Automation platforms are giving government agencies greater capacity to improve citizen services and help employees keep up with escalating workload demands.

The five-year BPA streamlines acquisition of hardware and software products and services to not only federal agencies but state, local and tribal governments.

The 22 companies have expertise in at least one of the CoE "core functional areas."

The agency plans to use a multiple-award blanket purchase agreement for mobile applications and microservices, as well as software-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service operations.

The agency issued a performance work statement for its FAST technology contract, saying it will likely use a multiple-award blanket purchase agreement.

Herndon, Va.-based ManTech International has been awarded two task orders totaling $110 million to provide governmentwide cybersecurity services for the Department of Homeland Security.