But other challenges are still moving forward in court regarding how the Army has evaluated bids for the $10 billion multiple-award IT hardware contract.
The aptly-named COSMIC contract covers work at NASA's main facility for testing rocket engines, plus a second major hub for assembling large-scale systems.
The potential $8.4 billion small business contract cleared the protest hurdle several months ago, but the Homeland Security Department is still working through all the proposals and has not set a date for awards.
For this industry roundtable, executives cited misaligned expectations and a lack of strategic planning as problems even as there still are opportunities for success.
The Federal Aviation Administration moves ahead on its selections for iteration number two of its Air Traffic Engineering and Program Support contract.
The incumbent Maximus filed a lawsuit after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services put a labor harmony agreement into the solicitation, but CMS has essentially ended the argument.
A combination of denied protests and corrective actions means that every small business category of the massive professional services contract could be open for business by the end of this calendar year.
The Department of Energy Quantum Leadership Act of 2024 will head to the Senate floor as part of a push to continue federal investment into quantum computing research and development.