president and CEO.
PSC seeks extension of paid leave reimbursement
A second major trade association representing government contractors has lent its voice to the call for additional help in managing costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Amentum adds retired Army major general
Amentum adds a nearly four-decade Army veteran and former Fluor executive as head of project services.
New NDAA pushes more cyber amendments, national director
Much of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission's agenda is being pushed into this year's defense authorization process, including its crown jewel idea of a national cyber director.
Beyond the Census: How T-Rex Solutions views that work as a platform
The pandemic has not and cannot stop the 2020 Census because it is required by the Constitution. Given that, T-Rex Solutions believes the size and scale of its work there can be an example for other agencies to follow in IT modernization.
Could this GAO decision signal broader use of LPTA?
The Government Accountability Office defended one agency's use of LPTA criteria in awarding an EIS task order, which could clear the way for more similar contracts to buy commercial services.
Human capital lessons from COVID-19 and social justice movements
At our next WT Power Breakfast virtual event, we'll take a deep dive into two events that are reshaping the market -- the COVID-19 pandemic and social justice movements spawned by the killing of George Floyd.
AIA joins call for more COVID-19 recovery funds
The Aerospace Industries Association and dozens of GovCon executives have asked Capitol Hill leaders for funding in a new round of economic stimulus legislation to cover reimbursements and other COVID-19 costs.
General Dynamics, ManTech challenge State award to Northrop
General Dynamics and ManTech are pushing back on a $254.9 million State Department cyber contract won by Northrop Grumman.
GAO reveals NGEN decisions
A look at how the Government Accountability Office denied all protests against Leidos' $7.7 billion NGEN award offer some insights into what Perspecta is arguing at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims
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