LATEST UPDATE: Even with Kaspersky now removed from federal networks, this topic is still making an impact on federal IT acquisition. Click here to read more.   UPDATE 2/15/2018: After our earlier question on whether Kaspersky would tackle the governmentwide software ban in the FY18 NDAA, it appears we now have the answer. Kaspersky filed a second lawsuit this week seeking to overturn the NDAA ban of its software.  UPDATE: On January 18, 2018, Kaspersky Lab reportedly filed a lawsuit against DHS...

UPDATE 5/16/2018: We continue to wait for F&ESE awards for the 2016 solicitation, as well as a new RFP for the SOE program. In the meantime, DLA released a solicitation for a new TLS program, Foreign Military Sales Medical Surgical (Med/Surg), on May 10, 2018. Read more about the program, potentially worth over $500 million, below. Proposals are due on July 13, 2018.  2017 is bringing two major Tailored Logistics Support (TLS) contracts into play for the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), through...

In the aftermath of the cancellation of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Flexible Agile Support for the Homeland (FLASH) contract, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) spent time analyzing what went wrong in the procurement process. Eight of the original winners, on the other hand, wrote a letter last week instead seeking to focus on what went right for DHS FLASH, in what they deemed an “ambitious experiment to transform the often-flawed model of how the government buys software development...

UPDATE: On January 18th, 2018, Barnard Construction Company, Inc. was awarded a fixed price contract worth over $73 million for Santa Teresa Fence Replacement. On June 7, 2017 the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), through the Fort Worth District, held a border wall remote-industry day for firms interested in qualifying as sources for “Horizontal Construction Contracts For Southwestern Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements.” After firms are properly qualified and placed on the Prequalified Sources List, they will then receive separate...

UPDATE 9/5/2017: DHS has released the final solicitation for TACCOM II today, with proposals due on September 22. Importantly, DHS has changed the requirements for the small business size standards. Potential small business contractors are no longer required to hold the main (and now only) NAICS codes of 334220 and/or 541330 in their SAM registrations. However, they must still certify that they meet the small business size standards for those task category NAICS codes in the cover letter for the final proposal....

UPDATE: 18 more ACCENT awards were made on March 6, 2018. These awards went to 12 large businesses and 6 small businesses, with contracts lasting until February 2020. All of the contractors, old and new, can provide services to all agencies across DOD.  In February, the Army awarded contracts to 50 large and small businesses for the $248.7 million opportunity  known as the Army Cloud Computing Enterprise Transformation, or ACCENT. While the contract ceiling is not as large as some...

CDM SIN- EZGovOpps has covered the latest Special Item Numbers (SINs) added to IT Schedule 70 including the HACS cybersecurity SIN, a new Health IT SIN, and a proposed “Earth Observation Solutions” SIN for GIS-related products and services. Now, GSA has released a Request for Information (RFI) to gather input on a possible SIN for Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM), real-time cybersecurity tools needed to “safeguard, secure and strengthen cyberspace and the security posture of Federal networks.” This will build...

This week, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released the solicitation for the NIH Conferences, Administrative, and Travel Services III (NIHCATSIII) contract, a 100% small business set-aside worth up to $100 million. After the previous iteration, NIHCATSII, ended in December, NIHCATSIII is expected to be awarded by the last quarter of 2017. It’s important to learn some background and key details about this program, and the large opportunity it presents for small businesses. NIHCATSII NIHCATSII was awarded as a total...

UPDATE: As of June 2017, Earth Observation Solutions is now on the GSA Schedule! The Special Item Number currently includes 7 approved vendors.  Following recent trends of new and unique Special Item Numbers (SINs) on GSA’s IT Schedule 70 –ranging from health IT to cybersecurity services— the General Services Administration (GSA) has released a Request for Information (RFI) for a possible new SIN. GSA is looking to “address the federal government’s growing need for earth observation services which unite multiple...