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GAO tosses QinetiQ's protest of TCOM's $625M Polish aerostat deal
The decision clears the way for TCOM to deliver four surveillance aerostat systems to Poland under the foreign military sales program.
Contracts
GSA's $13 billion fraud claim relies on cases predating task force
The settlements cited add up to just $117 million, and at least one case predates the Trump administration.
Contracts
Army seeks small biz for live-fire range support deal
Winning bidder must field subject matter experts with master gunner-level expertise to support range assessments, target refurbishment and the Army’s training investment strategy.
Contracts
CMS to rethink awards under $3.5B RMADA contract
Protests by Accenture and Rand Corp. pushed the agency to reevaluate proposals and possibly add them to the multiple award vehicle
Companies
CACI places new bet on growing its manufacturing chops
A new facility covering 61,000 square feet is the latest step in a years-long shift from services to technology.
Contracts
CMMC's paradox: Scores are up, but confidence is down
As the cyber standard's third-party assessments are on pause, new research shows contractors’ self-reported scores are climbing even as their confidence in those ratings is sliding fast.
Contracts
SBA proposes sweeping rewrite of small business size standards
The Small Business Administration says this new methodology would base the standards on market size, not just receipts and number of employees.
Contracts
GAO tells the Army to reopen $50B MAPS contract
The Government Accountability Office could reshape how agencies handle small business participation on other contracts that consolidate multiple vehicles.
Contracts
Anduril wants both halves of $1.5 DHS counter-UAS contract
The company secured an award for the services track, but argues it should have also won a spot on the hardware/software portion.
Contracts
Shutdown hangover: NGA forced into no-compete bridge contract to keep Mojave running
A 43-day funding lapse back in the fall is still costing the agency time — and forcing sole-source awards — as it works toward a follow-on competition for this support services contract.
Contracts
Palantir’s no-bid pipeline just got bigger
A new $244M Pentagon memo skips the Federal Acquisition Regulation's process for sole-source justifications and urges agencies to find ways to work with the company.
Contracts
DCS loses latest protest, but the challenges might not be over
DCS' challenges to the Army's corrective action involving this $251.7 million task order are dismissed, but the opportunity to raise objections remains if the contract again goes to Amentum.
Contracts
DISA sets release date for follow-on cloud solicitation
The Defense Information Systems Agency is pushing to expand its $9 billion cloud vehicle beyond the big four hyperscalers.
Contracts
Lockheed's $10.5B Special Operations award faces protest
General Dynamics' One Source arm is arguing the command's logistics and sustainment award decision was unreasonable.
Contracts
Navy planning small business R&D contract
The Naval Research Laboratory wants to hire a provider of research-and-development work that focuses on how solar activity impacts satellites and Earth's ionosphere.
Opinion
GAO to DOGE: The ‘Wall of Receipts’ does not add up
The Government Accountability Office's review backs up what reporters and other observers were finding all along: overstated savings, undisclosed data problems and a wall that still cannot be trusted.
Contracts
DHA wants out of the test infrastructure business it built
The Defense Health Agency says it is paying for capacity it does not use and now wants a commercial fix, not a bigger contract.
Companies
Tyto Athene rebrands as Quantum Sky
New CEO Andrew Boyd says the name change reflects a faster-moving, higher-stakes mission environment for its customers.
Contracts
CGI Federal books $251 million contract to modernize GSA's financial operations
The company will continue supporting the General Services Administration's Pegasys financial management system and multi-tenant shared application environment.
Companies