Last March 14, the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) issued a Request for Information (RFI) for its Infrastructure Development and Sustainment (IDS2) acquisition. ISD2 will provide the US military’s designated intel component with integrated IT services and technical support -- worldwide. It’s expected to weigh in at $3B. CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY [...]
smartAccording to an April 11 Request for Information (RFI), the FBI’s Information Technology Supplies and Support Services Contract (FBI IT SSS) has dropped in ceiling value from $30B to $5B. This huge whopping drop is likely because the FBI is pursuing a paradigm shift to Cloud computing in a separate contract. Interest [...]
The FBI’s Information Technology Supplies and Support Services Contract (FBI IT SSS) could have been named, more aptly, the FBI IT $$$ contract, due to its $30B price tag. Interest in this recompete is particularly keen, both because of its high-dollar figure, and the number of expected awardees. The original contract, awarded [...]
SDI NG2 is how the contractors will help lead the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) into the frontiers of technology. SDI NG2 Background Although GovWin estimates the RFP will drop this April, the program leads only say it will come out “in FY-18.” This gives aspiring bidders, both large and small time [...]
Last May, DHS cancelled its planned Flexible Agile Support for the Homeland (FLASH) procurement when this $1.5 Billion Small Business (SB) Set Aside IDIQ bid ran into evaluation and then protest turbulence. Soon thereafter, DHS announced it was planning to issue a FLASH 2.0 RFP, which is now expected in April. Failure [...]
Only 59 shopping days (including Sundays) until Christmas! And it looks like the upcoming holiday season’s going to be particularly festive this year for defense contractors. A hefty slice of the approximately $200 B worth of the 30 $1B+ RFPs expected to hit in the next 90 days is either military- or [...]
The release date for the final-draft RFP of the $1B plus United States Patent and Trade Office’s Software Development and Integration Next Generation 2 (USPTO SDI-G2) contract has been pushed back to December. So there is still time for the team-building and other key preparations needed to win! There are two separate [...]
Note: Busy readers can skip down to the subhead titled “Winning the business.” Enabling military commanders (and policy makers) to counter and forestall threats to America’s way of life is what the DoD Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), Information Analysis Centers (IAC) Multiple Award Contract (MAC) is all about. The Pentagon is [...]
The Air Force’s upcoming IT contract, the Small Business Enterprise Applications Solutions (SBEAS) is a bunker buster of an IDIQ -- a small business set-aside with a really big price tag: $13.4B. The SBEAS final RFP is expected to hit the streets by the end of this month, September. And not a [...]
Supporters of US foreign aid programs are well practiced at the art of persevering in the face of criticism they have received for decades. These programs are now facing significant funding cuts. Especially during this period of financial distress, USAID will have to deal with a contentious political environment. As detailed below, [...]
