Companies

Outcome-based contracts are smart but hard to field

Industry executives at a Washington Technology roundtable want more contracts that emphasize performance and the mission, but also say agencies face constraints in their processes and talent.

Contracts

GSA takes second look at $129M task order

The General Services Administration will look for ambiguities in the solicitation for software development and modernization work.

Companies

CACI continues fight for $500M DIA contract

The Defense Intelligence Agency has twice chosen another company for the IT infrastructure work.

Companies

Missing details grounded CACI's TSA bid

Like the incumbents before it, CACI failed to hang onto to this $343 million IT infrastructure contract and a newly-released bid protest decision explains why.

Companies

Federal work leads Maximus to record revenue

The company explains to investors its strategy for pursuing more technology modernization work with federal agencies.

Contracts

Polaris protests question bid due date and self-scoring step

This governmentwide IT contract reserved for small businesses now has protests pending at the Government Accountability Office and in court.

Companies

Credence can work on $800M task order as USAID fixes mistakes

The protestor in this U.S. Agency for International Development competition gets some solace despite an unfavorable ruling.

Companies

Market consultants Deep Water Point, Wolf Den to join forces

The one-time competitors are building a larger consulting firm but with the same mission: helping companies grow their government business.

Companies

Contractors can find big bucks in solving the data waste problem

A former Defense Department chief information officer cautions industry to stay away from sales pitches focused on collecting more data, which agencies already have too much of.

Companies

HPE puts focus on as-a-service offerings

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is turning its attention to harder problems agencies face, such as the way they look at IT environments.

Contracts

CIO-SP4 protest dismissals likely in the coming days

Rejected bidders have at least some renewed hopes in their efforts to get on the governmentwide $50 billion IT services vehicle.

Companies

How CMMC raises legal exposures for contractors and their suppliers

Compliance issues across the defense industrial base will grow after the final rule for this cyber standard goes live, but there are steps to take for understanding and limiting risks.

Contracts

GSA plans more domains, small business spots for OASIS recompete

The General Services Administration is giving industry more details on its approach for awarding this professional services contract vehicle's next iteration.

Companies

CACI's $2.4B NSA win faces challenges

The National Security Agency will take another look at bids after a pair of protests.

Companies

General Dynamics IT forms coalition to prove 5G, edge computing use cases

GDIT's chief technology officer says the coalition shares a common vision of the direction these technology areas are going in.

Companies

Key takeaways from WT's CMMC Summit

Cybersecurity leaders emphasized that the upcoming cyber and supply chain requirement for industry is more than just a compliance list, plus help to get ready is available to small businesses.

Companies

Maximus builds on COVID-related CDC work

A new $100 million contract will allow the company to build an earlier contract managing the contact center that distributed information on the COVID-19 vaccine.

Contracts

NIH CIO-SP4 contract hit with 97 protests

No, that's not a typo. Nearly 100 companies are objecting to their elimination from this $50 billion governmentwide IT vehicle.

Companies

CMMC's 'father' warns companies not to wait for final rule

The final rule for this new cybersecurity standard for the defense industrial base is months away, but the author of its founding principles sternly says get to work now.

Contracts

Tradition continues: incumbent loses TSA IT infrastructure contract

The Transportation Security Agency has always chosen someone new in each recompete of the work.