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Polaris, Services MAC will be the first governmentwide contracts without maximum dollar values

GSA issued a deviation to the Federal Acquisition Regulations in March for Polaris and plans to issue a similar one for the Services MAC to remove the…

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Why GSA believes its new cloud services contract is different than past efforts

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Contractors need agencies to help them ‘whip inflation now!’

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Data driving GSA’s back office, customer facing contracting system upgrades

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Will CIO-SP4 finally reach the end of the beginning phase?

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cybersecurity maturity model certification

Industry’s patience wearing thin with DoD’s CMMC, GSA’s follow-on to OASIS

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Former House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, speaks during a hearing on the FY2019 budget with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, and Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer David L. Norquist, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 12, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Buy vs. build debate for software heats back up with letter to White House

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Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks during a confirmation hearing for President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for national intelligence director Avril Haines before the Senate intelligence committee on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Washington. (Joe Raedle/Pool via AP)

Warner, Rubio push to extend contractor pandemic relief authorities

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For one HHS office, a cyber failure isn’t always bad news

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IBM taps head of its New York state business to be new federal lead

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The White House in Washington, is seen early Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, the morning after incumbent President Donald Trump was defeated by his Democratic challenger, President-elect Joe Biden. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

What a Biden administration will mean for contractors

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CIA cloud program awarded; CISA cyber program under protest

Contractors should get ready for a busy holiday season with final solicitations expected to come from DISA, NIH and DHS for mega-contracts.

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Call to change how agencies rate contractor performance rises to new level

A new survey by GovConRx and the Office of Federal Procurement Policy shows, once again, just how little value there is in the current approach to contractor…

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Acquisition roundup: Unpriced schedules on the horizon? SSA, Library of Congress lose protests

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Oracle and Mythics win a bid protest at the Library of Congress while AT&T comes out on top in its complaint against SSA. Both protests show the agencies made basic mistakes in evaluating bids on large-dollar solicitations.