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…