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Acquisition
Groundswell claims the Army wanted Accenture to win the $1B EBS-C competition
The company's lawsuit alleges the evaluation process was changed midstream to favor Accenture for the contract to consolidate several Army business and logistics systems.
Acquisition
Industry execs weigh potential impacts of presidential transition
A group of senior leaders at government contractors outline the challenges and opportunities they see in a second Trump term.
Acquisition
The knowns and unknowns of a second Trump administration
Some priorities such as cyber and artificial intelligence are likely not changing, but we will watch the transition for what else might impact government contractors.
Digital Government
Former federal tech leaders share transition wisdom ahead of 2024 election
Despite changing administrations, experts say technology priorities remain constant while emphasizing importance of communication and workforce development.
Acquisition
Groundswell challenges Army's award of business system consolidation contract
In its protest at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, Groundswell is questioning how the Army stuck with long-time incumbent Accenture Federal Services for the project.
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Cybersecurity
CMMC's final rule has now landed
Several other regulatory steps and Congress' 60-day period to review the defense industrial base's new cybersecurity standard still loom before it takes effect.
Acquisition
ODNI told to redo financial management contract
The Government Accountability Office looked at Guidehouse's protest against the award and found inconsistencies in how proposals were evaluated for this contract that supports the entire intelligence community.
Defense
DOD unveils proposed final rule for CMMC contracting
A phased rollout of the cybersecurity standard should begin in early 2025, with varying compliance levels and increased program office discretion.
Artificial Intelligence
Balancing innovation and safety: Inside NIST’s AI Safety Institute
The institute's director Elizabeth Kelly details efforts to test models and create guidance to encourage responsible artificial intelligence use.
Acquisition
Complaints mount about NITAAC's slow payment plan for CIO-SP4 protests
ANALYSIS | Many of the companies who won protests over the CIO-SP4 contract still have not been reimbursed for their costs and they are not happy about it.
Acquisition
FBI says it has awarded $7B ITSSS-2 pact
The award notice lacks an actual list of winners, but does have 31 companies in the full-and-open track and 64 in the small business group.
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Acquisition
Pre-award protests cleared in FBI's $7B IT services pact
The Government Accountability Office rejects the last pre-award protest involving this blanket purchase agreement for IT services and supplies.
Acquisition
T4NG2 protests grow to 14 with more possible
A dozen companies have gone to the court with questions over how the Veterans Affairs Department evaluated proposals for the $61 billion technology modernization contract vehicle.
Cybersecurity
Nearly 300 comment on proposed CMMC rule
The Defense Department now has to process and respond to the comments before it issues the final version of the industry-wide rule in the fall.
Acquisition
CIO-SP4 faces more court challenges
In the meantime, the National Institutes of Health's IT acquisition arm has extended the current contract into the fall.
Acquisition
Veterans Affairs to again rethink $400M file conversion contract
GovCIO continues to challenge VA's choice of General Dynamics IT and the department has opted to look at the award again.
Acquisition
Protests restart over CIO-SP4
ANALYSIS | Just like last year, companies are complaining about the self-scoring methodology being used to eliminate them from the competition.
Acquisition
FBI to rethink troubled IT services contract
After several rounds of protests and amendments, the FBI is reworking parts of the solicitation for a group of blanket purchase agreements.
Acquisition
Protest over OASIS+ pricing data access falls short
ANALYSIS | Boston Consulting Group claimed it did not need to provide that information on certain items in its bid for the government-wide professional services vehicle.
Acquisition
Protests persist for FBI's long-delayed $5B IT contract
ANALYSIS | History looks to be repeating itself as the FBI keeps facing protests after each downselect phase and elimination of bidders.
