GSA human capital on-ramp awards now open for business

With the protests now cleared up, all of the 8(a) businesses that captured spots on the General Services Administration's $5.75 billion Human Capital and Training Solutions contract can now move forward and chase task orders.

New agreement focuses on improving clinical training

Two organizations including one company involved in federal are working together to make a clinical diagnosis training program more available across the health care industry.

Where is the CIO-SP4 final solicitation?

A final solicitation for the $40 billion CIO-SP4 vehicle is expected any day after COVID-related delays.

CMMC board adds new training head, board members

Melanie Kyle Gingrich will take over training daily operations for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body as the vice president of training and development.

Navy continues payload development with award to SeaCorp

SeaCorp moves onto the demonstration phase of its Small Business Innovation Research program to develop a new way for the Navy to integrate payloads.

Air Force picks DCS subsidiary for multi-domain research

A subsidiary of DCS Corp. will provide the Air Force research-and-development services under a pair of contracts worth $243.1 million.

Accenture retakes Healthcare.gov work, but new protest pending

Accenture has (for now) won back its $397.6 million Healthcare.gov contract. But Deloitte, which has won the contract twice, has filed its own protest objecting to the award.

General Dynamics picked for Navy medical research effort

General Dynamics IT has been tapped by the Navy to support a wide range of research efforts by its Medical Research Unit under a $52.2 million contract.

GSA starts big push toward commercial cloud

Market research is underway for a commercial cloud contract out of the General Services Administration that will likely be worth tens of billions.

Noblis wins new work at Defense Threat Reduction Agency

The nonprofit has captured a new $263.3 million contract to provide advisory and assistance services to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.

With Biden's equity agenda in play, experts talk about making procurement more inclusive

Government procurement practitioners discussed equity and procurement at the Code for America summit, as leaders across the federal enterprise look to measure and expand inclusiveness in public spending.

Massive price difference aside, other factors swing DHS modernization award to AT&T

The $400 million-plus differences in price stand out, but other matters drove the Homeland Security Department to pick AT&T over its rivals to lead a modernization effort.

Opinion

Why a mission-first network is the foundation for cyber warfighting

Having a strong network backbone isn't enough in today's era of cyberwar. Networks need to be built for the worse-case scenario and with the mission clearly in sight.

Northrop revives protest of $500M Navy contract

Northrop Grumman is back at its protest of a contract won by L3Harris Technologies to build the Navy's next-generation Navy radio jammer.

More protests for $2B Patent & Trademark Office contract

More disappointed bidders are protesting the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's $2 billion contract known as BOSS, but will the agency be spared because of its unique procurement rules?

Serco takes on 'price fighter' role

Serco Inc. will provide a variety of analytical services to the Navy as the branch looks to control prices and costs of developing and supporting weapons systems.

Lumen to bring more connectivity to Navy JAG operations

Lumen Technologies will build a software-defined network for the Navy in an effort to expand access to legal support for commanders, sailors and their families.

DOD memo details new rules for managing data

Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks issued a memo detailing DOD's five "data decrees," establishing rules for creating and managing data as an enterprise resource and strategic asset.

New tech needed for nuclear re-entry vehicles

The Air Force is considering a number of advanced technologies for re-entry vehicles and is developing new contracts to foster those tools.

Air Force developing 5-year software testing contract

The Air Force has begun development of a contract to support the test infrastructure used to evaluate software built in its labs.