Deloitte prevails in HUD protest battle

A protest battle between Deloitte and Grant Thornton is another example of how agencies treat pricing as a determining factor in making contract awards.

Guidepost creates national security group

Guidepost has created a national security group and named a former FBI leader as its president.

GSA sets AI pilot as test for procurement process

GSA has released a solicitation for an artificial intelligence pilot to test a new procurement process for commercial solutions.

Power Breakfast Preview: inside the EITaaS opportunity

At our first-ever virtual WT Power Breakfast, we'll explore the Enterprise IT as a Service business opportunity and what it means to contractors and their government customers.

How M&A issues can derail how proposals are evaluated

Serco is embroiled in a protest battle that helps show how mergers and acquisitions can impact the competition for contracts, or at least how contracts are evaluated.

CenturyLink raises objections to three EIS task order awards

CenturyLink is challenging the awards of three task orders through the General Services Administration's huge Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions vehicle.

Pricing at the heart of GDIT's $6.5B grid contract protest

General Dynamics IT argued hat Leidos' pricing was too low to win a $6.5 billion DISA global grid network contract, but GAO had other thoughts.

What the 2009 financial crisis can teach us about COVID-19

The recovery from the 2009 financial crisis offers lessons for how we should respond to the COVID-19 crisis. IBM's John Kamensky explains what we learned and how it applies.

FBI reworking $5B IT contract

After a series of bid protests, the FBI has gone a step further from simply rethinking the competitive range and instead is redoing the entire $5 billion IT Enterprise Contract Services solicitation.

Private equity, non-traditional buyers drive key M&A trends

Activity among private equity buyers and so-called "non-traditional" consolidators is significant when looking at M&A deals happening in the federal market.

Protest denial means Leidos secures $6.5B DISA recompete

The Government Accountability Office nixes General Dynamics IT's protest of a $6.5 billion DISA information grid support contract retained by Leidos.

2019 M&A activity nets 119 closed deals

Washington Technology's annual M&A Roundup looks at the top transactions and top dealmakers of 2019. That fast-paced market saw 119 closed acquisitions and a notable number of companies who pulled the trigger more than once.

Army working on IT sales deal for Ukraine

The Army is developing a contract to sell a variety of IT hardware and software products to Ukraine.

SAIC sees some buffers against COVID-19 impact

Due in large part to the nature of its work, Science Applications International Corp. is telling investors it expects to be able to manage through the COVID-19 pandemic.

AT&T pushes back after SSA contract goes to rival

AT&T has lost an incumbent SSA contract to industry rival Verizon and is taking its objections to the Government Accountability Office.

COVID-19's impact will far outlast the pandemic

COVID-19 will reverberate through the market for years to come but what that impact will look like and what it'll mean to the GovCon market are questions that are yet to be answered.

CGI makes deal to buy TeraThink

CGI Group is buying TeraThink to add more agile development skills into the global IT giant's federal shop.

NCI asks GAO to reconsider denied protest

NCI Information Systems lost a protest of a $145 million Army contract but wants the Government Accountability Office to re-examine the company's complaints.

SAIC clears protest, opens $950M DLA contract

Science Applications International Corp. can now move on a $950 million Defense Logistics Agency contract now that protest delays have been cleared up.

Sabre Systems takes $77.7M Navy digital transformation award

Sabre Systems wins a $77.7 million contract to support Navy digital transformation efforts and that includes work on the NGEN program.