How small businesses can adapt to new 8(a) and procurement realities
Understanding contracting officer motivations and pressures and strategically aligning your interests with theirs is more important than ever, writes BD and capture expert Ezekiel Russell. It’s true: the 8(a) program seems to be dying of a thousand cuts. All 8(a) firms are treated as suspects overnight, “once 8(a) always 8(a)” is dead, and competitive 8(a) procurements […]
NDAA would let large contractors keep ‘non-traditional’ status indefinitely
This change would allow companies with billions in Pentagon contracts to maintain non-traditional status by keeping research-and-development cost allocations below a $1.1 million threshold. Among the more than 1,000 provisions in the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act is a seemingly modest change to the definition of “non-traditional defense contractor,” which could allow companies with billions of […]
Commerce awards $150M advisory support pact
The Commerce Department lists customer experience management and enterprise architecture as key areas it wants industry support in developing strategies for. The Commerce Department has awarded five companies positions on a five-year, $150 million blanket purchase agreement for advisory and integrated management consulting services across the enterprise. Commerce uses the pact to acquire industry support for […]
NextPoint Group gets Godspeed’s backing
The 21-year-old company works on software development and other IT-related efforts for defense and intelligence agencies. NextPoint Group, a provider of technology and professional services to national security agencies, has received an investment from the middle-market focused private equity firm Godspeed Capital Management. Founded in 2004, NPG works on software development and other IT-related efforts for […]
Lawmaker looks to shake up VA’s software management
Legislation from Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., prioritizes waste reduction when it comes to the roughly $1 billion that VA spends annually on software assets. A new House proposal is hoping to reform the way the Department of Veterans Affairs oversees its software by requiring the agency to be more transparent about how it uses its current […]
WT 360: How GovCon is crossing the bridge from 2025 to 2026
Stephanie Kostro, president of the Professional Services Council, joins Nick and Ross to unpack the trends and topics of GovCon in 2025 that will carry over into 2026. The post-shutdown catchup and prospects of another funding lapse among them. Most years of a presidential transition result in some adjustments by the government contracting community as a […]
Air Force reopens $972M Northrop contract after conflict-of-interest allegations
Protests from Science Applications International Corp. and HII prompted the service to conduct an investigation after accusations that Northrop would be evaluating its own work. The Air Force is rethinking a $972 million modeling-and-simulation contract that went to Northrop Grumman after challengers raised objections to the award, including allegations of an organizational conflict-of-interest. HII and Science […]
Aretum returns to M&A with Veterans Engineering purchase
The Renovus-owned company adds a Veteran Affairs-focused company that focuses on cloud computing, cybersecurity and digital modernization. In its first acquisition in over two years, Aretum has purchased a tech contractor focused on the Veterans Affairs Department and other federal clients. Terms of the transaction involving Veterans Engineering were not disclosed. Aretum said Thursday it is […]
A pair of CEO transitions and more leadership moves across the market
Other key promotions and hires featured in this listing include roles focused on business development, artificial intelligence, operations and health portfolio leadership. Scout Space Josiah Gruber has been promoted to CEO at this specialist in observation data and other vision solutions, where he worked as chief technology officer for the past year. Gruber first joined Scout […]
US charges former Accenture employee with misleading feds on cloud platform’s security
Danielle Hillmer, most recently employed with SentinelOne, allegedly concealed a cloud product’s noncompliance with federal security regulations. The Justice Department charged a former product manager at Accenture Federal Services with falsely misleading government customers about the security posture of a cloud product offered by the company. From March 2020 to November 2021, Danielle Hillmer allegedly obstructed […]