Contracts

OPM’s HR systems award clears protest window

None of Oracle’s competitors have filed objections to the $396 million Federal HR 2.0 contract.

Opinion

The third best practice GovCon keeps ignoring

Your Shipley process and CRM are only as good as the customer intelligence feeding them. Most firms have never measured that capability, writes growth expert Nic Coppings.

Contracts

TSA launches $13B security screening tech solicitation

The Transportation Security Agency set up this multiple-award contract to support its efforts to transition away from being both operator and regulator at airports.

Contracts

Parsons subsidiary awarded $245M Navy ground station contract

Space Ground System Solutions will provide software development and other IT-related services at this Naval Research Laboratory location.

Contracts

HHS to pit AI vendors against each other in parallel pilots

The Health and Human Services Department wants real operational data across multiple platforms before finalizing its enterprise acquisition approach.

Companies

Lawmaker warns of administration’s ‘fetishization’ of Silicon Valley startups

Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Va., discussed his plans to scrutinize Trump-era contracting practices, revive federal IT oversight and push for AI policy.

Contracts

DHS moves on awards for $640M technical services pact

The Homeland Security Department set up this blanket purchase agreement to aid its migrations of business applications toward reusable services, such as cloud computing.

Contracts

Small business prime awards fell in fiscal 2025

The Small Business Administration releases its newest annual grading of how agencies worked to meet their small business contracting goals.

Contracts

GSA floats two-tiered Buy American marketplace on its Advantage platform

A new sources sought notice seeks industry feedback on icons, filtered search results and a new special item number only for original equipment manufacturers.

Contracts

GSA’s centralization push is a return to its roots, not just a Trump priority

The General Services Administration's acting acquisition chief says the consolidation drive mirrors the founding mission laid out by the Hoover Commission 77 years ago.

Contracts

Widepoint wins $3B DHS mobility recompete

Widepoint will continue on as the Homeland Security Department's primary interface with the major wireless carriers, a role it has held since 2013.

Contracts

GSA taking measured approach to SEWP takeover

Continuity is the General Services Administration's top priority as it embeds staff in NASA’s SEWP office to lay groundwork to transfer the $60 billion IT vehicle.

Contracts

Energy unveils plan to create scientifically-relevant quantum computer

The Energy Department aims to bring a fault-tolerant quantum computer to life via the new Quantum Genesis mission, with a focus on benefitting scientific research.

Contracts

FDA starts to craft enterprise IT infrastructure services contract

The Food and Drug Administration is asking for industry input on acquisition strategies, pricing models, transition approaches and other key items.

Contracts

30 days to shape the biggest FAR overhaul in 40 years

Industry faces a tight window to weigh in on these changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation as eight more proposed rules wait in the pipeline.

Contracts

NASA names 2,100 winners for SEWP VI

The $60 billion government-wide IT program expands the scope of what agencies can buy and how they can buy as the vehicle's proposed transition to the General Services Administration looms.

Contracts

Revolutionary FAR Overhaul moves to formal rulemaking with first batch of proposed rules

Four proposed rules covering 21 Federal Acquisition Regulation parts are to be published Tuesday. Small business rules and others are on the way.

Contracts

Battelle challenges KBR’s $8B Antarctica contract win

The protester claims the National Science Foundation did not account for the potential impacts of KBR’s planned spinoff of its government business.

Contracts

The Genesis Mission has a security problem

DOE's federated AI compute initiative is advancing faster than the security architecture designed to protect it, writes Ian Lee, director of advanced computing solutions at ShorePoint.

Contracts

DOD excels at prototyping. Getting to production is another story.

Acquisition reform may be the bridge, but the paths from prototype to funded program remains unclear.