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Navy previews $2.5B shipboard network recompete

The Navy gives industry a first glimpse at how the service branch plans to recompete its estimated $2.5 billion contract vehicle for products and services to support shipboard networks.

Will these latest CIO-SP4 amendments be welcomed?

To practically no one's surprise, controversy and protests have emerged regarding the $50 billion CIO-SP4 IT services contract with not much time left to submit a proposal. Hard to tell if the latest amendments will affect the situation, but here's a read-through of what they are.

DISA starts second try at $1B satellite services solicitation

The Defense Information Systems Agency unveils the rework of a nearly $1 billion commercial satellite services procurement that it had to cancel quickly in the wake of a protest decision.

Air Force kicks off bidding for $4.8B intelligence support vehicle

The Air Force unveils the final solicitation for a $4.8 billion contract vehicle to acquire research and development services from small businesses to support the branch's air and space intelligence center.

JEDI is no more, but military's enterprise cloud push goes on

The Defense Department has canceled its controversial and heavily-litigated JEDI cloud infrastructure contract in favor of a new contract with a multi-vendor approach, which will be divided initially between the same two vendors that contested the former.

CACI opens new Reston headquarters

It's headquarters move number three in 58 years as CACI International takes the company from its longtime home of Arlington, Virginia, to a new campus in Reston.

What industry wants to see in federal acquisition and the infrastructure package

The past week has seen groups of commercial companies and government services contractors alike give U.S. leaders ideas of what technology priorities should be included in any infrastructure package that gets passed. Here's an overview.

Under the hood of AT&T's EIS win at Transportation

AT&T’s booking of a 12-year, $175 million network modernization task order with the Transportation Department and the company’s start on that effort comes amid two broader trends in the public sector.

ManTech, Google detail their cloud partnership

ManTech and Google are expanding their collaboration on digital transformation in government to further lean on the search giant's cloud offering.

Judge rules Amazon's JEDI lawsuit to go forward

A federal judge decides that the court will hear Amazon's long-running argument that the Trump administration swung the JEDI cloud infrastructure contract's award to Microsoft.

DHS officially starts bids for $10B commodity IT contract

The Homeland Security Department has revealed the much-anticipated final solicitation for its $10 billion IT hardware and software contract vehicle reserved for small businesses.

NASA starts second on-ramp for $6B space systems contract

While no awards are guaranteed, NASA is starting a new on-ramp for companies to try again at joining a $6 billion contract for acquiring space systems in an agile manner.

Air Force seeks small firms for $490M counter-unmanned aircraft program

The Air Force has kicked off the bidding for a $490 million contract that seeks a small business to help develop technologies that can fend off small unmanned aircraft.

State Department previews $4B IT buy

The State Department starts to preview a planned $4 billion IT services contract and is asking industry for feedback on the overall strategy.

Raytheon-MetTel team to pursue $3.5B FAA telecom program

Raytheon Technologies and MetTel unveil their partnership to bid for a $3.5 billion telecommunications and network integration contract with the Federal Aviation Administration.

IRS plots $2.6B IT services consolidation

The tax agency plans to combine its modernization and sustainment contracts into a single task order on a governmentwide acquisition contract as it pushes ahead with the replacement of legacy systems.

Air Force seeking ideas in $500M advanced manufacturing tech effort

The Air Force's latest call for white papers from industry seeks ideas on bolstering advanced manufacturing technologies and will award up to $500 million under this effort.