Companies

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.

Contracts

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.

Contracts

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.

Contracts

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.

Contracts

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.

Contracts

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.

Contracts

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.

Contracts

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.

Contracts

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.

Contracts

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.

Contracts

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.

Contracts

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.

Contracts

‘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.

Companies

Reveal Technology acquires Anomaly Six to grow intelligence offerings

The defense technology company is adding global location tracking and behavioral analysis tools to its geospatial intelligence platform.

Contracts

GSA quietly rolls out CMMC-like cybersecurity framework for contractors

The General Services Administration's new requirements for protecting controlled unclassified information apply immediately to new contracts, at the contracting officer's discretion.

Contracts

State Department takes third look at Alpha Omega’s $10B Evolve protest

The department takes another corrective action after the contractor challenges its exclusion from the enterprise IT contract.

Companies

Lockheed Martin launches wildfire tech venture with Salesforce, PG&E and Wells Fargo

EmberPoint will combine artificial intelligence, autonomous systems and military-grade sensors to help first responders detect and suppress fires faster.

Contracts

8(a) program faces unprecedented pressure from Trump administration attacks

Defenders of the small business contracting initiative say it enables rapid procurement, can meet administration priorities and the administration is overstating fraud concerns.