Contracts

Air Force leans on ESOP legislation to sole-source $992M contract

This contract is part of a Defense Department pilot program that allows for certain follow-on awards to stay with the incumbent, if they are fully-employee owned.

Anduril wants both halves of $1.5 DHS counter-UAS contract

The company secured an award for the services track, but argues it should have also won a spot on the hardware/software portion.

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FAA brings in AT&T for network modernization program

The Federal Aviation Administration is developing a potential 15-year contract with AT&T to support the overhaul of the air traffic control system.

Shutdown hangover: NGA forced into no-compete bridge contract to keep Mojave running

A 43-day funding lapse back in the fall is still costing the agency time — and forcing sole-source awards — as it works toward a follow-on competition for this support services contract.

VA seeks to extend its Oracle health record contract through 2031

“This action is necessary to continue [electronic health record modernization] deployment activities and associated support services until all VA Medical Centers (VAMCs) and related facilities have fully transitioned to the EHR system,” the department said in a Sam.gov solicitation notice.

Palantir’s no-bid pipeline just got bigger

A new $244M Pentagon memo skips the Federal Acquisition Regulation's process for sole-source justifications and urges agencies to find ways to work with the company.

DCS loses latest protest, but the challenges might not be over

DCS' challenges to the Army's corrective action involving this $251.7 million task order are dismissed, but the opportunity to raise objections remains if the contract again goes to Amentum.

DISA sets release date for follow-on cloud solicitation

The Defense Information Systems Agency is pushing to expand its $9 billion cloud vehicle beyond the big four hyperscalers.

DHS wraps up Oracle's Cumulus cloud contract

The Department of Homeland Security has two more hyperscaler awards to finalize before it can move ahead on a separate competition for this enterprise cloud program.

Lockheed's $10.5B Special Operations award faces protest

General Dynamics' One Source arm is arguing the command's logistics and sustainment award decision was unreasonable.

Navy planning small business R&D contract

The Naval Research Laboratory wants to hire a provider of research-and-development work that focuses on how solar activity impacts satellites and Earth's ionosphere.

What history tells us about the potential government shutdown

Kicking the funding can down the road would prevent a government shutdown during the November midterms, but a flip of either the House or Senate would increase the odds of a prolonged December shutdown.

GAO to DOGE: The ‘Wall of Receipts’ does not add up

The Government Accountability Office's review backs up what reporters and other observers were finding all along: overstated savings, undisclosed data problems and a wall that still cannot be trusted.

Space Force launches $300M ground operations support recompete

A final solicitation is now live for the Hybrid Architecture and Development for Experimental Systems contract, which Space Force set up as a way to protect satellites from inefficient coding or commands.

GSA's agenda for resellers focuses on service pricing transparency

The General Services Administration's strategy for more unified technology purchases starts with baseline pricing for products, then eyes resellers as providing nearly everything else agencies need.

DHA wants out of the test infrastructure business it built

The Defense Health Agency says it is paying for capacity it does not use and now wants a commercial fix, not a bigger contract.

Contractor alleges Army inappropriately used AI to make $450M contract award

An industry lawyer anticipates more bid protests will likely allege that agencies misused AI in the procurement process but that could be hard to prove if agencies don’t report their use of AI as “high-impact.”