Opinion
GSA’s OneGov deals hype billions in savings, but should we buy into it?
Amid all the discount announcements, these short-term agreements raise more questions than they answer about real value to government buyers.
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FAA starts the bidding for new air traffic control system contract
The eventual winner will have three-and-a-half years to implement the new system.
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ServiceNow, GSA strike OneGov deal to drive government AI adoption
Government customers can access discounts of up to 70% off select ServiceNow products through the deal.
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NOAA awards 'Weather' block of $8B services vehicle
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration wraps up awards for its ProTech 2.0 small business contract.
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GSA unveils 2 batches of 'apparently successful' Polaris bidders
Pending the results of any size challenges, the General Services Administration can still make adjustments to its choices for this government-wide IT vehicle.
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Microsoft offers major discounts to government customers in latest ‘OneGov’ deal
The discounts could be worth as much as $3.1 billion in year one, according to the General Services Administration.
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Space Force goes commercial for space domain awareness
Nearly 150 companies are vying for a spot in the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program, a top official says.
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Small business joint venture wins Coast Guard cyber contract
The five-year, $160 million contract covers information assurance services from headquarters to ships at sea.
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Advocacy groups ask OMB to axe Grok AI procurement
Citing vulnerabilities and biased outputs in the program, multiple advocacy organizations and nonprofits signed a letter to the Office of Management and Budget asking it to bar Elon Musk’s Grok from federal workflows.
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Veterans Affairs chooses 9 for $14B health care transformation recompete
VA described its ideal lineup of teams for this contract as having "combined their reach and collective capabilities to tackle some of VHA’s largest professional service requirements."
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Quantum computers have an isolation problem and DARPA wants to solve it
An emerging contract vehicle will focus on developing the hardware and software needed to get different types of quantum computers to communicate and work together.
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Air Force previews $920M aerospace equipment competition
The multiple-award contract is set up to fast-track the development and fielding of new technologies.
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Census Bureau lifts more curtains on $1B digital transformation pact
The agency is pushing for greater use of secure cloud applications and more advanced data science techniques ahead of the 2030 Census.
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GSA launches pilot to streamline FedRAMP for AI products
The FedRAMP 20x initiative will automate some approvals for what the General Services Administration is calling "conversational AI" if certain security conditions are met.
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Ask Sage protests a third OneGov AI agreement
The company is widening the scope of its argument that the products in question do not meet security requirements and the agreements violate other requirements.
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DTRA awards $3.5B recompete of counter-WMD support contract
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency uses this program to acquire research, training and other professional services to help partner countries fight the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
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Tech7 books $489M tech evaluation system contract
This Phase III Small Business Innovation Research funding agreement opens the door for wider availability of the product across government.
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Protest hits GSA’s $1-a-year agreements with OpenAI and Anthropic
Ask Sage claims the pacts circumvent federal acquisitions regulations, lack required security authorizations and mislead agencies about actual costs and capabilities.
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USCIS chooses 5 for agile development pact
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency set up this blanket purchase agreement to support its cloud computing migration efforts and scale out operational capacity.
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