How COVID is shaking up federal spending

The market significantly changed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and early spending numbers offer plenty of proof.

CACI loses protest over $300M intell support contract

CACI International has lost is protest of a $300 million intelligence support contract that went to a competitor.

Firm argues that misunderstanding led to contract elimination

Mission Essential says a misunderstanding led to its elimination from a competition to supply linguist and translation services to the U.S. Africa Command.

AI firm forms new federal group

In a move to bring its federal business more focus, SparkCognition has stood up a government unit with a group of notable names as advisers.

Leidos secures another large recompete with Justice win

Leidos has retained another large incumbent contract: a $850 million Justice Department award for managed IT services.

DHS nears final solicitation on $2B cloud strategy

The Homeland Security Department is getting closer to the release of a final solicitation for its Data Center and Cloud Optimization contract that could be worth $2 billion.

First protest hits CIO-SP3 SB on-ramp awards

The National Institutes of Health picked 244 small businesses for the CIO-SP3 on-ramp, and one of the many not selected is fighting to get on that vehicle.

Protests pile up against $950M Special Ops contract awards

Eight companies have filed protests after their bids fell short in the competition for a $950 million professional services contract with the Special Operations Command.

ManTech objects to how DHS wants to correct mistake

ManTech International has filed a fresh protest involving a $93 million Homeland Security contract and says the agency's plan to correct prior mistakes was inadequate.

ManTech stands up FEDSIM center, hires new execs

ManTech International has created a new center of excellence and brought in new two executives to steer pursuits of large opportunities coming out of the GSA FEDSIM acquisition hub.

Best value question at heart of Leidos-DynCorp dispute

What best value is can depend on the eye of the beholder as shown in this fight between Leidos and DynCorp International for a $500 million helicopter support contract.

Booz Allen captures $800M AI task order

Booz Allen Hamilton has won an $800 million task order to provide artificial intelligence products and services to the Defense Department.

What if COVID-19 teaches us nothing?

Every crisis is supposed to be a great teachable moment and COVID-19 has exposed cracks in multiple areas that need to be addressed. But what if we don't change?

VA inches closer to T4NG on-ramp awards

The Veterans Affairs Department can now move forward with the on-ramp for its T4NG vehicle with protests now out of the way.

Verizon continues to push against DISA's LPTA stance

Verizon has made more filings in its protest against how the Defense Information Systems Agency is sticking with LPTA to award task orders under the EIS telecommunications vehicle.

Webcast puts focus on budget impact of COVID-19 stimulus

The federal government is pumping trillions of dollars into the economy, and our May 27 webcast will look at how the COVID-19 stimulus spending will impact budgets for next year beyond.

NRO rethinking classified research contract

After a pair of protests, the National Reconnaissance Office is rethinking some portions of a classified research broad agency announcement.

Maximus forms partnership to offer web-based contact centers

Maximus forms a partnership with Genesys to offer a web-based contact center solution that is also FedRAMP certified.

DynCorp, IAP lodge complaints over $190M Navy award

IAP Worldwide Services and DynCorp International have filed protests objecting to how the Navy awarded a $190 million base support contract.

More protests hold up GSA's $5.5B 2GIT contract

Following in the family tradition, GSA's replacement for the Air Force's NetCents IT product vehicle faces a second round of bid protests.