Contracts

12 firms land spots on DHS's $1.5 billion counter-unmanned aircraft contract

The Homeland Security Department set up this contract to cover hardware, software and services for many types of operational use cases.

DHA picks 12 for $300M product deployment contract

The Defense Health Agency hires a pool of companies to aid its deployment, training, change management and sustainment activities.

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CACI lands $500M contract to scale up SkyValor counter-drone system

The system is moving into full-rate production following a series of tests at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma.

Space Force picks 15 for $981M test, evaluation support contract

This contract focuses on Space Force’s efforts to provide operators an environment of different types of ranges ranges for their test and training work.

Sole-source awards are down, but their share of the pie is not

An analysis of GovTribe data finds non-competitive contract awards are down 20% through July, but they claimed a bigger slice of all federal contracts.

Leidos books $717M ISR support award with Air Combat Command

The five-year task order extends a partnership that started in 2019, with Leidos personnel embedded at more than 35 locations worldwide.

DISA launches market research for combatant command migration

The Defense Information Systems Agency's sources sought notice addresses a protest by General Dynamics IT without naming the company nor the protest.

A playbook for thriving with OneGov and the FAR Overhaul

Contractors who cling to labor hours and PowerPoint pitches will almost certainly lose out. But the government’s requirements process still looks like the biggest bottleneck to change.

GSA strikes new OneGov deal with CORAS

“This partnership with CORAS expands the range of AI-enabled capabilities available to agencies as they evaluate solutions that support mission and operational requirements,” according to Federal Acquisition Service acting Commissioner Laura Stanton.

General Dynamics IT protest sinks DISA’s plan to expand Enclave

The Defense Information Systems Agency agrees to conduct market research and redo its acquisition strategy after GDIT challenged plans to expand the IT services contract’s scope.

Beyond the platform: What the unmanned systems boom means for the GovCon market

We explore how Ukraine and Iran are rewriting the rules and reshaping opportunities at our Aug. 14 Power Breakfast.

Navy preps recompete for American Systems software engineering contract

The service branch wants to use a cost-plus structure and sees fixed-price as potentially being too expensive.

Pentagon awards Oracle up to $7B in software consolidation deal

The agreement merges Oracle's product and licensing services into one contract, which the Defense Department estimates will result in at least $441 million in savings.

VA awards Salesforce $1.6B contract for veteran care and services

The contract adds to existing Salesforce deployments for suicide prevention, health care communications and more.

Selective Service System seeks software to aid the draft

If the military draft were to ever come back, this software would be used to quickly evaluate staffing and resource requirements.

The Army changed how it buys but most contractors haven’t changed how they sell

Compressed acquisition timelines are rewarding contractors who invest in customer intelligence months before an opportunity appears. Not the ones who mobilize after it lands, writes growth expert Nic Coppings.

Argonne National Laboratory seeks help, resources for AI supercomputing center

The lab is casting its net far and wide for ideas on how to build, operate and finance the future National Genesis Mission Supercomputing Center of Innovation.