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IBM Pays $17M in First False Claims Act Settlement Under DOJ's Civil Rights Fraud Initiative — DEI Hiring Practices at Issue
IBM resolved allegations that race- and sex-conscious DEI employment practices on federal contracts violated anti-discrimination requirements, marking the first settlement under DOJ's Civil Rights Fraud Initiative launched in May 2025.
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Policy
DFARS Final Rule Bars DoD From Requiring Greenhouse Gas Disclosures of Nontraditional Contractors
A May 7 DFARS final rule implementing Section 318 of the FY2024 NDAA prohibits contracting officers from requiring nontraditional defense contractors to disclose GHG emissions inventories or considering those disclosures during source selection.
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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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Protests
Army's $50B MAPS Professional Services Contract Faces Nine Pre-Award GAO Protests Over Evaluation Transparency
Nine firms filed GAO protests against the Army's Marketplace for the Acquisition of Professional Services, citing unanswered industry questions and ambiguous small business evaluation criteria. Awards are now on hold until at least August.
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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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Pentagon Expands Scale AI Agreement Fivefold to $500M as Demand Outpaces Original Scope
The DoD Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office raised Scale AI's Other Transaction Authority ceiling from $100M to $500M, citing department-wide demand that exceeded the original agreement's capacity.
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Awards
CACI Wins $113.8M Military Sealift Command IT Contract in Four-Bidder Competition
CACI Inc.-Federal beat out three other firms for the Military Sealift Command Integrated Business Systems contract, covering IT sustainment and modernization through 2031.
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Awards
Viasat's Inmarsat Government Unit Locks Up $307M Marine Corps Satellite Communications Recompete
Space Systems Command awarded Inmarsat Government a $307M firm-fixed-price contract for Marine Corps global satellite connectivity — the only proposal received in the recompete.
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Lockheed Martin Wins $407M to Advance Aegis Guam Missile Defense to Combat-Ready Status
The Missile Defense Agency modified Lockheed Martin's Aegis Guam contract by $407M, pushing the total program value past $1.9B as the Pacific deterrent system moves toward engineering certification.
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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.
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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
Army Awards $49M NCODE Contract to Eight Firms in Bid to Shield Small Defense Suppliers From Cyberattacks
Eight small businesses won spots on the Army's five-year NCODE contract to provide CMMC and NIST SP 800-171 compliance support to DIB small businesses through a managed secure cloud enclave, beating out 31 competing proposals.
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