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Small business drops challenge to $5.5B Salesforce sole-source contract
TurboVets’ brief protest questioned whether the Army properly justified awarding the Pentagon-wide contract without holding a competition.
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Peraton hires Bob Genter as president and COO
The former Science Applications International Corp. executive brings experience in large contracts and developing talent.
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Army extends training support contract for third time
OST Inc. will now perform work through 2027 as the Army revises its acquisition strategy to meet the Trump administration's commercial contracting goals.
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Oracle books $88M Air Force Cloud One contract
This award follows a $581 million contract with Amazon Web Services as the Air Force continues to build out its multi-cloud infrastructure.
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154 firms face ouster from 8(a) program after failing financial eligibility test
The Small Business Administration's crackdown targets companies that have exceeded net worth, income and asset thresholds.
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Air Force launches program for resilient intelligence platforms
The RAPID program will use traditional and other transaction authority contracts to develop cloud-based tools that can combine multiple intelligence sources with automation and cyber defense tools.
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SAIC pushes back on $1.4B award that went to Accenture
The Army Corps of Engineers is using the five-year task order to modernize IT and cyber systems.
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Marines want uncrewed systems to sout, carry supplies and maybe attack across all domains
A new sources sought notice outlines the Marine Corps' search for vehicles and vessels to use in land, air, sea and underwater operations.
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Veterans Affairs decides to redo software license contract
The department will review its acquisition strategy for an enterprise asset management system following Four Inc.'s protest.
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NASA opens bidding for $1.8B engineering support contract
Technical expertise will trump price in this competition to provide an on-demand technical workforce across dozens of disciplines.
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Veteran-owned business protests Army’s $5.5B sole-source Salesforce contract
TurboVets is challenging the Army's rationale for the award and claims can deliver a comparable platform and services.
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DARPA seeks to scale photonic computing with new program
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency seeks circuit-level innovations to reduce reliance on electronics that erase photonics' speed advantages.
Companies
Private equity firm forms new defense manufacturer with two acquisitions
Ventus Industrial Partners creates Aeron Defense to build production capabilities across key military programs through a workforce ownership model.
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Recordings prove DIA wrong in $814M intelligence contract protest
The Defense Intelligence Agency could not support its evaluation findings that dinged SOS International and Amentum.
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Accenture’s complaints over $1.6B Transportation Command contract fall short
The Government Accountability Office denies Accenture Federal's claims of a conflict of interest at CACI International, whose technical proposal and a willingness to take a lower profit won out.
Companies
Capgemini to sell U.S. government unit over ICE work
The French government’s pressure on the Paris-based company over detention facility contracts has prompted the plan to divest the small, but controversial unit.
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NITAAC finally pulls the plug on CIO-SP4
The troubled $50 billion IT contract vehicle has faced hundreds of protests that the National Institutes of Health's acquisition arm could never fully resolve.
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AWS lands $581M sole source deal under Air Force Cloud One program
The three-year contract is the latest in a series of awards the service has made for its enterprise IT infrastructure modernization effort.
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‘We will have their backs:’ GSA pushes culture shift for FAR changes
Larry Allen of the General Services Administration says training and backing up contracting officers are critical for getting the acquisition workforce to embrace new flexibilities in acquisition regulations.
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