Contracts

House Democrat challenges SBA's 8(a) revocation from USAID

Rep. Nydia Velázquez says pulling 8(a) authority over a single bribery case could undermine broader small business contracting without evidence of systemic problems.

Contracts

Protests continue for $10B State enterprise IT vehicle

Challenges from two companies remain active as the State Department works to field its main enterprise IT services vehicle.

Contracts

V2X wins $4.3B T-6 logistics contract

The contract covers support of 739 total planes across the Air Force, Army and Navy.

Contracts

Palantir signs $10B enterprise agreement with Army

The deal consolidates 75 contracts and seeks to drive more data analysis capabilities powered by artificial intelligence.

Companies

SBA revokes USAID’s 8(a) contracting authority in wake of bribery scandal

The Small Business Administration is also auditing the government's entire 8(a) contracting program, which could impact the broader GovCon ecosystem.

Contracts

Teledyne subsidiary wins $127M Navy health IT recompete

Teledyne Brown Engineering helps the Naval Health Research Center develop and iterate software for use in modeling care flow and larger-scale operations.

Opinion

What you can do when your contracts stall

Procurement delays can signal a broader shift in agency risk appetite and political oversight. Smart vendors are repositioning their approach to match new priorities around defensibility and execution certainty, writes Mac Lui, CEO of Vultron.

Contracts

Protester seeks second chance at $1.5B Microsoft support contract

CIYIS claims the Navy did not follow the solicitation when it evaluated and rejected its proposal to be part of the Microsoft Enterprise Services program.

Contracts

Space Force choose 5 for $4B secure communications contract

The service branch is seeking to incorporate commercial solutions into its hybrid architecture that includes purpose-built satellites.

Contracts

Barrios wins $450M NASA technical integration recompete

The company won the predecessor contract in 2020 and is poised to continue its support of programs like the International Space Station.

Contracts

GSA announces centralized travel service ‘GO.Gov’

Go.Gov will replace individual agency travel management systems and act as a shared service across the government.

Contracts

Coast Guard shuts the door on $500M logistics recompete

The Business and Logistics Management Support Services contract was to be a multiple-award small business vehicle. No word yet on what will replace it, if anything.

Contracts

Pentagon will ‘open the door’ to more companies for next major cloud contract

The Pentagon’s tech chief said JWCC Next will look a little different than its $9 billion predecessor.

Contracts

Pentagon halts $15B Advana recompete draft solicitation

DOD was previously looking to bring in new vendors to support its Advana data-analytics platform through a potential 10-year, $15 billion Advancing Artificial Intelligence Multiple Award Contract.

Contracts

Navy chooses 7 for $240M training support contract

Awardees will aid the Navy's largest shore command, which bases 24,000 uniformed and civilian personnel around the world.

Contracts

Peraton questions loss of $1.5B Strategic Command program

The company is alleging a conflict-of-interest and raising concerns about how its proposal was evaluated.

Opinion

COMMENTARY: New OMB memo ignores the small business impacts of contract consolidation

The federal government's push to centralize procurement at the General Services Administration disregards the history of how strategic sourcing initiatives hurt small business participation.

Companies

On-ramp bidding begins for $1.8B DOD readiness support contract

The General Services Administration and Defense Department are focusing this search to add more companies to the contract's major system support pool.

Contracts

Veterans Affairs chooses joint venture for $276M data program contract

A joint venture of ThunderYard and Booz Allen Hamilton will work with VA on providing an ecosystem of data management tools to health care and benefits providers.