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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.
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DIU orders software to drive massive drone swarms
The software glue holding the Replicator effort together is beginning to harden.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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