Contracts

Protests hit OASIS+ general small business track

A total of 10 companies so far are challenging their exclusion from an award on the governmentwide professional services vehicle.

  • By Ross Wilkers

What should agencies consider for their remote work plans?

A new memo from the Office of Personnel Management's acting director details specific factors agency leaders should consider when designing their remote work strategy for the federal workforce. 

  • By Carten Cordell

Army lets one protester back in for $10B IT product competition

A separate set of six protests remains active at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims over their elimination from a place on the IT Enterprise Solutions 4 Hardware vehicle.

  • By Ross Wilkers

GSA to take second look at $582M military family support award

The General Services Administration's corrective action follows Leidos' protest that claimed GSA did not fully evaluate the impact of Accenture Federal's acquisition of Cognosante.

  • By Nick Wakeman

GDIT's protest partially dismissed in $865M Air Force contract dispute

General Dynamics IT has to await the outcome of a corrective action and new award decision in this long-running saga.

  • By Nick Wakeman

IRS makes awards on $1.9B IT services recompete

This pact known as EPPIS supports the IRS office responsible for monitoring and managing its IT budget.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Air Force seeks secure cloud app to manage flights for govt VIPs

The new tool is critical “due to significant cybersecurity vulnerabilities identified in the existing scheduling system,” the branch says in a notice for industry.

  • By Edward Graham

Energy's $377M training award redo sparks new protest from incumbent

Kupono Government Services is claiming the evaluation process was flawed and that the winner of this set-aside contract is not actually a small business.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Army chooses bundling to recompete billions in professional services, IT vehicles

The future Marketplace for the Acquisition of Professional Services contract is being designed to bring staff augmentation and technology support from industry into one procurement.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Abacus wins $123M nuclear directorate support contract

The Air Force organization sought an industry partner to help in policy development and other functions related to nuclear weapons.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Air Force awards quantum encryption SBIR contract

Terra Quantum will research technologies that can create long-range quantum-resistant networks.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Accenture Federal touts $81M Social Security automation award

The Social Security Administration is looking to further enhance how it processes approximately 250 million benefit forms per year for retirees and survivors.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Trax books $265M NASA logistics recompete

The company has supported NASA's Goddard Space Flight center since 1995 and will continue doing so with this contract's third iteration.

  • By Ross Wilkers
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Air Force takes proactive stance on potential OCIs in $1.4B recompete

The service branch will review teaming arrangements for the operations and maintenance contract so it can weed out organizational conflicts of interest.

  • By Nick Wakeman

DHA unveils $290M contracting support solicitation

Small businesses have about a month to get their bids in for a contract whose name says it all: Contracting and Acquisition Support Services.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Battle for $245M cyber warfare contract gets new start

The Army has agreed to re-evaluate proposals submitted by Booz Allen Hamilton, Peraton and ManTech.

  • By Nick Wakeman

GSA seeks green tech to slash federal building emissions

A new sources sought notice targets low-carbon materials, energy retrofits and electrification to meet carbon footprint goals laid out by the Inflation Reduction Act goals.

  • By Nick Wakeman

OASIS+ award process starts to roll

The General Services Administration tells around 1,400 small businesses they are "apparent winners" in one track for this massive professional services vehicle with more groups of awards on the way.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Booz Allen’s protest of $98M Veterans Affairs award denied

Guidehouse now has a clear path to start work on the Veterans Facility Transformation initiative.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Air Force picks 67 for $1B rapid sustainment contract

This contract supports the Air Force's Rapid Sustainment Office in its efforts to help the service branch adopt new technologies such as artificial intelligence, automation and digital engineering.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Verizon secures NWS network transition, modernization order

The National Weather Service is looking to bring new technologies and services into its transformational roadmap.

  • By Ross Wilkers