GSA gets push back on cancelled OASIS on-ramp

Some 8(a) small businesses are complaining the General Services Administration acted unreasonably when it cancelled the on-ramp for Pool 5b of the OASIS professional services contract.

DISA plans single award for $11.7B IT contract

The Defense Information Systems Agency is working on the solicitation for an $11.7 IT support contract and as things currently stand, there will be one winner.

GSA's ASTRO unmanned solicitation hits the street

The General Services Administration releases the final solicitation for its massive unmanned systems contract vehicle called ASTRO. For now, pricing apparently doesn't matter.

Microsoft reportedly sees JEDI as international launch pad

JEDI is a huge contract on its own, but Microsoft also apparently sees its win of the Defense Department's cloud infrastructure contract as a launching pad for similar projects with international governments.

Downselect? What downselect?

CGI Federal and Ascendant Services were rejected from a $2 billion Patent and Trademark Office contract and lost their arguments over that because this agency gets to play by its own rules.

Special Operations Command delays industry day for $600M analytics contract

Overwhelmed by the response to its industry day invitation, the Special Operations Command has pushed back the industry day for its $600 million global analytics platform contract.

ManTech's back with another objection to USCIS contract

Another twist has occurred in ManTech International’s battle over a $93 million contract for engineering and IT support for U.S. Customs and Immigration Services.

Lasting lessons on diversity and inclusion

Some reflections from a recent blog on actions taken by GovCon firms to address social justice and systemic racism issues. There is still a lot to say.

SAIC's CFO set to retire

Science Applications International Corp.'s chief financial officer for the last four years will retire in early 2021, the company has announced.

Peraton wins latest round in two-year State Department protest battle

Peraton has won a protest fight with the State Department over how it is handling a recompete of a $193 million contract for IT support.

Executives share thoughts & actions on social justice

In the aftermath of George Floyd's death, GovCon executives found themselves having conversations with employees about social justice and systemic racism. Some of them shared with us their thoughts and actions their companies are taking to address these issues.

Clerical error sinks MicoTech's bid for Army contract

MicroTech checked the wrong box in its proposal for a $92 million Army contract and the entire proposal unraveled from there. That wrong box is tied to the new ban on Chinese-made communications equipment.

Northrop joins fight over $1.6B Justice IT contract

The protest pool grows as Northrop Grumman formally makes its own objections involving the Justice Department's $1.6 billion IT Support Services 5 contract.

Perspecta joins fight against $1.7B student loan contract

Perspecta has joined other companies in pushing back at the Education Department choices for prime contracts under a $1.7 billion student loan processing contract.

Leidos objects to elimination from defense intell contract

Leidos has gone to the Government Accountability Office after the Defense Intelligence Agency eliminated it from the running for an analytical support services contract.

Another round of protests for $1.6B Justice IT contract

A $1.6 billion Justice Department IT contract continues to run into protest troubles as the agency tries to finalize awards.

Leidos wants back in on Army intell contract

Leidos pushes back on its exclusion from a competition for a $100 million plus Army intelligence support services contract.

STARS II changes drawing congressional scrutiny

Several members of Congress are asking for answers now that two years have been carved off the life of the 8(a) STARS II vehicle.

Special Operations Command sets industry day for $600M global analytics contract

The U.S. Special Operations Command has set Aug. 25 as the industry day for its $600 million contract to field a global analytics platform.

VA's T4NG on-ramp faces more protest hurdles

The Veterans Affairs Department's T4NG on-ramp has run into more protest troubles, but this time the venue is U.S. Court of Federal Claims.