Every DHS component has now awarded multiple PIL projects (52 total since PIL inception), and some DHS contracting activities are even forming their own innovation teams. Keep Reading
The move marks the first time that waivers -- which have been previously used to bypass environmental impact reviews at the border -- have been applied to federal procurement rules. Keep Reading
The DoD will be basing accreditation specifically on NIST 800-171 cybersecurity standards for protecting CUI. Keep Reading
Unitrans allegations relate to the illegal transportation of goods across Iran in connection with a contract to provide material and logistical support to U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Keep Reading
For one thing, big companies tend to give their smaller subcontractors a lot of data they don’t need, which then becomes vulnerable to foreign hackers. Keep Reading
Diane Sahakian on shutdown lessons: "Having the right manpower to staff a lapse is very important.” Keep Reading
Some agencies may be quicker to make the Veterans Day weekend transition than others. Last week, the Federal Aviation Administration notified vendors they were behind. Keep Reading
From 2008 through 2017 “very few small businesses that were awarded limited competition contracts grew to be mid-sized and continued to receive contracts.” Keep Reading
February's original awards were returned to "pre-award status" as "corrective action" after a successful court challenge to the process by Citizant. Keep Reading
FirstSource III will have "set-aside tracks across each of the 5 socio-economic categories and will include ordering flexibilities," says Correa. Keep Reading
Tickets to sporting events, travel, and cash were given exchange for providing company with non-public information about pending HUD contracts. Keep Reading
Companies will compete for each order of the $5,000,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for design-build task orders in support of DHS, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers border fence. Keep Reading
"I'm appreciative of the partnership of industry to come in and help us achieve our missions." Keep Reading
"Integrating small-business innovators into the technology security equipment (TSE) portfolio is the greatest challenge," Katrina Brisbon tells HSToday. Keep Reading
OIG found that the use of cost reimbursable contracts had a significant effect on the workload of the invoice reviewers because of the complexity of the invoices. Keep Reading
Keenan Fort Detrick Energy LLC, Columbia, South Carolina, was awarded a $1,600,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for Army energy services. Keep Reading
Bowhead Manufacturing Technologies LLC, Alexandria, Virginia, and Truston Technologies Inc., Annapolis, Marylandm, are each awarded an indefinite multiple award services contract. Keep Reading
Lockheed Martin is being awarded a $2,457,390,566 modification (P00015) to a previously-awarded contract for the production of THAAD interceptors. Keep Reading
While the federal government sets aside certain procurements for small businesses, those companies — if they’re successful — eventually grow to the size where they “graduate” out of the small-business category. Keep Reading
There was a time when the government was seen as the most stable customers that any company could possess. Keep Reading