Contracts
Losing bidder protests $333M VA cybersecurity award
The company alleges that the Veterans Affairs Department unreasonably evaluated its bid and conducted a flawed best-value tradeoff decision.
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OPM puts data at the center of human capital modernization
Contractors should focus on data standards as they develop solutions, a senior Office of Personnel Management official says.
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All sides ask court to dismiss case involving $1B DISA contract
It is unclear if the Defense Information Systems Agency will stand by its choice of American Systems or restart the competition.
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IBM loses attempt to change VA supply chain modernization contract evaluation
In this unsuccessful protest, Big Blue argued that the Veterans Affairs Department's approach restricted competition.
Companies
Bridge Core's busy agenda of acquisitions, new CEO and board appointments
The NewSpring Holdings-backed company is working on intelligence solutions around visualization, analytics and cybersecurity and other areas.
Opinion
TSA backtracks on $93M award to Deloitte after protests
Three unlikely competitors pursued this blanket purchase agreement to help the Transportation Security Agency run its security operations center.
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Army developing next version of enterprise-wide payroll system
CACI International has worked on the system since 2015. but will almost certainly face competition for the recompete.
Opinion
KBR joint venture takes back lost NASA contract
KBR lost this program in 2017, but joined forces with another company six years later to win the work back. That reminds us that nothing is forever in the federal market, among other lessons.
Opinion
Townes-Whitley becomes SAIC's new leader
Science Applications International Corp. is among the handful of the market's largest companies to install a new CEO over the past 12 months.
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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.
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.
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.
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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
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.
Companies
Deal for Splunk brings new capabilities and competitors to Cisco
There is little to no overlap between the two but Cisco picks up more software based solutions that should strengthen its core.
Opinion
The national security imperative of commercial space
A 27-hour turnaround to launch a satellite is a powerful reminder of how a commercial space industry is critical to U.S. national security.
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