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🏛 DOD’s use of commercial space, GAO’s valley of death, NATO OSINT AI platform SaaS RFP, secret Space Force group, spy search at CIA
QUICK HITS SBs are getting a portal that hooks them up with potential clients: DOD Small Business is launching an updated web portal that would directly link small businesses to potential buyers. Fed procurement reform is coming — here’s what you should know: Collaboration between private, …
🏛 DHS 1.5B PACTS expansion, bitcoin and defense strategy, killer robots, Lockheed 1.2B Navy contract, SpaceX gets fined, Malcom X fam sues FBI, CIOSP4
QUICK HITS 8(a), WOSB, others eye $1.5+ Billion DHS PACTS IDIQ expansion: DHS’ SSV for Professional Services will include “separate and distinct tracks” for some set-aside programs, sparking renewed interest. Why CPARs matter for proposal development: You remember report cards, right? That’s basically what Contractor …
🏛 FBI 7B IT services contract, OPM to adopt private sector pay, IRS slow to issue refunds, DISA Riverbed NetProfiler STIG
QUICK HITS Two new tools aim to reverse decade-long drop in small biz industrial base: Supplier base dashboard and procurement equity tool. OPM’s special federal IT salary rate narrows gap with private sector pay: Timing of final release and the scope of agencies …
Navy sets the pace on protecting infrastructure & tech, a deep dive on Jacobs, states battle bogus tax refund requests
QUICK HITS States are battling bogus requests for refunds this tax season: This tax season, states are using new strategies to combat online tax fraud. This isn’t the Jacobs you think you know: As recompetes for Jacobs’ recent wins approach, let’s explore how they’ve changed …
Navy sets the pace on protecting infrastructure & tech, a deep dive on Jacobs, states battle bogus tax refund requests
QUICK HITS States are battling bogus requests for refunds this tax season: This tax season, states are using new strategies to combat online tax fraud. This isn’t the Jacobs you think you know: As recompetes for Jacobs’ recent wins approach, let’s explore how they’ve changed …
🏛 How L3Harris won Aerojet, the best SDVOSB tech companies, GSA tests text notifications, two spying stories, more CIO-SP4 protests, HubZone map
QUICK HITS State Department considers open source effort to track global conflicts: Up to and including war crimes in Ukraine. Take that, Putin! New round of $50B CIO-SP4 protests underway: Failed bidders claim scoring threshold to advance to next round of procurement was …
🏛 IRS reconsiders $2.6B award, top VA EHR PEO leaving…apply now!, APBI save the date, GSA’s contracts oversight issues, HHS RFP updates,
QUICK HITS IBM, Booz Allen get second shot at $2.6B IRS contract: after protests, discussions reopened with rejected bidders on modernization contract. One more step away from the acquisition regulation that most vendors hate: GSA wants more use of Transactional Data Reporting. How …
🏛 DOD RFPs, T4NG comments due, CISA at the Superbowl, NIH bid protest, DOD EHR platform at 11 clinics, crypto ads at Superbowl
QUICK HITS Industry urges POTUS to pounce on CHIPS Act impact: The semiconductor industry is urging POTUS to maximize the Act post-annual address. A quick-and-dirty guide to HUBZone sole source contracts: All the info you could ever ask for when it comes to HUBZone set-asides. Lawmakers …



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