Special Operations Command opens the bidding for $10B logistics recompete
Industry has roughly two months to work on their bids for a contract that also supports other U.S. military organizations connected to SOCOM missions around the world. Special Operations Command has opened the window for industry to start working on and turning in proposals for the 12-year, $10.5 billion recompete of a contract covering logistics and […]
CACI wins $938M DHS IT services pact
The Homeland Security Department uses this blanket purchase agreement to acquire support for all aspects of its IT environment used by 15,000 employees. CACI International has won a potential five-year, $983 million blanket purchase agreement to continue providing IT infrastructure and end-user services across the Homeland Security Department. DHS awarded the Desktop Support Services 3.0 pact […]
Agencies should prep for mass layoffs if shutdown occurs, White House says
OMB is requesting updated reduction-in-force plans even if a shutdown is averted. Federal agencies should implement mass layoffs of their workforces if the government shuts down next week, the White House told agencies on Wednesday, dramatically escalating the stakes of a potential funding lapse. Agencies should prepare the reduction in force notices for all employees whose […]
GSA inks OneGov deal with Grok AI
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok AI, will be available to agencies for $0.42 as part of the OneGov procurement program. Grok AI, the artificial intelligence chatbot owned by Elon Musk’s xAI, will be made available to agencies through an agreement with the Government Services Administration’s OneGov strategy, an initiative to treat the federal government as a […]
GSA inks OneGov deal with Grok AI
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok AI, will be available to agencies for $0.42 as part of the OneGov procurement program. Grok AI, the artificial intelligence chatbot owned by Elon Musk’s xAI, will be made available to agencies through an agreement with the Government Services Administration’s OneGov strategy, an initiative to treat the federal government as a […]
Don’t wait: GovCon must prepare now for a potential shutdown
Congress remains deadlocked and Sept. 30 is a week away. That means contractors should dust off shutdown plans and take immediate action on invoices, contracts and cash flow. The market careens toward a government shutdown at the end of the month and plans, advice and guidance for how to operate during one are getting dusted off. […]
Fresh protest hits NGA’s Clover vehicle
A new challenge focuses on evaluation criteria rather than registration issues that derailed earlier awards for the $940 million professional services contract. Unsurprisingly, the protest saga surrounding the $940 million Clover contract continues following the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s decision to make new awards. This time around, the protest has nothing to do with the registration technicalities […]
Trump budget office is hiding federal spending information, ethics nonprofit alleges
Federal courts have ordered the Office of Management and Budget to publish information about how agency funding is disbursed, but Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington contends that officials are using footnotes to obfuscate disclosure. A progressive good government nonprofit has accused the Trump administration of not fully complying with a court order to publish […]
KBR plans spinoff of government business
This new, independent publicly-traded company would hit the market by mid-to-late 2026. KBR’s board of directors has approved a plan to spinoff its government services segment following a multi-year strategy to build up that part of the business. The unit currently called Mission Technology Solutions is poised to become a new, independent publicly-traded company by mid-to-late 2026 […]
NIST seeks contractors to build AI testing datasets for security and safety verification
The National Institute of Standards and Technology wants curated datasets to test systems across cybersecurity, criminal misuse prevention and language translation capabilities. The National Institute of Standards and Technology is in the early stages of developing a contract to access multiple data sets to test and verify artificial intelligence systems. NIST’s U.S. Center for AI Standards […]