Contracts

SEWP VI heads toward final solicitation

NASA sees its three-decade-old contract vehicle for buying IT products and services as having more flexibility.

Contracts

Awards for $60B Veterans Affairs IT vehicle look imminent

VA sounds confident enough to give a timeline for when it will make selections for the T4NG2 contract, even as one protest remains active in the courts.

Opinion

Where IBM's protest over financial requirements fell short

A newly-released bid protest ruling details how the Veterans Affairs Department wants to look at bidders' liquidity ratios for a supply chain modernization contract.

Companies

ManTech chair joins Bluestone Investment Partners

Kevin Phillips will work with the private equity firm to identify opportunities for investing in lower-middle market companies.

Contracts

INSIDER EXCLUSIVE: Inside the artificial intelligence opportunity set

In these presentations from our WT Power Breakfast, government and industry leaders discuss why AI is both a critical opportunity and challenge across the federal landscape.

Companies

CGI Federal brings the metaverse to Marine logistics

The company sees this pilot project as having broad implications across areas like defense, law enforcement and disaster recovery.

Companies

Small businesses joining forces in AI play

MindPetal and VerticalApps aim to create a larger provider of artificial intelligence solutions across the government market.

Companies

Google centers public sector strategy on alliances with integrators

This global tech giant's relationships with Accenture's federal subsidiary and Deloitte help show how partnering strategies are evolving in the government market.

Contracts

NOAA gives first look at space traffic control system plan

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has taken the lead on building a satellite traffic coordination system to gather data from other government agencies and major satellite operators.

Contracts

Losing bidder protests $333M VA cybersecurity award

The company alleges that the Veterans Affairs Department unreasonably evaluated its bid and conducted a flawed best-value tradeoff decision.

Contracts

OPM puts data at the center of human capital modernization

Contractors should focus on data standards as they develop solutions, a senior Office of Personnel Management official says.

Contracts

All sides ask court to dismiss case involving $1B DISA contract

It is unclear if the Defense Information Systems Agency will stand by its choice of American Systems or restart the competition.

Contracts

IBM loses attempt to change VA supply chain modernization contract evaluation

In this unsuccessful protest, Big Blue argued that the Veterans Affairs Department's approach restricted competition.

Contracts

Company claims eBuy glitch nixed its bid for $450M DHS competition

One protester is alleging the glitch caused a special character to become part of a file name, making its submission inaccessible.

Contracts

GovTribe's top 20 contracts for October

Based on an analysis of their website traffic, our colleagues at GovTribe have picked the top 20 contracts for October that are being closely-watched across the industry.

Companies

SMX acquires Creoal to add more cloud migration skills

Creoal Consulting touts its specialty as moving Oracle enterprise applications to cloud environments as part of larger digital transformation offerings.

Companies

Bridge Core's busy agenda of acquisitions, new CEO and board appointments

The NewSpring Holdings-backed company is working on intelligence solutions around visualization, analytics and cybersecurity and other areas.

Opinion

TSA backtracks on $93M award to Deloitte after protests

Three unlikely competitors pursued this blanket purchase agreement to help the Transportation Security Agency run its security operations center.

Contracts

Army developing next version of enterprise-wide payroll system

CACI International has worked on the system since 2015. but will almost certainly face competition for the recompete.

Opinion

KBR joint venture takes back lost NASA contract

KBR lost this program in 2017, but joined forces with another company six years later to win the work back. That reminds us that nothing is forever in the federal market, among other lessons.