The General Services Administration has opened its potential 10-year, $5 billion “VETS 2” IT services contract for business and is ready to accept task orders on the vehicle, GSA has confirmed to Washington Technology.
Source: GSA opens VETS 2 IT services contract — Defense Systems
After several years of divestitures and portfolio reshapings by defense contractors, three large primes have kept their IT and government services businesses, choosing to reposition and differentiate themselves in a crowded marketplace.
Source: How defense contractors are adapting to today’s demands — Defense Systems
The Department of Defense spent $7.4 billion in fiscal year 2017 on cloud computing, big data and artificial intelligence technologies, according to a recent Govini report.
Source: Pentagon spending more on emerging tech — Defense Systems
The Pentagon has released its long-anticipated report detailing plans to restructure the organizations that manage acquisition and technology research for the Department of Defense.
Source: New Pentagon report changes DOD acquisition and tech approach — Defense Systems
The Navy plans to recompete its Next-Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN) contract to save money, speed IT modernization and combine domestic and international data networks.
Although IT and telecom services fared better than other spending categories, research spending by industry partners has overtaken government R&D spending
Source: DOD R&D spending declined over last decade, CRS said — Defense Systems
An equity firm will merge three Pentagon contractors and position the new entity between prime contractors and ‘niche players’.
Source: Equity firm merges Pentagon IT contractors — Defense Systems
A formal request for proposal has now been finished by DISA, paving the way for massive IT upgrades
Source: DISA preps $17 billion JIE contract proposal — Defense Systems
As large weapon programs enter production or are cancelled, R&D has declined and contracts are going to smaller vendors, a budget analysis finds.
Source: Defense R&D takes a turn toward smaller vendors — Defense Systems
The 12 companies awarded named to the original deal in 2012 are awarded a total $88 million modification.
Source: Air Force modifies NetCents 2’s small biz application services deal — Defense Systems