Contracts

XTec wins $177M identity, credential tech contract

A total of 105 agencies participate in the USAccess program, which XTec has been selected to provide proofing and authentication tech for.

Contracts

GSA lines up 118 more OASIS+ awards

All of these nine dozen companies now hold the status of apparent winners for the professional services vehicle, but for different reasons.

Contracts

USA Hire recompete could jump to $750M over eight years

The General Services Administration is taking over the management of this Office of Personnel Management contract as requirements expand and the administration pushes for more centralized hiring.

Contracts

GSA selects 53 more small businesses for OASIS+

The General Services Administration is preparing formal awards and notices-to-proceed for these companies on the professional services vehicle's 8(a) track.

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GSA makes 11 official OASIS+ choices, 4 blocks of apparent awardees

The professional services vehicle's unrestricted track now has 711 primes involved and the small business portions are also adding more companies.

Contracts

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.

Contracts

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.

Contracts

GSA, Google reach agreement on Gemini availability and pricing

This pact covering the tech giant's chatbot will also include enterprise search and multimedia generation capabilities.

Contracts

GSA seeks ideas on AI's role in procurement overhaul

The General Services Administration is starting out with a broad scope in its newest request for information to industry.

Contracts

GSA starts to move on Air Force IT recompete

The General Services Administration's first notice to industry on what it is calling "2GIT Reimagined" asks about who is an original equipment manufacturer and their sales approaches.

Contracts

GSA, Amazon sign onto new centralized cloud pact

The General Services Administration's newest agreement under its OneGov procurement strategy also includes education and training services for employees on how to use the cloud-based tools.

Podcasts

WT 360: Our EIC Frank Konkel on Uber’s federal pact and procurement centralization

Frank Konkel, editor-in-chief for all GovExec publications including WT, jumps in to help connect the rideshare giant’s agreement with the General Services Administration and the agency’s agenda for reforming government contracting.

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

New OMB memo lays out GSA's plan to consolidate contracts

New rules are coming that will require agencies to use existing government-wide vehicles and best-in-class contracts before creating new ones.

Contracts

GSA's vision for procurement is about having 'one wallet'

Stephen Ehikian, the General Services Administration's acting leader, compares how GSA wants to approach consolidated common goods and services purchasing to how bulk retail operates.

Contracts

OPM schedules industry engagement event to talk HR modernization

The Office of Personnel Management, Office of Management and Budget, and General Services Administration are all involved in this discussion on how to get a new human resources system in place by the end of 2028.

Contracts

GSA adds third set of companies to consulting contract review

The General Services Administration is asking six “traditional strategy consulting firms” for much of the same information it has previously asked of other companies: a breakdown of their federal businesses and ideas for savings.

Contracts

Elastic to discount software for agencies in latest GSA OneGov agreement

The San Francisco-headquartered tech firm will offer up to 60% discounts on software pricing through September 2027.

Contracts

Where GSA sees resellers fitting into its unified procurement strategy

One of the General Services Administration's senior IT officials is telling industry that the agency essentially wants OneGov to create a role reversal of who the prime contractor is.

Contracts

GSA identifies 131 more small businesses for OASIS+ awards

The General Services Administration made a new round of "apparent" selections across all five small business tracks of the professional services vehicle.