Withdrawn protest clears path for final NOAA ProTech 2.0 award round
Arch Systems drops its objections to how its proposal was evaluated for the $8 billion small business vehicle. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has a clear path to making the final round of awards for its $8 billion ProTech 2.0 contract vehicle after the lone protester withdrew its challenge. Arch Systems’ protest involved NOAA’s primary contract […]
In-Q-Tel invests in rare earth mineral extraction startup
China’s domination of global supply chains for these key tech ingredients helps explain why the intelligence community’s venture investment arm is backing Alta Resource Technologies. Alta Resource Technologies, a two-year-old startup that uses biochemistry techniques to extract rare earth minerals, has expand its Series Seed funding capture amount to $10 million with the close of an […]
Leidos CEO sheds light on GSA dialogue and the company’s strategic priorities
In talking with Wall Street, CEO Tom Bell gave Leidos’ perspective on conversations with the General Services Administration about the future of federal contracting. He also dove deeper into the company’s NorthStar 2030 vision and provided (some) detail on its first acquisition in three years. The General Services Administration’s aggressive asks for more savings from nearly […]
OPM chooses Workday for no-bid contract to overhaul HR system
With White House deadlines and directives looming, the Office of Personnel Management goes with Workday to quickly implement a human capital platform with the intent to be a model for other agencies. The Office of Personnel Management is moving forward with a sole-source contract to Workday to build an integrated human capital management solution. A May […]
VA must ‘put onus back on Oracle’ to right EHR deployment, secretary says
VA Secretary Doug Collins told lawmakers he’s focused on addressing internal problems “that really caused the initial problems in the rollout.” The Department of Veterans Affairs is working to fast track the deployment of its new electronic health record system by giving Oracle more control over the rollout of the software, the agency’s head told lawmakers […]