Contracts

Assertive Professionals wins $127M MDA professional services contract

The Missile Defense Agency made this award as part of its family of contracts known as TEAMS.

Contracts

DIU orders software to drive massive drone swarms

The software glue holding the Replicator effort together is beginning to harden.

Contracts

Dell, Iron Bow agree on Army pricing allegation settlements

A whistleblower kicked off a Justice Department investigation into allegations that Dell and Iron Bow worked together to overcharge the Army for IT products.

Contracts

Bid protests return to a long-term decline

The Government Accountability Office reports an 11% drop in cases for fiscal year 2024 after all the protests surrounding the CIO-SP4 vehicle fueled a spike in 2023.

Companies

NCR's federal arm wins $335M commissary tech support recompete

The effort covers grocery and household good stores at military facilities that have point-of-sale systems and software.

Contracts

SSA seeks new data center space in western US

The Social Security Administration is planning a flexible, task order-based contract for colocation data center services.

Contracts

GAO starts to move on OASIS+ protest rulings with 2 denials

More decisions are due within the next two weeks on four remaining protests involving the government-wide professional services vehicle.

Contracts

DOD adds trio to $48B tech research vehicle

The Defense Department now has 44 companies that support the preservation and sharing of information and knowledge related to military technology.

Contracts

Modification trips up ManTech’s protest over Army award

The fight is over after the Army amended the task order and lowered its value below the threshold for protests.

Contracts

Major federal IT contracts to remove ‘unnecessary’ degree requirements

The push to focus on skills-based hiring for federal jobs dates back to the first Trump administration. The Biden White House has continued these efforts.

Companies

Integral Federal acquires agile development specialist

By purchasing Pragmatics, Integral is pushing closer to its goal of $200 million in annual revenue by 2025.

Contracts

General Dynamics wins $5.6B info sharing support contract

The Mission Partner Environment works to help partnership and coalition participants communicate and collaborate.

Companies

CACI to appeal $42M verdict in Abu Ghraib torture case

A jury has awarded $42 million to three Iraqis who said the company bore some legal responsibility for abuses they suffered at the prison.

Contracts

Groundswell claims the Army wanted Accenture to win the $1B EBS-C competition

Groundswell's lawsuit alleges the evaluation process was changed midstream to favor Accenture's U.S. federal arm for the contract to consolidate several Army business and logistics systems.

Contracts

Marine Corps picks 10 for $164M installation command support contract

Nine new companies are joining a program that supports at least 31,000 personnel across the world.

Contracts

Space Force awards 12 seats on 'Hemisphere' advisory contract

The service branch hires a pool of companies to help it manage all phases of program lifecycles that include technology development and anomaly resolution, among others.

Companies

HHS eyes wider scope for small biz professional services recompete

The current iteration focuses on support for the National Institutes of Health, while the new version will be for the entire Health and Human Services Department.

Contracts

Protests drive NNSA to cancel $350M award

The National Nuclear Security Administration is reworking the solicitation and will start the competition for IT managed services all over again.

Opinion

The knowns and unknowns of a second Trump administration

Some priorities such as cyber and artificial intelligence are likely not changing, but we will watch the transition for what else might impact government contractors.

Contracts

FDIC gives first look at IT services recompete

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's IT environment has approximately 200 business applications, many of which still apparently need to move into a cloud environment.