Procurement

Industry Voices Complaints Over Short Response Window for $60B VA Recompete

Contractors had only four business days to weigh in on the draft solicitation for the next version of the Veterans Affairs Department's T4NG IT solutions vehicle.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Postal Service Awards $70M Contract for Data Compliance Modernization

The Postal Service will modernize its data compliance and e-Discovery tools.

  • By Kirsten Errick

Treasury Looks for New Tech to Prove Physical Money is Legit

The counterfeit detection methods could include both device assisted and non-device assisted features.

  • By Kirsten Errick

NASA Test New Robotic Arm System Functional in Minus 280 Degrees Fahrenheit

The new technology will allow it to operate without a heat source in “extreme cryogenic environments.”

  • By Kirsten Errick

State Department unveils $10B enterprise IT services solicitation

The contract known as "Evolve" seeks technology modernization services in support of diplomatic goals.

  • By Ross Wilkers

GDIT Receives $84 Million Contract to Support Traumatic Brain Injury Research

The research and support contract, awarded by the Defense Health Agency, has an eight-month base period with three option years.

  • By Edward Graham

Library of Congress Looks to Spend up to $450M on IT and Software Contract Work

The agency is looking for the contracted work to utilize an agile model.

  • By Kirsten Errick

Pentagon on Track to Award $9 Billion Cloud Contract in December

The Pentagon’s Chief Information Officer said the multi-cloud, multi-vendor JWCC contract will be awarded “in about a month.”

  • By Edward Graham

More Protest Troubles Loom Over CIO-SP4

Debriefings are underway with companies who did not get through phase one of the competition for the $50 billion IT vehicle.

  • By Nick Wakeman

IRS Seeks New Enterprise File Storage System

As part of the agency’s ongoing modernization efforts, it issued a request for information for a new enterprise file storage system

  • By Kirsten Errick

DARPA Kicks Off Prep for $1B Contract

Work is underway on the recompete of this technical services vehicle that supports research efforts.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Judge Declines to Halt Booz Allen's EverWatch Acquisition

This antitrust case remains an unusual event in the government technology and services landscape.

  • By Ross Wilkers

TMF Announces $36.4M in Awards

The Army, the Office of Personnel Management and the Federal Housing Authority are the latest recipients of awards from the Technology Modernization Fund.

  • By Natalie Alms

The U.S. Military Is Buying Electric Jet-ski Robots

Tests will see whether battery-powered personal watercraft can help with search-and-rescue

  • By Patrick Tucker
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Microsoft Challenges Intelligence Agency's $1B Task Order to Amazon

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency went down the sole-source route, which of course led to a protest.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Industry Awaits Potential Congressional Resolution to 'Extremely Difficult' Procurement Process

Though the AGILE Procurement Act faces several rounds of votes before it can be enacted, experts view it as a step in the right direction.

  • By Kirsten Errick

Survey: Security Continues to be Major Factor for DevOps Platforms

Shifting left and other security measures are an important part of the development process and an increasing number of respondents are or intend to utilize this practice.

  • By Kirsten Errick

SAIC Lands $319M Kessel Run Program to Improve Air Force C2 Systems

Falconer Air Operations Center Weapon System Sustainment contract lets SAIC leverage its cloud and command-and-control expertise and expand its footprint with the Air Force.

  • By Nick Wakeman

GSA Sketches Out Timeline for Alliant 3's First Glimpse

The General Services Administration's updates for industry include timing for Alliant 3 as well as a higher ceiling for the current Alliant program.

  • By Ross Wilkers

The U.S. Army Is Hunting For More Soldier-Connected Tech

A recent solicitation calls for soldier-centered networking and information technology that will link existing and prototype technologies together.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

The Pentagon’s Plan to Speed Up Software Buying for Weapons Systems

The DOD’s dedicated software acquisition pathway is nearly two years old, and is already being used by a few dozen programs.

  • By Lauren C. Williams