acquisition news
Most EIS vendors are accepting task orders now
BT Federal and Harris Corporation are the latest contract primes to receive three-year authorities to operate from the General Services Administration.
HP wins $1.4B first piece of Navy hardware NGEN-R contract
HPI Federal LLC will receive up to $1.4 billion to provide new hardware under the first piece of NGEN-R.
GSA to take ‘corrective actions’ on DEOS after protest
GSA is said to be reworking parts of the contract and likely open it back up to its original bidders.
Are agencies like Energy funding quantum technology wisely?
China is sitting on the encrypted data it exfiltrates, waiting for a quantum computer capable of cracking it. Post-quantum cryptography is one way to protect time-sensitive information, while some technologists are rooting for quantum key distribution.
Pentagon testing waters for accreditor of contractor cybersecurity assessments
DOD issued an RFI asking for feedback from organizations interested in serving as the accreditation body for its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program.
Army Futures Command wants help growing commercial cloud data environment
The command wants commercial help growing its "cloud based information technology infrastructure to host mission systems, applications, services, and data."
Federal Acquisition Service commissioner resigns
Alan Thomas' departure comes two days after Multiple Award Schedules Consolidation, but three other pillars of the Federal Marketplace Strategy remain unfinished.
GSA finishes schedule consolidation on deadline
The agency has released the newly consolidated schedule on FedBizOpps.
Army awards IT-as-a-service prototype contracts
AT&T, Verizon and Microsoft scored the trio of EITaaS pilot contracts.
ATARC launches test lab for agencies’ TIC 3.0 solutions
The government can experiment with how emerging technology will affect its cloud architecture.
