Contracts

GSA adds five new service domains to OASIS+

The government-wide vehicle already has more 700 contract holders and is growing in scope in this second-phase expansion.

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Pentagon launches $1B program to build industrial base for U.S. attack drones

The Drone Dominance Program will use competitive demonstrations to select multiple companies that can produce tens of thousands of expendable drones.

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Palo Alto Networks offers discounted cybersecurity solutions to agencies through OneGov deal

Federal agencies can access discounts of as much as 60% for select security offerings as part of the agreement.

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Small businesses face upheaval under the acquisition overhaul and agency cuts

Changes to the 8(a) program and decimated support offices leave contractors with fewer resources and protections.

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MDA awards 1,014 companies slots on $151B Golden Dome contract vehicle

The Missile Defense Agency is making staggered awards for the SHIELD contract as it works through 2,463 proposals with more winners and likely protests to come.

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DOD’s move to ‘wartime footing’ demands new contracting models

The Pentagon's leader for industrial policy says the acquisition regulation overhaul will create openings for artificial intelligence-enabled service models and drive a move away from traditional contracts.

Contracts

SAP offers major discount to government customers through OneGov agreement

Discounted software could generate as much as $165 million in savings for agencies over the next 18 months, GSA estimates.

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DISA releases first draft of comms equipment recompete

The Defense Information Systems Agency uses the contract to acquire “dynamically scalable communications capability.”

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PSC’s Vision Forecast sees tight budgets, high uncertainty through the next decade

The trade association's annual forecast lands at a time of unprecedented change and disruption in the market, with civilian agencies facing the most budget pressures.

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Enabled Intelligence books $708M data labeling contract

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency chooses this five-year-old company for "Sequoia," a broad effort to incorporate commercial artificial intelligence and machine learning tools into GEOINT missions.

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DOGE no longer has ‘centralized leadership’ under White House tech team, personnel head says

The team that was altered to house DOGE — formerly the U.S. Digital Service — is also still doing its own technology work across agencies.

Contracts

GAO denies EY protest over Army's corrective action in $250M contract

The Government Accountability Office denies some parts of the protest and dismisses others, while affirming an agency’s discretion to make revisions.

Contracts

Air Force looks to refactor HR apps, avoid vendor lock-in

The service branch's personnel office needs to move applications to a new Salesforce licensing model while keeping the current systems up and running.

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NASA agrees to take a second look at its $1.8B COSMOS contract following protest

Incumbent KBR successfully challenged the award to Ascend Aerospace & Technology, prompting the agency to review its evaluation and best-value determination.

Contracts

Polaris small business protests continue as GSA seeks to update the administrative record

Six companies are at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims challenging the evaluations of their scores, claiming that improper point deductions cost them spots among the top 100 awardees.

Contracts

GSA finalizes a pair of Polaris award pools

Six apparent winners were dropped from the HUBZone and service-disabled/veteran-owned pools after challenges, adding 53 new companies on the 10-year IT vehicle.

Companies

Carahsoft files and withdraws protest of Palantir's $385M VA win in 24 hours

Neither company wants to talk about the brief challenge regarding the data analytics contract.

Companies

The military's acquisition reform push means 85% ready is good enough to start

Speaking Tuesday at an event hosted by our Defense One colleagues, a panel of industry executives highlight tradeoffs the Pentagon and companies have to think through under that new construct.

Contracts

Three firms protest $900M CBP IT and professional services contract awards

Guidehouse, Dignari and LMI are challenging how their proposals were evaluated against the six winners.

Contracts

GSA, Perplexity ink first direct-to-government OneGov deal

Under a new agreement, federal agencies can access Perplexity Enterprise Pro for Government through a direct contract on the General Services Administration’s Multiple-Award Schedule.