ExecutiveBiz
JANUARY 7, 2025
Jeff Harman has an affinity for every step and aspect of the government contracting process, especially the competitive capture pursuit and the accountability enforced by government clients. Harman is a U.S.
GovCon Wire
JANUARY 7, 2025
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has secured a $1.45 billion contract from the Department of Defense to advance testing for hypersonic technology. The company said Monday the five-year deal supports the Pentagons Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed, or MACH-TB, 2.0 program. We are honored to be selected to be part of the MACH-TB 2.
FedScoop
JANUARY 7, 2025
The Department of Homeland Security is seeking information about technology that could potentially assist first responders, according to a new procurement posting. The program is part of the DHS Science and Technology Directorates System Assessment and Validation for Emergency Responders (SAVER) program and will work with the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory, a federal resource that focuses on law enforcement and fire emergency response tech, as well as systems that can assist in ra
Scottish Government Procurement
JANUARY 7, 2025
In May 2024, we held a series of Public Procurement Policy Training for Scotland sessions. These were run by Morton Fraser MacRoberts LLP in collaboration with the Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate. The training focused on how to robustly implement Scottish Procurement Policy Notes and SG procurement policy in the following key areas: Procurement Strategies and Annual Reporting Community Benefits Fair Work First Climate Change World Trade Organisation (WTO)/Sanctions Cash flow: Promp
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AWS Public Sector
JANUARY 6, 2025
Precise Software Solutions, Inc. (Precise), an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner , participated in the AWS Think Big for Small Business Program (TBSB) to expand their AWS capabilities and to grow their business in the public sector. After completion of the program, Precise achieved Advanced tier partner status and was selected by a federal government agency to create a machine learning as a service (MLaaS) platform on AWS.
Traple Konarski Podrecki & Partners
JANUARY 8, 2025
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Federal News Network
JANUARY 3, 2025
As it always does, the National Defense Authorization Act known as the NDAA includes a whole section devoted to federal procurement. We get highlights from attorney Zach Prince of Haynes Boone on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Interview transcript: Tom Temin And we could talk for hours about Title 8, as we could every year. But Zach, one thing we should point out that was left out in the conference bill, is that idea of inflation compensation for contractors.
WashngtonExec
JANUARY 5, 2025
Nokia has won a $45 million grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund. The fund is a 10-year, $1.5 billion program advancing open wireless network technologies. The grant will improve Nokias existing investment in U.S.-based R&D with funds awarded to further strengthen capabilities in Open RAN, the company [.
ExecutiveBiz
JANUARY 7, 2025
The Department of State has issued a request for proposals for a multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract on administrative and general management consulting services for offices under the departments African and political-military affairs bureaus.
Government Contracts
JANUARY 7, 2025
The federal government has called on the Eleventh Circuit to uphold the constitutionality of the False Claims Act's whistleblower provisions, saying a Florida district court ruling otherwise is an "outlier" that goes against U.S. Supreme Court precedent.
GovCon Wire
JANUARY 8, 2025
Theres a common understanding at this point that quantum computing is ungraspable to the layman and possibly even to scientific experts. This very publication has spoken to leading minds in the field who admit that its difficult to pin down, its essence not able to be communicated sufficiently.
Government Contract Insights
JANUARY 6, 2025
We continue our discussion of the Small Business Administrations (SBA) recent final rule on various small business programs. Today, we focus on revisions to the regulations governing size protests and requests for formal size determinations under multiple-award contracts, pursuant to the new 13 C.F.R. 121.1001(a)(11)(12).
WashngtonExec
JANUARY 2, 2025
QinetiQ US has won a 5-year, $31.5 million task order to support the U.S. Army Program Executive Office Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors. This work continues the design, development and integration activities for the Integrated Sensor Architecture program, which supports data sharing of sensors across battlefield networks. “The relationship between the Army C5ISR Center, PEO [.
ExecutiveBiz
JANUARY 7, 2025
Leidos QTC Health Services will provide medical disability examination, or MDE, services for the Veterans Benefits Administrations U.S. regions 1 to 4 under a new contract that parent company Leidos announced on Monday.
Government Contracts
JANUARY 7, 2025
Two construction groups pressed a Texas federal court to grant them a win in their challenge to the U.S. Department of Labor's final rule updating how prevailing wage rates are calculated under the Davis-Bacon Act, rejecting the department's argument that they couldn't sue.
GovCon Wire
JANUARY 3, 2025
Dr. Neil Thurgood joined Anduril Industries in 2023 as senior vice president in charge of the air and ground deterrence unit after a nearly four-decade career in the U.S. Army. The retired lieutenant general is an expert in hypersonics he was director of hypersonics, space, directed energy and rapid acquisition for the Army.
GovTribe
JANUARY 2, 2025
GovTribe studied data from over 260,000 unique users and millions of interactions to find the top 20 opportunities in the federal market heading into January 2025. Lets start by diving into the top three.
Bestek Procurement
JANUARY 6, 2025
We are pleased to welcome from 1st January 2025 Dr. Ezgi Uysal as a Post-Doctoral Fellow on our Purchase Power Sustainable Public Procurement through Private Law Enforcement (PurpLE) Project. Ezgi earned her law degree magna cum laude from hsan Doramac Bilkent University in Turkey and completed her masters degree in European and International Business Law at Leiden University, graduating as valedictorian with cum laude.
ExecutiveBiz
JANUARY 7, 2025
Verizon Business will install 5G and provide 4G LTE network upgrades at 35 U.S. Air Force bases located throughout the country under the military branch’s Offer to Lease, or OTL, program.
Government Contracts
JANUARY 7, 2025
A joint investigation by state and federal law enforcement has netted its third settlement with a Connecticut dentist accused of using illegal patient recruiting tactics to rip off Medicaid.
GovCon Wire
JANUARY 8, 2025
Marin Halper has been appointed vice president of the Department of Defense and services center at MITRE, he announced on LinkedIn Tuesday In his new role, Halper will lead efforts supporting the National Security Engineering Center within the company’s national security sector. He will supervise a workforce tasked with addressing challenges and synchronizing teams and programs.
Government Contracts Navigator
JANUARY 7, 2025
Dominique L. Casimir Introduction On January 3, 2025, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) published a long-awaited final rule to update suspension and debarment procedures. 90 Fed. Reg. 507. The final rule takes effect January 17, 2025. As a refresher, suspension and debarment are non-punitive administrative actions by which the federal government excludes non-responsible … Continue reading "Three Major Features of the New Final Rule on Suspension and Debarment" The p
Import and Trade Remedies
JANUARY 2, 2025
On 12 December 2024, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) delivered a judgment in the case C781/23, which has implications for businesses importing goods under temporary admission. The case arose from a request for a preliminary ruling from the Hgsta frvaltningsdomstolen (Supreme Administrative Court, Sweden) and involved Malm Motorrenovering AB and Allmnna ombudet hos Tullverket.
ExecutiveBiz
JANUARY 7, 2025
As its currently used and understood, artificial intelligence requires a great deal of human input, guidance and interaction. The most proliferous and widespread use of AI for the general public are chatbots like OpenAIs ChatGPT or Googles Gemini, which answer questions and develop content based on inputted prompts.
Government Contracts
JANUARY 7, 2025
A Texas federal court's rejection of the plea agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice and Boeing over the 737 Max aircraft gratuitously injected the court's views on diversity, equity and inclusion into a case that shouldn't have been a criminal matter in the first place, says Alan Hoffman, a retired attorney and aviation expert.
GovCon Wire
JANUARY 8, 2025
Melanie Heitkamp was elected by the board of directors of Northrop Grumman to serve as corporate vice president and chief human resources officer, effective Feb. 3.
WashngtonExec
JANUARY 7, 2025
Maximus company VES has been re-awarded contracts with the Veterans Benefits Administration to provide Medical Disability Exams for veterans in Regions 1-4. The contracts have a 1-year base period and a single option year, with a cumulative value that reflects current and anticipated production volumes. VES will continue serving Regions 1-4, as well as the [.
Government Contracts & Global Trade
JANUARY 6, 2025
Federal contracting is complicated. Subcontracting on federal jobs can sometimes be even more so.A successful subcontracting relationship on a federal project requires the parties to consider not only their own interests, but also the interests of the end user, the government.This balancing act requires attention to detail, strategic problem solving, and an informed understanding of the bigger picture and all of its moving pieces.
ExecutiveBiz
JANUARY 6, 2025
Microsoft has pledged investments of approximately $80 billion to build data centers that would support training and deployment of artificial intelligence.
Government Contracts
JANUARY 7, 2025
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained 39,152 individuals as of late December, with over half of those detainees lacking any criminal record, and a fifth of the population are held in detention facilities in Mississippi, Texas, Georgia, Louisiana and California, a Syracuse University data research group said Tuesday.
GovCon Wire
JANUARY 8, 2025
Jennifer Walsmith, a former Northrop Grumman executive, has been named president of intelligence and cybersecurity at Amentum.
Great Government Through Technology
JANUARY 7, 2025
Through GSAs best-in-class 8(a) STARS III governmentwide acquisition contract (GWAC), small businesses are delivering cutting-edge IT solutions to support critical government operations worldwide. This contract empowers agencies to streamline acquisitions, achieve mission success, and realize taxpayer savings by using small businesses both at home and abroad.
Discussions & Clarifications
JANUARY 3, 2025
On January 3, 2025, the Defense Department, GSA, and NASA (together, the "FAR Council") published its final rule amending the suspension and debarment procedures under the Federal Acquisition Regulation ("FAR"). The rule, which is also based on recommendations from the Interagency Suspension and Debarment Committee, adds language to improve consistency between the procurement and non-procurement procedures on suspension and debarment.
ExecutiveBiz
JANUARY 6, 2025
The Department of the Army has posted a request for proposals from small vendors interested in providing support services to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, known as G-2, of the Army Training and Doctrine Command, or TRADOC.
Government Contracts
JANUARY 7, 2025
The U.S. Department of Justice has replaced "outdated provisions" that guided how federal agencies acquired real property with 10 new federal provisions that have the goal of "promoting government efficiency and saving taxpayer funds," the DOJ said Tuesday.
GovCon Wire
JANUARY 8, 2025
Boeing has secured a $615.8 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for the full rate production of F-15 Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System.
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