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A long-running competition for an Army program support requirement is back in dispute following multiple rounds of awards, protests and corrective action. The latest challenge adds another chapter to a procurement that has already changed hands during the acquisition process. Content for OS Insiders only. Please log in and refresh the page, or Click here for information on becoming an OrangeSlices Insider. A Public Benefit Corporation means the mission remains the mandate, even when it is hard.

This Women Owned Small Business, which has significant experience providing top tier engineering, IT, cybersecurity, logistics, infrastructure, and environmental support services, was awarded a contract to provide engineering and technical services to support Situational Awareness Boundary Enforcement and Response, Cyber Vulnerability Analysis Toolkit, Development Security and Operations and Platform Cyber Technical Leads/Incident Response Operations.

Department/Ind. Agency: AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF | USDA, OCP-POD-ACQ-MGMT-BRANCH-FTC Task/Delivery Order Number: 12314426F0374 Contract Award Number: HHSN316201200173W Contractor Awarded Unique Entity ID: NNQZAS2TE6S5 Base and All Options Value (Total Contract Value): $4,859,374.00 Contractor Awarded Name: SOFT TECH CONSULTING, INC.

The Department of Labor is conducting market research for a commercial workforce compliance platform that combines digital worker identity, credential management, employment compliance, and fraud detection capabilities. Through this Request for Information and planned Industry Day, the Department is evaluating commercially available software platforms as it develops its acquisition strategy.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published a forecast for a more than $100 million cybersecurity services opportunity supporting its Vulnerability Management Sub-Division. Planned for competition on Alliant 2, the procurement will establish an integrated contract supporting cybersecurity assessments, cyber hygiene services, and operational mission support across the agency.

BCG Federal Corp., Bethesda, Maryland, was awarded a $100,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract (HT003826FE012), in support of the logical follow-on to the successful completion of the Design-to-Outcome Task Order Year 4 and Core Task Order Year Four. The contract provides Workforce 3.0, a fully managed end-to-end solution supporting the Program Executive Office, Defense Healthcare Management Systems (PEO DHMS) mid-office and back-office functions across the full PEO DHMS product portfolio.

Updated September 9, 2026 The GAO Decision has now been posted for this protest. See details below. DIGEST 1. Protest that Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) order issued under blanket purchase agreement (BPA) exceeded the scope of the BPA is sustained where the record shows that the BPA described services in support of specific functions, but the order included services that were broader than and materially different from the scope of the BPA. 2.

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Red Cell Partners announces a one-year agreement with the Department of War’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) with a ceiling of up to $100 million. The agreement pilots shared savings, a contracting framework in which vendors are paid only for the costs they eliminate and the outcomes they deliver. The agreement is geared toward empowering the department to save on existing contracts and paying for outcomes rather than effort.

This longtime industry technologist and recent federal Ai lead takes on a new role. Jeremy Walsh is now listed as a Director with Google DeepMind. See the profile here.