Contracts
Air Force gives small businesses 3 days to respond to nuclear systems contract
The contract nuclear missile engineering support has a compressed timeline from the initial sources sought notice to award.
Contracts
CIA improperly used oral instructions to evaluate modernization contract, GAO rules
The agency marked up Markon's costs by millions based on pre-bid guidance that was never incorporated into the final solicitation.
Opinion
NDAA: Massive expansion of commercial solutions openings and other key takeaways for defense contractors
COMMENTARY | The past year brought major changes for defense acquisition.
Companies
DOD picks 10 for $25B microelectronics contract
The Defense Microelectronics Activity wants industry help across all phases of work on sophisticated computer chips that go into military systems.
Opinion
DOGE was government contracting's biggest story of 2025 — and it's not close
Contract cancellations, exaggerated savings claims and consulting contract reviews dominated our most-read stories of the year.
Opinion
Bid protest system working as intended, GAO data shows
Despite NDAA's "loser pays" provision, fiscal 2025 statistics reveal fewer protests, higher effectiveness rates, and agencies increasingly willing to take corrective action, writes a trio of attorney's from Covington & Burling LLP.
Opinion
If, Then: 2026's key pathways, questions and scenarios for GovCon
The covers are off for edition number six of this annual exercise to start a new year by looking at major signposts and the directions they point us to.
Contracts
GSA backs off planned layoffs within its technology team after court order
The Technology Transformation Services has lost 67% of its staff since Jan. 25.
Contracts
Incumbents face new risks in filing bid protests under 2026 NDAA
A new provision could reshape bid protest strategies, but does not address one root cause of them: poor debriefings by agencies.
Companies
Army gets moving again on bundled recompete of professional services, IT vehicles
The Army opens registration for an industry day on its Marketplace for the Acquisition of Professional Services contract, which brings together staff augmentation and technology support work.
Contracts
Another 1,000 defense companies chosen for $151B Golden Dome competition
The number of awards doubled as more companies are selected to compete for the SHIELD contract vehicle.
Contracts
GSA’s OneGov agreements gain traction as agencies compete to be early adopters
Laura Stanton, deputy commissioner of the General Services Administration's contracting arm, says major contract vehicle updates to incorporate acquisition regulation reforms will roll out by the end of January.
Contracts
GAO dismisses protests challenging GSA's $1 Gen AI pacts
The Government Accountability Office never looked at the merits of Sage's complaints about the agreements with OpenAI and Anthropic, instead dismissing them over jurisdiction and standing issues.
Contracts
The hardest part of FAR reform is culture, not the rules
Kevin Rhodes, head of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, wants the federal acquisition workforce to take risks and engage more openly with industry.
Contracts
Navy seeks bids for $350M 'Seabed to Space' tech recompete
This multiple-award effort supports intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems on afloat vessels worldwide.
Contracts
Expanded ‘non-traditional’ contractor definition dropped from final NDAA
The Senate provision would have created a new pathway based on research-and-development cost allocations, which benefit firms doing mostly fixed-price work and pursuing Other Transaction agreements.
Contracts
DISA preps $600M enterprise storage recompete
The Defense Information Systems Agency is seeking an on-demand managed service with usage-based pricing.
Companies
Contractors face mounting uncertainty as shutdown aftermath lingers
Workforce cuts, budget issues and acquisition reform collide to create an unprecedented set of market challenges.
Contracts
House passes measure to help reduce federal software spending
For the second straight Congress, lawmakers in the lower chamber have advanced legislation to impose heightened transparency requirements on government software spending.
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