Contracts

NOAA starts the bidding for ProTech 2.0's environmental monitoring domain

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is seeking to hire a pool of companies that can help it use satellite data for its forecasting and modeling operations.

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CBP seeks AI solutions to keep pace with rising volumes of border scans

A new sources sought notice seeks artificial intelligence tools to help agents sift through tens of thousands of X-ray images at ports of entry.

Opinion

COMMENTARY: A year of OneGov: Over a billion in savings and still growing

COMMENTARY | The Trump administration's landmark initiative proved that consolidated, smart purchasing is not only good for government operations but also the bottom line.

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GSA hits one-year mark for OneGov

The General Services Administration's effort to centralize brand name technology purchases has brought in 20 companies as participants so far.

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Japanese lease dooms SupplyCore’s protest of logistics contract

The General Services Administration could not evaluate the documentation of a warehouse lease written entirely in Japanese with no English translation.

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Army sets industry day for high-performance computing recompete

Defense Department communities involved in tech development and transition efforts all have access to the supercomputing systems, which are currently supported by BAE Systems Inc.

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VA seeks single contractor to modernize sprawling supply chain

The Veterans Affairs Department has 63 legacy systems across 174 sites that have created fragmented and inefficient operations.

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First protest filed against the Army’s troubled MAPS contract

Some in industry are calling the $50 billion professional services vehicle "still a hot mess" as the Army works to answer thousands of questions.

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FAR Overhaul final rules stall as OMB weighs changes

President Trump's "Made in America" executive order could force significant rewrites to domestic content provisions.

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Commerce goes direct to hyperscalers with $4.1B cloud pact

The department cites artificial intelligence, weather modeling and scale as reasons to narrow the competition.

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HHS to rework $1B legal services contract after protests

Acacia Center for Justice and ICF challenged invoicing terms, background check requirements and a rule ending representation when unaccompanied migrant children turn 18.

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VA seeks industry ideas for contact center tech upgrade

The agency is asking for artificial intelligence applications including conversational voice bots and chatbots with multilingual capabilities.

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Outcome-based strategies must come before outcome-based contracts

A new report by IBM Center for the Business of Government and the Commerce and Contracts Management Institute says trust, governance and data need to be in place before the contracts can work.

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House FY27 VA funding bill allocates $3.4B for EHR rollout

The measure, which was voted out of the House Appropriations Committee, withholds 25% of the funds for the EHR modernization project until July 1, 2027, contingent upon VA providing lawmakers with additional information and meeting performance requirements.

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DHS takes first step in Cumulus cloud award process

The Homeland Security Department is entering into direct contracts with the four major hyperscalers and setting up a separate, multiple-award vehicle as part of this enterprise cloud effort.

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Army’s $50B MAPS contract draws fire on multiple fronts

An industry letter asks for a pause on the professional services recompete and cites unanswered questions, unclear standards and potential regulatory violations.

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OMB seeks details from agencies on their commercial buying, or lack thereof

A new White House budget office memo also outlines what agencies have to do if they want to go down the non-commercial contracting route and who has the approval power over it.

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Z SofTech challenges how NASA delivered its SEWP VI elimination notice

The company says NASA's July notice never reached its established point of contact and that the Government Accountability Office should still look at the protest.

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Transportation adds digital services to 1DOT initiative with possible $1.9B pact

The department aims to release the solicitation in August and targeting March 2027 for awards.

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Gruenbaum heading for the exit from GSA

Laura Stanton will lead the General Services Administration’s acquisition shop on an interim basis.