Contracts

DCSA folds three contracts into a single set-aside

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency is folding a $500 million task order held by Science Applications International Corp. into the new competition.

IARPA launches new acquisition marketplace

The intelligence community's lead research arm is looking to help agencies more rapidly procure innovative products from industry.

Find opportunities — and win them.

Why winning is keeping GovCon execs up at night

The edge gots to firms that excel at navigating the new regulatory landscape. Here’s eight keys to building your advantage, writes Chris Crowder of Unanet.

GSA is eyeing OneGov savings beyond software and tech, official says

GSA Deputy Administrator Mike Lynch noted that many of the roughly two dozen firms participating in the OneGov initiative “offer multiple products to federal government,” meaning that the strategy can ultimately lead to a broader range of cost savings.

Lockheed wins $10.5B Special Operations logistics recompete

Special Operations Command uses this contract to help maintain its program support and enterprise management functions.

CMMC suspension caught industry off guard, but the reasons did not

The Pentagon's move to pause the cybersecurity program was a surprise, but the cost and burden concerns behind it have been known for years.

Protest count hits 10 for Army’s $50B MAPS vehicle

Companies continue to bring up their issues with the solicitation, imperiling the Army’s planned September awards.

GSA’s draft AI procurement rule has improved but needs further reforms, contractors say

Contractors have until Aug. 3 to give GSA feedback on a proposed overhaul to large language model procurements.

US Geological Survey seeks enhanced AI function to watch for earthquakes

The U.S. Geological Survey has started its search for what is out there amid rapid advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning tools.

Veterans Affairs starts search for cloud-based litigation review platform

The Veterans Affairs Department currently works with systems that do not share a common collection of facts, resulting in duplications of records and other issues.

General Dynamics IT challenges DISA's Enclave expansion

GDIT says the Defense Information Systems Agency should have competed the requirement to migrate the combatant commands to the IT environment instead of giving the work to Leidos.

DOD suspends CMMC Phase 2, launches 60-day ‘reform’ review

Citing prohibitive costs for small and mid-size contractors, the Defense Department will keep Phase 1 self-assessments in place while a new task force studies the cyber and supply chain security program's future.

HHS seeks small business support for future vendor management office

The Health and Human Services Department has started its work to find a contractor that can help oversee various software licensing agreements.

Census Bureau sets industry day as 2030 planning gets underway

The agency is planning a group of multiple-award pacts that would hire small businesses to help with application development and planning for the next census.

NGA wants ideas for automatically spotting changes in its geospatial data

A commercial solutions opening seeks vendors with ideas on how to flag relevant changes around the world instead of the current manual process.

Air Force Research Lab picks joint venture for $499M integration support contract

The Space Systems and Hardware Integration for Novel Experiments contract is structured as a "cradle-to-grave" effort.