Department of Homeland Security
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Enforcement
Canadian Steel Firms Farjess and Royal Canadian Steel to Pay $19M FCA Settlement for Mislabeling Foreign Steel to Evade Duties
Farjess Inc., Royal Canadian Steel Inc. and owner Feroz Jessani will pay $19 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that they misrepresented the country of origin of European and Asian flat-rolled steel to evade antidumping, countervailing and Section 232 duties owed to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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Policy
CISA Reschedules CIRCIA Cyber-Incident-Reporting Town Halls to June, Giving the Defense Industrial Base a Final Say on the Rule
CISA reset its canceled CIRCIA stakeholder town halls to four virtual sessions June 15-18, 2026, with the June 18 meeting covering the Defense Industrial Base. It is likely industry's last chance to shape the cyber-incident-reporting rule before it is finalized.
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Protests
GAO Sustains N&S Property Services Protest After ICE's Corrective-Action Reevaluation Again Picked a Higher-Priced Awardee
GAO sustained N&S Property Services' protest of ICE's 8(a) O&M award at Fort Benning after corrective action. The reevaluation applied unstated criteria, added undocumented 'raises confidence' findings for higher-priced KCorp, and tainted the best-value tradeoff, establishing prejudice.
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Enforcement
Perfectus Aluminum to Pay Record $549.5M in Largest-Ever Trade-Related False Claims Act Settlement
DOJ secured a record $549.5M False Claims Act settlement with importer Perfectus Aluminum over evaded Chinese aluminum AD/CVD duties. The largest-ever trade-related FCA deal signals aggressive customs enforcement and qui tam risk for contractors importing components.
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Awards
Pentagon Awards Dell $9.7B Microsoft Enterprise Software Agreement to Consolidate DoD Licenses Across Military, Intelligence Community, and Coast Guard
The Navy awarded Dell Federal Systems a $9.69 billion, five-year blanket purchase agreement consolidating Microsoft 365 licenses and cloud subscriptions across DoD, the Intelligence Community, and the Coast Guard, projecting $422 million in annual savings.
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Policy
White House 30-Day Update: Fixed-Price Contracting Executive Order Implementation Progress
The Office of Management and Budget issued a 30-day status report on executive order implementation requiring agencies to maximize fixed-price contract usage, showing mixed progress across civilian and defense agencies.
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Protests
Protecting Protest Rights When a Procurement Scandal Is Unfolding: The Diligent Pursuit Obligation
A series of recent GAO decisions establishes that contractors who suspect procurement misconduct cannot preserve their protest rights by passively monitoring events — they must file within the standard timeliness window from the point they knew or should have known of the alleged violation.
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Awards
W.S. Darley Added to $523M DLA Multiple-Award Contract for Fire and Emergency Vehicles
DLA Troop Support adds W.S. Darley and Company to an existing multiple-award contract with a $523 million ceiling for fire suppression and emergency response vehicles, providing the federal government's primary procurement vehicle for fire apparatus across military installations and federal agencies.
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Protests
GAO's FY2024 Bid Protest Annual Report: Insights and Implications for Contractors
GAO's FY2024 Bid Protest Annual Report recorded a 13% sustain rate, with 2,878 cases filed and the Department of Defense remaining the most-protested agency. The report highlights common grounds for relief and trends contractors should track.
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Awards
DHS Eyes August RFP for TACTICS — The $1.8B+ Recompete That Will Reshape Federal Law Enforcement Comms
The Department of Homeland Security is preparing to issue the final TACTICS solicitation in August 2026, replacing the five-year-old TACCOM II vehicle and reshuffling a multi-billion-dollar market for tactical communications equipment and services.
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Awards
OptumServe Wins $1.6B Defense Health Agency Contract to Replace Leidos in Military Readiness Exams
OptumServe Health Services, a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary, secured the fourth-generation Remote Health Reserve Program contract, displacing Leidos' QTC Medical Services after a four-bidder competition.
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Policy
Trump's Fixed-Price Contracting Mandate Puts $10M Threshold on Non-FFP Awards — What Agencies and Contractors Must Do Now
The April 30 executive order directing agencies to default to firm-fixed-price contracts sets agency-head approval thresholds, a 90-day review of top non-FFP contracts, and a 120-day FAR amendment deadline.
