DISA turns to LPTA for alert service solution

DISA is using an LPTA evaluation method to award a contract for an alert messaging solution that will be used across the Defense Department.

Air Force makes 20 awards for troubled $13.4B small business contract

The Air Force makes 20 awards under its $13.4 billion SBEAS contract within two days of the final resolutions of pre-award protests.

Best-value battle comes down to price

By Light submitted a fine technical proposal, but so did its competitor. To pick a winner, DISA had no choice but look at price.

SAIC takes large cloud contract away from Leidos

After a protest fight, SAIC can now officially claim a $728.2 million Air Force cloud contract win as a takeaway from its one-time parent Leidos.

EverWatch adds former KeyW exec

EverWatch has added a former KeyW executive as president of its computer network operations practice.

PAE signs off on divestiture before it goes public

PAE has signed a deal to sell its unmanned systems business as part of a larger deal that will see the company go to the public markets.

NTT Data makes deal to expand in federal health

NTT Data is buying a company that focuses on digital transformation and design services in the federal health market.

GWAC's biggest competitors aren't other GWACs

It might seem like the natural competitor for GWAC contracts are other GWACs. But the truth is that single-award contracts still capture nearly half of all IT spending.

Beta.Sam.Gov continues to disappoint

Beta.Sam.Gov remains mess for many people who use the new website. Fears are growing that small businesses will pay a price.

Veterans Affairs looking for commercial pharmacy solution

The Veterans Affairs Department is developing a contract to buy a commercial software solution for pharmacy inventory management.

Unisys objects to CFPB cloud award

Unisys pushes back against a competitor's win of a cloud services contract to support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

What Palantir's latest win says about the competitive landscape

Palantir has captured a large Army contract to supply a single dashboard for human resource and supply chain functions. The win also says a lot about where the company sits in the competitive landscape.

Verizon fighting Air Force EIS task order award method

Verizon believes the Air Force is not using the right evaluation method for a task order under the huge EIS telecom vehicle and has gone ahead with a protest.

NIH acquisition hub working on approvals for next CIO-SP vehicle

The National Institutes of Health is working with the Office of Budget and Management to get approval for the next CIO-SP contract vehicle.

Special Ops Command eyes prototype system to spot misinformation

The U.S. Special Operations Command is exploring ways to use commercial technology to spot disinformation campaigns in real-time.

Inside Perspecta's protest of $7.6B DEOS cloud contract

Newly-obtained protest documents offer insights into Perspecta's arguments that it didn't get a fair shake in the competition for the $7.6 billion DEOS cloud email contract.

Why you need to be at this week's WT Power Breakfast

Our upcoming GWAC Power Breakfast has a lineup of government leaders ready to share what's next for these market-shaping vehicles.

Nominations open for 31st annual Federal 100 awards

The nomination period is open for the 2020 Federal 100 awards, a program that recognizes individuals who are making a difference in the government IT market.

Gansler fellowship to focus on procurement research

The Professional Services Council Foundation and Procurement Roundtable have launched the Jacques S. Gansler Fellowship to foster research on acquisition, national security, the public-private sector nexus and technology.

Accenture loses incumbent USCIS contract

Accenture has lost the chance to compete for a $100 million incumbent U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services contract after the firm's technical solution was deemed unacceptable.