Contracts

GSA's plan to scale up commercial platforms program hits the street

The program currently allows 25 federal agencies to conduct small-scale acquisitions of up to $10,000 each on platforms like Amazon and Overstock.

Contracts

NOAA developing contract for coastal remediation efforts

Work includes data and information systems that support continuing efforts to address the damage from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion nearly a decade ago.

Contracts

Incumbent and challenger protest $300M VA award

Allegations include poor evaluations, an improper best-value tradeoff and charges of an organizational conflict-of-interest on the part of the winner.

Contracts

Navy moves ahead on $100M weather contract

Proposals are due soon for the software engineering and development support recompete.

Contracts

EPA wants small business to support superfund work

The Environmental Protection Agency is developing contract to acquire support for how it manages the restorations of heavily-contaminated.

Contracts

SBA to rethink loan monitoring award

The agency will conduct a second evaluation of bids in a head-to-head contest to support SBA lending partners.

Contracts

INSIDER EXCLUSIVE: What to do after a GWAC win

Securing positions on large government-wide acquisition contracts is key to success in the government market. But it is only step one as these contracting practitioners explain.

Contracts

Trade group wants IT modernization funding added to possible omnibus package

With federal appropriations set to expire on Friday, The Alliance for Digital Innovation urged Congress to include $100 million for the Technology Modernization Fund in any proposed budget deal. 

Contracts

Protest leads to spot on $1.8B training contract vehicle

The Office of Personnel Management admits to making a mistake in its initial selections for awards.

Contracts

$25B VA professional services contract hit with protests

Three companies are challenging how the VA evaluated their bids to join the vehicle called VECTOR.

Companies

Air Force makes awards on $900M tech prototyping vehicle

The branch is prioritizing digital engineering and synthetic training environments in this procurement.

Contracts

Incumbents win parallel $2.25B background investigation support recompetes

The Defense Department agency responsible for background investigations is moving to a new case processing system as part of the larger "Trusted Workforce 2.0" push.

Contracts

INSIDER EXCLUSIVE: Procurement leaders share advice on the market's biggest contracts

Three of the federal government's top procurement officials talk all things vehicles and provide some insights into how companies should think about them.

Opinion

DOD's huge cloud vehicle should open doors to innovation

Each bidder may be on the potential $9 billion contract, but their competition for work will be fierce and fuel advancements in battlefield tech.

Companies

The uncertainty of inflation and its impact on federal spending

A recession may seem like a certainty but when and if it hits is anyone's guess, which complicates any federal budget forecast.

Contracts

Defense policy bill features FedRAMP Authorization Act

Cybersecurity experts say that ‘authorizing FedRAMP is the first step to fully and robustly resourcing the program’ after it was established in 2011