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TAKE NOTE (Insights and Emerging Technology) After five years, the DoD formally published the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification rules, mandating verifiable compliance by system integrators and contractors. This month marked nearly five years since the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, or CMMC, was announced. This initiative by the US Department of Defense (DOD) required DoD Contractors and Subcontractors to achieve verifiable…

TAKE NOTE (Insights and Emerging Technology) The Contracting Office released an announcement on the GSA Interact website on September 12, 2024. According to the announcement, based on the protest timelines, GSA anticipates the OASIS+ Small Business Pool contracts to be available for ordering by mid-December 2024. Furthermore, while the agency is working through the OASIS+ SB protests, it is moving…

TAKE NOTE (Insights and Emerging Technology) A total of 10 companies so far are challenging their exclusion from an award on the government-wide professional services vehicle. In July, GSA unveiled its list of 1,383 apparent winners for the general small business set-aside track of OASIS+. GSA planned to have formal award notifications out by Tuesday (Aug. 12), following the window for protests…

TAKE NOTE (Insights and Emerging Technology) The CIO-SP3 government wide acquisition contract for IT services operated by the National Institutes of Health were again extended, this time for nine months, while bid protests over the embattled successor CIO-SP4 persist. In an update posted this week, NIH’s Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) said that CIO-SP3 and its small business…

TAKE NOTE (Insights and Emerging Technology) A whole new category of protests could open up for situations where prime contractors decide to custom-build their solutions. A federal court has ruled that a commercial company can protest if its product is not part of a solution that a prime contractor proposes for a customer. If the decision holds, it could send shockwaves…

TAKE NOTE (Insights and Emerging Technology) Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping the landscape of proposal writing, offering a wide range of advantages that extend beyond just automation. Incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) technology into the process of business development, capture, and proposal management is becoming increasingly competitive. It is projected that this year, around half of the government contractors will utilize…

TAKE NOTE (Insights and Emerging Technology) The Army has released the first version of its Unified Data Reference Architecture (UDRA), service officials announced during the Association of the United States Army’s Global Force Symposium. UDRA will address the challenge of improving the Army’s current data architecture, which is “complex and focused on networks, systems and message protocols for moving and…

TAKE NOTE (Insights and Emerging Technology) Many agencies began implementing their planned decreases to telework in fall 2023. But left unsatisfied, the Biden administration has taken a more hardline approach to office reentry. White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients told agency heads that some are “not where they need to be” on office reentry. A few agencies, however, have…

TAKE NOTE (Insights and Emerging Technology) More companies have gone to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims with complaints over how the $50 billion IT vehicle is being managed. The $50 billion CIO-SP4 contract has drawn more protesters at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims as four more companies have joined the fray this week. Eight companies in total have…