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CHESS: A Guide to Hardware Procurement
The CHESS system is roughly divided into hardware (ADMC-3/ADMIC-2, ITES-3H, and MFD), services (ITES-2S, and ITS-SB), and software (ELA, ESI, and ITES-SW). This article will focus on hardware. Much...
CHESS: A Guide to Software and Services Procurement
UPDATE: To learn about ACCENT, the Army’s new cloud program procured through CHESS, click here. Much like the game, the US Army’s Computer Hardware, Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS)...
Cybersecurity Hot Topics
New Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Agency? As far as hot topics go, cybersecurity seems to be at the forefront of U.S. governmental concerns. 2016 has brought to center a range of...
Say goodbye to legacy technology!
Stuck with old technologies and need a jumpstart to the new age? Then you’ll want to know about the IT resolving fund worth $3.1 billion for IT modernization. The bill was introduced was first...
New Schedule 70 SIN (HACS)
The Obama Administration’s Cybersecurity National Action Plan led to a host of government cybersecurity initiatives, including HACS as well as the appointment of the first Federal Chief Information...
SDVOSBs: An Insight
What are SDVOSBs? As of the Executive Order 13360 by President George W. Bush in 2004, a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) is one that meets the Small Business Administration...
Get Ahead of 8(a) STARS II
In this season of IDIQs and GWACs, one of the most illustrious GWACs is the 8(a) Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resources for Services II (STARS II). With a ceiling of $10 billion and...
Take HUBZone by the Horns!
What are HUBZones? HUBZones, Historically Underutilized Business Zones, were created in 1997, as part of the Small Business Reauthorization Act, to provide government contracting assistance to small...