Every GovConFeed story on Oracle — contract awards, policy, enforcement, and protests, newest first.
Other Transaction Agreements let DoD fund prototypes outside the FAR — over $18 billion in FY2024. How 10 U.S.C. 4021/4022 work, why nearly all small businesses qualify as nontraditional contractors, how consortia carry nearly two-thirds of prototype dollars, and why OT protests now live at the Court of Federal Claims, not GAO.
Read the story →Sen. Elizabeth Warren gave Defense Secretary Hegseth and seven AI companies until July 20 to release full military AI contract terms and confirm whether deals permit domestic surveillance or lethal autonomous weapons use.
Amazon Web Services was awarded a $2.56B single-award IDIQ contract by the Department of Homeland Security on June 15, 2026, under the Cumulus cloud program — the first agencywide enterprise cloud vehicle in DHS history, covering IaaS, SaaS, PaaS, and professional services.
Oracle Corporation secured a $395.8 million, 10-year contract from OPM to replace 100+ legacy HR systems under the Federal HR 2.0 program, consolidating human capital management for roughly 2 million federal civilian employees. A protest window remains open for Workday.
DISA's draft performance-of-work statement for the JWCC Unified Cloud Marketplace introduces a three-tier structure with a first-ever dedicated on-ramp for small and nontraditional cloud firms, mandates AI/ML at all classification levels, and requires edge cloud operations in DDIL environments. Final RFP expected by year-end 2026.
May 1, 2026 announcement covers AWS, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, SpaceX, NVIDIA, Reflection AI, and Oracle. CTO Emil Michael: 'It's irresponsible to be reliant on any one partner.' Anthropic notably absent.
After a three-year pause, the VA resumed its Oracle-Cerner electronic health record deployment in April 2026, starting with four Michigan health care systems. 9 additional sites scheduled for 2026 — total 13 live by year-end. Lifetime cost now estimated at $37B.
The Department of Homeland Security moved to its Cumulus centralized cloud vehicle with non-competitive block-one awards to the four major hyperscalers. Contracts have 1-year base periods and up to four option years. Financial details redacted. Small firms should pay attention to the downstream services layer.
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