Opinion

What does this tight response deadline tell us?

A new request for information out of the Veterans Affairs' IT office makes me wonder if the VA has unstated reasons for creating such a short window for responses.

Opinion

Lack of differentiation turns Army task order into a price shootout

Neither bidder's technical proposal stood out for the Army as the branch competed a data center contract.

Opinion

What 2022 tells us about 2023 and beyond

A look back at the top stories of 2022 offers us some insights and foreshadowing into what government contractors will care about in 2023 and the years after that.

Contracts

NOAA developing contract for coastal remediation efforts

Work includes data and information systems that support continuing efforts to address the damage from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion nearly a decade ago.

Contracts

Incumbent and challenger protest $300M VA award

Allegations include poor evaluations, an improper best-value tradeoff and charges of an organizational conflict-of-interest on the part of the winner.

Contracts

Navy moves ahead on $100M weather contract

Proposals are due soon for the software engineering and development support recompete.

Contracts

EPA wants small business to support superfund work

The Environmental Protection Agency is developing contract to acquire support for how it manages the restorations of heavily-contaminated.

Contracts

SBA to rethink loan monitoring award

The agency will conduct a second evaluation of bids in a head-to-head contest to support SBA lending partners.

Contracts

Protest leads to spot on $1.8B training contract vehicle

The Office of Personnel Management admits to making a mistake in its initial selections for awards.

Contracts

$25B VA professional services contract hit with protests

Three companies are challenging how the VA evaluated their bids to join the vehicle called VECTOR.

Opinion

DOD's huge cloud vehicle should open doors to innovation

Each bidder may be on the potential $9 billion contract, but their competition for work will be fierce and fuel advancements in battlefield tech.

Contracts

Amentum continues battle for lost NASA support contract

The incumbent wants another shot at a $145 million laboratory support contract.

Contracts

All Polaris protests now rest in the courts

A handful of companies are taking issue with how General Services Administration is running this $15 billion governmentwide IT contract for small businesses.

Companies

SAIC getting past headwinds from lost contracts

Steady sales from ongoing contracts have more than made up for lost incumbent jobs as the company projects better growth than it had expected.

Companies

Former Dovel execs team with private equity partner

Madison Dearborn Partners is searching for more government technology companies to acquire.

Companies

University names business center after long-time GovCon exec

George Mason University's business school and government contracting center accepts a significant donation from Attain Partners' founder Greg Baroni and his wife Camille.

Contracts

Dozens back in the hunt for a CIO-SP4 spot

The National Institutes of Health's IT acquisition shop will rethink phase one of the competition for this $50 billion governmentwide contract.

Companies

Outcome-based contracts are smart but hard to field

Industry executives at a Washington Technology roundtable want more contracts that emphasize performance and the mission, but also say agencies face constraints in their processes and talent.

Contracts

GSA takes second look at $129M task order

The General Services Administration will look for ambiguities in the solicitation for software development and modernization work.