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GSA names first group of Polaris small business vehicle selections
Exactly 100 companies have made the initial cut for the government-wide IT vehicle with three more blocks of awards to come later this year.
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Accenture's federal arm wins major Army ERP contract
The Army is looking to centralize several of its business systems into a single SAP platform over the next eight years.
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OMB releases AI procurement guidelines
Interagency collaboration and risk mitigation are the two big themes included in the White House budget office's artificial intelligence software procurement guidance.
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Navy starts $828M business support recompete
Awardees will compete for work to directly support the Navy’s objectives for its personnel, manpower and training initiatives.
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Labor Department sets 2025 federal contractor minimum wages
Labor Department officials have set the range of minimum wages for contractors between $9.30 per hour for tipped workers to $17.75 per hour, depending on the job type.
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Veterans Affairs awards 10 seats on $2.4B user experience vehicle
The SPRUCE acronym for this contract aptly describes VA's goal to improve how it incorporates more modern and commercial-like software development practices.
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DOD adds 13 to $48B tech research vehicle
The Defense Department now has 41 companies involved in this program focused on the preservation and sharing of information and knowledge related to military technology.
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FDA backs away from $500M data modernization award
The Food and Drug Administration will take another look at proposals in the wake of protests that challenged how it evaluated the bids.
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Energy chooses nonprofit for $5B national lab contract
Fermi Forward Discovery Group will manage and operate the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory that focuses on particle physics research.
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FirstSource III battle moves to court
Three companies are challenging the evaluations and other factors behind awards for the Homeland Security Department's $10 billion commodity IT contract.
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Dell wins $794M Adobe software supply contract
The global tech giant will also take on related upgrades, modernization and maintenance support.
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Accenture books $90M CISA mission support award
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency wants more data analytics and vulnerability management solutions.
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HHS' equitable care agency awards 2 vehicles, $750M combined ceiling
The Health Resources and Services Administration chooses 10 firms for a evaluation support contract and 14 on a second pact directly tied to the U.S.' organ transplant network.
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Protests challenge DHS' $10B FirstSource III contract
Close to a dozen companies are taking issue with the Homeland Security Department's evaluation process, pricing, and best-value decisions for the small business commodity IT vehicle.
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Army Corps of Engineers seeks R&D support across multiple domains
A new broad agency announcement covers seven labs, emphasizes climate change, engineering, remote sensing and IT advancements.
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Army unveils structure of bundled professional services, IT recompete
The future Marketplace for the Acquisition of Professional Services contract is poised to have five domains for interested bidders to consider.
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MDA previews recompete of advisory, assistance services contracts
Whether the Missile Defense Agency will lean on the government's flagship professional services vehicle for this family of contracts remains an open question.
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NASA sets out new timeline for SEWP VI
The strategic pause on this $60 billion IT vehicle is over after NASA says it will answer all industry questions by early November with proposals due the following month.
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GAO decision shows how subjective 'best practices' are
Slalom’s loss to IBM in a $305.6 million competition and subsequent protest defeat is a lesson in why bidders need to seek clarity before they turn in their proposals.
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