GSA, DOD preview on-ramp for $1.8B readiness support contract
Roughly a dozen primes are currently involved in this contract called PRISM and the Defense Department wants to know if more small businesses can join them. The Defense Department and General Services Administration have started their search for small businesses that could potentially join a potential $1.8 billion contract vehicle for human resources and payroll activity […]
WT 360: Supply chain health and wealth remains paramount
Leo Alvarez, a principal in Baker Tilly’s government contractor solutions practice, lays out how companies can make supply chain risk management a core aspect of their business and not just about legal compliance. Even in a period of unprecedented change across the GovCon ecosystem, industry observers across-the-board remain certain that agencies and contractors alike will […]
With RIFs imminent, the Small Business Administration reoffers its Deferred Resignation Program
SBA employees have until April 7 to decide again whether to take the “Fork in the Road.” Small Business Administration employees received an email early Saturday morning from the agency’s chief human capital office offering them a second opportunity to accept the deferred-resignation deal first offered by the Office of Personnel Management to all federal employees […]
Billions are on the line as DOGE, GSA increase scrutiny
A new analysis by TechnoMile looks at how exposed the General Services Administration’s top 10 consulting firms could be, based on unexercised contract ceiling across three major spending categories. As the General Services Administration and the Department of Government Efficiency scrutinize consulting contracts, a new analysis says GSA top 10 consulting firms have exposure of $94 […]
Nightwing acquires managed security services provider
This represents Nightwing’s first purchase since its carveout from RTX and with new CEO Bob Coleman at the helm. Nightwing, the cybersecurity and intelligence solutions company formerly part of RTX, has acquired a provider of managed security services in a move aimed at further building a full-spectrum cyber portfolio for government and commercial entities. Roka Security […]
Army nixes planned $10B agile software development contract
There will be no solicitation for the New Modern Software Development contract vehicle, and therefore no award. The Army has decided not to go ahead with a planned $10 billion contract for acquiring rapid software development services that was on pause for one month amid a review of the acquisition strategy. No solicitation and no award […]
Lawmakers try again with software licensing bill
This marks the third Congress in which the bipartisan bill has been introduced. A bipartisan group of House lawmakers are trying again to pass a proposal meant to rein in the costs of the government’s software licenses. Reps. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., Pat Fallon, R-Texas, April McClain Delaney, D-Md., and Nancy Mace, R-S.C. reintroduced the Strengthening Agency […]
Leidos fights for another chance at $89B national biomedical lab contract
The company has supported the only federally-funded research and development center focused on medical research for 15 years, but a challenger has wrestled the contract away. Leidos is battling for a second chance at keeping a long-term contract worth up to $89 billion over 25 years to support the National Cancer Center. The contract dates to […]
In-Q-Tel’s newest investments eye data storage and deepfake defense
The intelligence community’s venture capital arm identifies a pair of companies whose creations apparently are showing promise for agencies. Cerabyte Founded in 2022, this Germany-headquartered startup is developing a ceramic-based storage system that utilizes laser-matrix writing and microscope reading technologies to house data in a more immutable form. Immutable describes an item that is unable to […]
Army pauses bundled recompete of professional services, IT vehicles
The so-called MAPS contract is yet another big-ticket Army tech acquisition to enter a holding pattern two months into the second Trump administration. The Army has paused the bundled recompete of two of its major go-to contract vehicles for professional and IT-centric services, following a March 20 White House executive order focused on efficiency in contracting. […]