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SBA reopens size standard comment period, slashes estimates of its impacts
The Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy now says only 4,000 to 6,000 companies would become small businesses, not the 115,000 originally estimated.
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NOAA unveils first blueprint for mobile device management contract
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration wants a cloud-hosted offering to manage its inventory of devices that run off the Apple, Microsoft and Google operating systems.
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Space Force starts to craft satellite communications integration contract
The service branch gives industry an initial glimpse at its plan to hire a technical integrator for mission planning, resource management and other functions.
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FAR Overhaul gives contracting officers more flexibility on contract type
The proposed rule rewrites shift to a permissive framework and incorporate Trump’s fixed-price contracting executive order.
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Oasis protests Army C-UAS contract win by Parsons Corp
The protester is claiming evaluation flaws and an unresolved conflict-of-interest tied to Parsons making the systems it could potentially be testing.
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FAR Overhaul targets commercial buying and negotiations in newest rewrite
Parts 12 and 15 have revisions ready for industry to read, while two other parts of the Federal Acquisition Regulation are deleted entirely in a push to increase competition.
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DHS sets fast-track schedule for network, cloud and cyber consolidation vehicle
The Homeland Security Department is working against a compressed timeline to make awards for this contract to centralize IT operations at headquarters and across components.
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Anthropic extends $1 per user OneGov deal by a month
The OneGov extension means discounted access to Google Gemini is the only deal under the program currently set to expire at the end of this month.
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TSA preps industry for operational testing recompete
The Transportation Security Agency will use this $100 million-plus blanket purchase agreement to verify systems as effective and suitable for use.
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Pentagon moves to scrap CAS, embrace commercial accounting standards
A new memo sets 30-to 90-day deadlines for shifting the Pentagon toward GAAP-based accounting standards, while trying to head off fears the department will police profits on fixed-price work.
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Anduril now covers both halves of $1.5B DHS counter-UAS contract
Leidos is the only other company competing for work in both the product and services portions of the five-year counter-unmanned aircraft systems contract
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VA starts its search for health systems tech integrator
The Veterans Affairs Department wants a contractor to help establish enterprise integration and data capabilities for operating across different systems.
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Justice extracts $25M settlement from Accenture Federal over diversity goals
Accenture Federal Services pays to resolve allegations that its hiring and promotion practices were tied to internal diversity, equity and inclusion targets.
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DHS signs Cumulus cloud contract with Google
The Homeland Security Department has almost wrapped up awards for the hyperscaler-focused portion of this centralized cloud program with Microsoft's contract still under construction.
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Judge halts new Polaris awards over GSA’s ‘unequal treatment’ of bidders
Two protesters win their arguments as the court orders the General Services Administration to fix errors before moving forward with the vehicle.
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GAO tells NSF to re-evaluate $8B Antarctica award
The National Science Foundation apparently made enough missteps in its evaluation that GAO wants it to take a fresh look at proposals.
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Accenture's federal arm wins $480M Army task management system contract
Pentagon and Army leaders see the future Joint Enterprise Task Management System as heavily leaning on artificial intelligence and eventually being able to cover 200,000 users.
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DHS starts the bidding for $441M biometric tech contract
The Homeland Security Department will use this contract to buy fingerprint, facial, iris, palmprint and multi-modal devices for component agencies.
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SBA fast tracks 8(a) applicants in defense-critical industries
Only 1.2% of active 8(a) firms are registered in the 10 NAICS codes prioritized by the Small Business Administration, though pending reforms could expand the pipeline.
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