Opinion
Why size matters in the federal market
The largest federal contractors continue to get bigger and that says a lot how the market is evolving and why size continues to matter.
Opinion
Polaris RFP sparks small business fears
The solicitation for the $15 billion has sparked fears that small businesses are at a disadvantage and joint ventures are favored in the competition. One protest so far but are others in the works?
Opinion
Protests keep nagging at CIO-SP4
The National Institutes of Health's flagship IT contract faces new challenges from bidders angry about the number of revisions the agency made during the bidding process.
Companies
Senators look to root out contractor conflicts of interest
A bipartisan group of senators have introduced legislation they say will help prevent potential conflicts within businesses that work with the federal government after concerns were raised over McKinsey's work with the Food and Drug Administration while it was consulting with pharmaceutical firms.
Opinion
Where today's small business contracting discussion needs to start
The General Services Administration has big plans for small business contracting as seen in two recent announcements but is that enough to achieve what they want?
Contracts
Biden Requests Significant IT, Cyber Investment Increases for 2023
Tech and cybersecurity spending would receive major boosts under President Joe Biden’s proposed 2023 budget.
Contracts
Peraton wins $339M NASA balloon operations recompete
The company inherited this work supporting scientific experiments through an acquisition in 2021.
Companies
Emergent books $419M Air Force product license pact
The Air Force is using this agreement to consolidate how it acquires Oracle-built core technology products and related maintenance services.
Companies
CGI Federal adds leader for sustainability, climate change services
Dr. Mark Flugge joins the company to lead its work with federal agencies on their sustainability goals.
Contracts
Round 7: More companies sign on to Air Force's $950M JADC2 program
This latest group of 23 firms will focus on maturing and demonstrating capabilities.
Contracts
General Dynamics can now proceed on its $4.5B NGA cloud win
The company had to wait out a protest from its largest competitor Leidos in the latest head-to-head showdown of many between them.
Companies
NASA awards KBR $640M engineering, technical services contract
This award continues work KBR has performed for the space agency since 2011.
Companies
DOD awards Verizon almost $1 billion to modernize its networks
New communications equipment will soon be deployed at the Pentagon and beyond.
Companies
Excella lands $116M award to modernize USCIS IT and customer services
The work is set to unfold over the next five years.
Contracts
Funding for DOD's software pilots holds strong in 2022
Future expansion could hinge on analysis that the strategy is working.
Companies
Accenture's federal arm books $199M TSA ID system award
Accenture Federal Services clinches a $199 million award to help the Transportation Security Administration bring together three identification systems into a single environment.
Contracts
Army voices tech challenges as strategy shifts to near-peer adversaries
The ongoing shift away from the war on terrorism has the Army facing new technology challenges, so the service branch wants industry's help in bridging gaps it needs to close.
Contracts
GSA plans follow-on to e-commerce platform pilot
After 18 months of a pilot program, an acquisition platform first established by a few lines of legislation in a defense bill appears poised for growth.
Contracts
Joint venture resurrects protest of $300M DHS contract
HeiTech-PAE saw an earlier protest rejected as premature but is back now complaining that the Homeland Security Department did exactly as feared -- pick someone else for a $300 million contract.
Contracts