General Services Administration
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Awards
Navigating NASA's SEWP VI: A Practical Guide for Small and Mid-Size IT Vendors
NASA's SEWP VI governmentwide acquisition contract replaces SEWP V, offering IT products and services to federal agencies across five socioeconomic pools. This guide covers vendor eligibility, ordering procedures, and key changes from the prior vehicle.
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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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Policy
Revolutionary FAR Overhaul Stalls at OMB as Phase 2 Rulemaking Falls Behind Schedule
Final rules under the administration's sweeping FAR rewrite have hit delays at OMB, leaving contractors navigating a patchwork of interim class deviations while the formal notice-and-comment process lags its original timeline.
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Awards
Leidos Wins $869M Army Contract to Build AI-Powered Battlefield Decision System
The Army awarded Leidos an $869M five-year contract under the MACRO II program to integrate AI across all warfighting domains, helping commanders process multidomain data faster than ever.
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Policy
GSA Restructures the Federal Acquisition Service Into Five Portfolios as Procurement Consolidation Drive Intensifies
GSA's Federal Acquisition Service replaced its FAS 2.0 structure with five named portfolios and a new AI-focused Transform office, with leadership explicitly tying the change to Trump's procurement consolidation executive orders.
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Awards
Leidos wins $456M GSA Military OneSource contract — Accenture-owned Cognosante terminated for cause
GSA terminated Cognosante's ~$576M predecessor 'for cause' and awarded $456.3M four-year contract to Leidos on April 17, 2026. Cognosante was acquired by Accenture's U.S. federal subsidiary in May 2024 — making this Accenture's loss too.
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Awards
CDC's $1.9B Data Modernization IDIQ Draws Industry Pushback Over Single-Vendor Strategy
CDC's real Data Modernization Initiative is a $1.9B/9-year single-vendor IDIQ via GSA FEDSIM, and the Digital Services Coalition is pushing back on that single-award structure, citing Healthcare.gov as a cautionary example. Replaces the article's original fabricated $800M/multi-award/7-year premise, which didn't match any real CDC procurement.
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Awards
GSA names 43 Phase 1 Alliant 3 awardees — no maximum dollar ceiling on the GWAC
February 23, 2026 announcement: 43 phase-1 winners from 133 proposals. Total target ~76 awardees across multiple phases. No maximum dollar ceiling. Vehicle covers cloud, cyber, data, software, systems engineering, emerging tech.
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Awards
OASIS+ Phase 2 launches January 12, 2026 — continuous on-ramp + 5 new domains across all 6 pools
Permanent open season from January 12, 2026. 1,300+ small businesses already on OASIS+. December 4, 2025 announcement added 5 new service domains (total now 13 domains across 6 solicitations).
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Policy
There's No FAR Council AI Rule — But GSA's Proposed AI Clause Is the Real Story
There is no FAR Council interim rule on AI acquisition transparency — the real, current story is GSA's proposed GSAR 552.239-7001 clause for LLMs processing government data, republished June 17, 2026 with comments due August 3. Replaces the article's fabricated rule and dead citation with the real, still-open rulemaking.
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Protests
NITAAC kills CIO-SP4 — the $50B GWAC dies after 350 protests
After nearly five years of delays, corrective actions, and 350+ protests, NITAAC formally canceled the $50B CIO-SP4 Government-Wide Acquisition Contract in January 2026. CIO-SP3 extended to April 2027, moving to GSA.
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Awards
GSA Alliant 3 Phase 1: 43 of 133 proposers selected for the unlimited-ceiling IT GWAC
Alliant 3 runs March 2026 through March 2036 with a 5-year option. 43 Phase 1 awardees — including Booz Allen, SAIC, and Peraton — share the no-ceiling vehicle. Services cover AI, cloud, quantum, and zero-trust.
