Contracts
General Dynamics IT, GovCIO switch roles in $400M protest battle
The companies have each won, lost and filed protests over the electronic file conversion contract at the Veterans Affairs Department.
Opinion
Court ruling likely to curtail 8(a) fourth quarter spend
Federal spending on 8(a) contracts typically surges during the fourth quarter, but new court-imposed requirements to qualify those small businesses will likely procurements and scare off agency buyers.
Contracts
SBA offers 8(a) guidance to agencies after court ruling
The Small Business Administration informs federal agencies on how they can use the 8(a) program now that a federal judge has ruled parts of it unconstitutional.
Companies
CACI adds former Lockheed, SRA exec to its board
Stan Sloane, formerly an executive vice president at Lockheed Martin and CEO of SRA International, will serve as an independent director at CACI International.
Companies
Aretum adds agile development, cloud skills with acquisition
Aretum was created by the private equity firm Renovus Capital in April and is using this purchase to expand into defense and Homeland Security customers.
Contracts
SBA pauses new 8(a) applications
The agency is still trying to determine what the next steps are in the wake of a court decision declaring parts of this small business program unconstitutional.
Contracts
CACI wins $414.1M Air Force contract for software engineering
The company will support software and systems that enable the Air Force's battlespace awareness and decision-making processes.
Opinion
Judge says SBA needs to rethink 8(a) program
A federal judge says a company was discriminated against when the Agriculture Department and Small Business Administration made its contract an 8(a) set-aside. The result will mean major changes to the program.
Contracts
Army turns to OTA to revamp its ERP systems
IBM, Accenture and Groundswell are building prototypes for a new Army enterprise resource planning system to consolidate and reengineer processes for finance, human resources and other business functions.
Contracts
Marines eye nature to help address climate change challenges
The Marine Corps is in search of a contractor to help analyze risks at its facilities and find ways to mitigate potential risks from natural disasters.
Contracts
Kearney's conflict-of-interest allegation falls flat
In the Government Accountability Office's eyes, Kearney did not show enough specifics to overturn the Army's choice of Guidehouse for an audit support services contract.
Companies
Jacobs gets second chance at $1B Special Operations Command contract
The command will now open discussions with all bidders, including the incumbent Jacobs that challenged its elimination.
Companies
ManTech loses effort to change evaluation criteria for FBI contract
The company's challenge to the price evaluation plan for a blanket purchase agreement competition gets rejected.
Contracts
DHA to reconsider decisions surrounding $2.5B IT contract
The Defense Health Agency has changed its mind on discussions with bidders it rejected, which means more companies may get awards on the global IT services vehicle.
Companies
Study: Mental health stigmas persist throughout security clearance process
A new report from Leidos finds that mental health perceptions hurt pipelines of talent into the intelligence community.
Companies
Leidos' new CEO puts initial focus on fine-tuning, new North Star
Tom Bell described to us how the federal market's largest systems integrator is developing a "proprietary hypothesis of the future" that will shape its decisions about investments and the business model.
Opinion
New CIO-SP4 case adds more delays
This latest lawsuit raises questions about how the agency running this $50 billion government-wide IT procurement interprets evaluation rules around different types of contracts.
Contracts
SAIC's protest over $719M NASA competition falls short
The company wanted another shot at keeping this incumbent contract for engineering services that went to the other bidder.
Contracts
Amentum fights to keep lost DTRA contract
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency chose someone else for the $84 million advisory services that Amentum picked up through its acquisition of PAE.
Contracts