Contracts

GSA eyes 399 more small business awards for OASIS+

The General Services Administration identifies who it wants to join the 8(a), service-disabled/veteran-owned and woman-owned small business portions for the professional services vehicle.

Podcasts

WT 360: We unpack the 2024 M&A roundup and GovCon’s ongoing adjustment to Trump 2.0

Nick and Ross start out by going over the newest edition of our annual report that catalogs merger-and-acquisition activity, then shift their discussion to how the new administration still leaves contractors guessing roughly 11 weeks in.

Companies

A baker's dozen corporate leadership moves to note as spring arrives

This new listing of key hires and promotions across the government market also coincides with the ending of 2025's first quarter.

Companies

How consulting firms acquire to iterate, and sometimes reinvent themselves

The intersection of consulting, integration and implementation is on full display when looking at our 2024 roundup of mergers and acquisitions. So too are the preceding years.

Companies

Venture investing is part of the M&A conversation too

These “deals of a different stripe” to own part of a company require the same business muscles as acquisitions: belief in a business and a willingness to put down money in support of that belief.

Contracts

Army wraps up awards for $379M training support contract

The Live Training Ranges and Combat Training Centers contract covers continues tech refreshments and other modernization work to aid in the readiness of soldiers.

Companies

The public company acquirer remains a unicorn in the M&A action

While in the minority, this group of serial buyers requires a different sort of attention and conversation given that they are publicly-traded and have to explain it all.

Contracts

DARPA launches competition for $700M 'episodic mission IT' vehicle

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has no cap in the number of awards for this contract that covers application analysis and cybersecurity work, among other areas.

Contracts

Your contract termination has been reversed. Now what?

Agencies can call, and are calling, contractors back to work after telling them their services are no longer required.

Contracts

GSA chooses 9 for $919M supply chain monitoring software pact

The General Services Administration designed this blanket purchase agreement for other agencies to acquire tools that can help them vet suppliers and monitor for other risks to supply chains.

Contracts

GSA, DOD preview on-ramp for $1.8B readiness support contract

Roughly a dozen primes are currently involved in this contract called PRISM and the Defense Department wants to know if more small businesses can join them.

Podcasts

WT 360: Supply chain health and wealth remains paramount

Leo Alvarez, a principal in Baker Tilly’s government contractor solutions practice, lays out how companies can make supply chain risk management a core aspect of their business and not just about legal compliance.

Companies

Nightwing acquires managed security services provider

This represents Nightwing's first purchase since its carveout from RTX and with new CEO Bob Coleman at the helm.

Contracts

Army nixes planned $10B agile software development contract

There will be no solicitation for the New Modern Software Development contract vehicle, and therefore no award.

Companies

In-Q-Tel's newest investments eye data storage and deepfake defense

The intelligence community's venture capital arm identifies a pair of companies whose creations apparently are showing promise for agencies.

Contracts

Army pauses bundled recompete of professional services, IT vehicles

The so-called MAPS contract is yet another big-ticket Army tech acquisition to enter a holding pattern two months into the second Trump administration.

Contracts

DOD launches microelectronics research, development recompete

In keeping with past versions, the Defense Microelectronics Activity has structured the new contract to be broad in scope as it looks to bring in more modern computer chips for military systems.

Contracts

Q2 Impact wins legal fight to secure OASIS+ seat

The company can now proceed on pursuing task orders following a judge's ruling that it was eligible for the government-wide professional services contract vehicle after all.

Contracts

DOD starts to build $140M contract for IT, automation program support

One category of small businesses will be eligible to bid for the contract to work with the Pentagon's Office of the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer.

Contracts

USCIS moves closer to software development recompete launch date

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency gives industry a date for when to expect a final solicitation and provides more detail on how it will conduct the competition.