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GSA, DOE look to the private sector for green building tech
The federal government is looking for ways to help commercial buildings transition away from their reliance on fossil fuels while aiming to achieve economy-wide net zero emissions by 2050.
Acquisition
Fight over $1.5B Commerce IT contract goes to court
Four companies that missed out on an award are taking their protests up a notch.
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White House raises contract spending goals for small disadvantaged businesses
The Office of Management and Budget is directing agencies to award at least 12% of all federal contracting dollars to small disadvantaged businesses in fiscal year 2023.
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IT spend reporting requirements still stuck at halfway point, watchdog finds
The Government Accountability Office report found that agencies failed to disclose approximately $31 billion in fiscal year 2021 investments under the two layers of the Technology Business Management framework that were required.
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VA acquisition workforce are mostly satisfied, despite reported program issues
A large majority of acquisition staff at the Department of Veterans Affairs said in a recent Government Accountability Office survey that they are satisfied in their current positions, despite continued issues with the VA’s acquisition programs.
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Air Force to rethink $5.7B enterprise IT award to CACI
The service will look at conflict-of-interest allegations and how it evaluated proposals for this portion of its Enterprise IT as a Service effort.
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DISA plans further updates to DEOS support notice
The Defense Information Systems Agency is also giving companies more time to submit comments regarding a request for information.
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DOT, SBA and others team up to attract new entrants to the federal market
A new interagency collaboration to promote opportunities for small and disadvantaged businesses featured in the new infrastructure bill is "vital" to federal equity goals, officials said.
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VA owns up to acquisition woes at House hearing
Lawmakers grilled Department of Veterans Affairs officials over a series of significant failures within its acquisition programs and modernization efforts.
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GSA opens Polaris to next set of small-business bidders
The General Services Administration has released the final solicitation for service-disabled and HUBzone small businesses to bid on the Polaris IT vehicle.
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NIST, Google announce chip R&D partnership
The public-private sector collaboration will make industry standard chips available to smaller research entities to encourage semiconductor manufacturing.
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Protests hit CACI's $5.7B Air Force win
Every other company that bid on the enterprise IT services contract wants at least a second chance at it.
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Commerce names desired winners for $1.5B enterprise IT vehicle
The window is open those who believe one or more of these intended awardees are actually not small businesses.
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GSA plans to scale up e-commerce program
The General Services Administration wants to offer government buyers more online platforms to conduct small-scale acquisitions following a reportedly well-liked pilot program involving Amazon, according to a new request for proposals.
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Exclusion sparks protest over $2.25B contract
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency eliminated one incumbent from a background investigation support program.
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NASA unveils draft solicitation for $1.3B IT contract
The space agency is bundling 10 incumbent contracts into this new procurement.
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Amazon-Microsoft rivalry now turns to $1B NGA contract
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency went down the sole-source route, which of course led to a protest.
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Commerce watchdog to probe $340M cloud program
The program is facing delays in deployments to component agencies at the department.
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New NASA IT contract may consolidate 10 programs
Large and small business incumbents will all feel the impact of how NASA plans to structure its Consolidated Applications and Platform Services acquisition.
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What's going on at NITAAC
The National Institutes of Health's governmentwide acquisition organization supports much more than HHS
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