Acquisition

IARPA looks to the crowd

The intelligence R&D lab wants a platform for crowdsourcing the development and refining of arguments.

Acquisition

Health IT, one-stop convenience pitched as NITAAC advantages

Sorting out the alphabet soup of federal acquisition options means focusing on what your agency values most.

Acquisition

HHS Buyers Club tees up second RFP

The HHS acquisition innovator is looking for a vendor to handle a web overhaul for the Office of Population Affairs.

Acquisition

Modified BPA for CDM coming within 30 days

The crucial next phase of the $6 billion acquisition vehicle will focus on identity management.

Acquisition

GSA agile RFP expected this week

The goal of the proposed blanket purchase agreement would be to decrease software acquisition cycles to less than four weeks.

Acquisition

GSA sees common cause with SEWP, NITAAC

There is inherent tension among the various IT sources for federal buyers, but GSA's Mary Davie says there is plenty of business to go around.

Modernization

HP, CSC targeted for data center support

DHS says the sole-source solicitations are necessary to maintain continuity of mission critical services.

Modernization

Rethinking acquisition: Addressing the tectonic shift in telecom services

The General Services Administration is working hard to adapt to changing communications needs. Just don't call it a contract.

Acquisition

The urgency behind DOD's acquisition reform efforts

Better Buying Power 3.0 has a geostrategic urgency and emphasis on cybersecurity that was missing from earlier iterations.

Acquisition

Focus on EIS transition pushes regional telecom contracts aside

GSA decides to cancel three "bridge" contracts, and says the EIS RFP will slip to September.

Acquisition

We're paying contractors how much?

GSA's 18F has a new tool aimed at saving money on a huge part of any contract's expense: people.

Modernization

ICE seeks new phone services for detainees

The service must be provided at no cost to ICE or detainees, but the contractor gets exclusive rights to sell pre-paid and other calling cards.

Acquisition

Calling all space tech

NASA announced several multimillion dollar initiatives reaching out to industry and academia. The goal: investing in the future of space technology.

Modernization

NS2020 RFP probably pushed back

The hoped-for July release of the GSA contracting vehicle's RFP will likely slide into late summer.

Modernization

Air Force makes more NETCENTS-2 awards

Twenty firms named to $7.9 billion network operations and infrastructure solutions contract.

Acquisition

GSA IG concerned about transactional data plan

The central concern is that the changes could affect pricing protections that can't be replaced by the benefits of transactional data.

Acquisition

OASIS looks to move beyond Air Force orders

The USAF is still the biggest user of the contracting vehicle, but officials predict that will change in the next year or two.