SBA revokes USAID’s 8(a) contracting authority in wake of bribery scandal
The Small Business Administration is also auditing the government’s entire 8(a) contracting program, which could impact the broader GovCon ecosystem. In the wake of guilty pleas by three contractors and a former government contracting officer for a bribery scheme at the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Small Business Administration has revoked USAID’s 8(a) contracting authority. […]
SAIC loses protest over $927M incumbent Air Force contract
The Air Force gets backing in its decision to eliminate company from the competition for a modeling-and-simulation contract based on self-scoring methodology. Science Applications International Corp. has lost its fight to get back into the competition for an incumbent contracts with the Air Force. The service branch removed SAIC from the competition for a $972 million modeling-and-simulation […]
Teledyne subsidiary wins $127M Navy health IT recompete
Teledyne Brown Engineering helps the Naval Health Research Center develop and iterate software for use in modeling care flow and larger-scale operations. A Teledyne Technologies subsidiary has won a five-year, $126.7 million contract to continue its work on IT applications for a Navy research organization that focuses on operational readiness and infectious diseases. Teledyne Brown Engineering […]
Docusign discounts prices on software across government until 2027
The discounts cover two key software lines for all federal agencies. The General Services Administration on Thursday announced an agreement with software firm Docusign to significantly discount two of its offerings to federal agencies. In GSA’s latest OneGov agreement, Docusign will offer agencies a 70% discount on Docusign eSignature software and a 50% discount on Intelligent […]
SAIC, Google form strategic alliance
The five-year agreement includes greater use of Google’s distributed cloud offering as well as certifying 1,000 SAIC employees on the tech giant’s products. Science Applications International Corp. has formed a strategic alliance with Google’s public sector arm that centers around the global tech giant’s distributed offering. The five-year agreement will focus on tactical edge solutions, secure and […]
Palo Alto seeks identity security growth in $25B CyberArk acquisition
Palo Alto sees the increasing use of artificial intelligence as driving demand for cybersecurity platforms that span network and identity security. Palo Alto Networks plans to make a $25 billion stock-and-cash acquisition of CyberArk, an information security company headquartered in Israel. Palo Alto sees identity security, an area CyberArk specializes in, which Palo Alto sees as at an […]
Northrop unveils first cohort for autonomous flight tech program
Beacon is also a way for the blue chip defense hardware maker to share what it has learned over the years about autonomous flight with other companies. Northrop Grumman has selected six defense tech companies as the first group of participants in a new program aimed at developing and deploying autonomous flight software quicker. Applied Intuition, […]
Dropzone AI closes $37M Series B round
In-Q-Tel is continuing its backing of the two-year-old startup, which is pushing an approach of blending agentic artificial intelligence functions and cyber. Dropzone AI, a network security technology startup, has captured $37 million in Series B capital from investors to aid the further development of its offering for what is often called agentic artificial intelligence. Founded […]
What you can do when your contracts stall
Procurement delays can signal a broader shift in agency risk appetite and political oversight. Smart vendors are repositioning their approach to match new priorities around defensibility and execution certainty, writes Mac Lui, CEO of Vultron. When awards stall or disappear, it’s rarely because the mission changed. It’s because procurement lost alignment with the agency’s internal conditions. Today’s […]
Protester seeks second chance at $1.5B Microsoft support contract
CIYIS claims the Navy did not follow the solicitation when it evaluated and rejected its proposal to be part of the Microsoft Enterprise Services program. A $1.5 billion contract for broad Microsoft product support has been hit with a protest by a company that believes it should have been one of several small business winners. In […]