GovSpend
JULY 16, 2025
At GovSpend, we’re continuously investing in ways to make your public sector sales process more efficient, data-driven, and impactful. In our latest product webinar, Midyear in Review , Kathryn Sanders, Director of Product Management – Platforms, shared a deep dive into the tools we’ve rolled out recently and previewed powerful capabilities currently in development.
Oxford College of Procurement and Supply
JULY 18, 2025
As globalisation accelerates, technological innovation surges and the world continues to shift politically and economically, procurement professionals face a growing list of challenges. While we can’t eliminate every risk, awareness and preparation remain critical. Frameworks such as SWOT, STEEPLED, and TEMPLES help assess and respond to these evolving pressures.
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Federal News Network
JULY 14, 2025
When the head of the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service shared plans with employees to manage roughly $400 billion in procurement this year, it marked a new phase for the agency. The planned consolidation of procurement within GSA would mark a fourfold volume increase — folding in responsibilities from the Office of Personnel Management and potentially other agencies.
Government Contracts
JULY 16, 2025
In this month's bid protest roundup, Brian Doll at MoFo examines three June decisions from the U.S. Government Accountability Office examining the U.S. Army’s handling of an impaired objectivity conflict of interest, the adequacy of oral evaluations, and whether a nonmaterial misrepresentation can sustain a protest.
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FedScoop
JULY 16, 2025
The General Services Administration’s Technology Transformation Services violated federal hiring requirements and mismanaged recruitment incentives, according to the agency’s inspector general. In a report published Monday, the GSA’s Office of Inspector General determined that the hiring process for TTS, a component of the GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), violated the merit-based hiring rules for federal workers and raised “serious concerns about fairness and accountability.
SmallGovCon
JULY 15, 2025
In recent months, the revamping of the FAR has been a big topic of discussion for federal contractors and those who work with them. This project is referred to as FAR 2.0 or the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul or simply RFO. An executive order got the ball rolling, setting forth the mandate to create FAR 2.0 within 180 days from April 15, 2025, which puts the deadline as October 12, 2025.
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Scottish Government Procurement
JULY 15, 2025
Our National Collaborative Procurement Division (NCPD) quarterly bulletin – July 2025 provides the latest information on our Category A, collaborative frameworks and shares our ambitions for the enhancement of services provided by the National Collaborative Procurement Division, in an aim to realise even greater value for the public sector in Scotland.
Federal News Network
JULY 16, 2025
For the second year in a row, agencies awarded more than 28% of all eligible prime contracts to small businesses in fiscal 2024. The Small Business Administration quietly released its annual small business scorecard on Monday, showing agencies spent $183.5 billion with small firms last year — topping the government’s record in 2023 by $5 billion. Agencies also spent a record $69.6 billion through small business set-aside contracts in 2024, again topping their previous all-time high of $66.6 bill
Government Contracts
JULY 16, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Kousisis v. U.S. decision, holding that economic loss is not required to sustain wire fraud charges related to fraudulent inducement, may extend criminal liability to government contractors that make false diversity, equity and inclusion certifications, say attorneys at Moore & Van Allen.
GovCon Wire
JULY 16, 2025
U.S. Transportation Command has awarded 24 companies option period contract modifications to a $750 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract the businesses secured in 2024 for commercial port operations and related transportation services.
WashngtonExec
JULY 15, 2025
WashingtonExec’s Amanda Ziadeh sits down with Kevin Kelly, chairman and CEO of Arcfield, to discuss how industry is aiding government agencies in streamlining operations and reducing costs. Kelly shares the impact of federal priorities on government contractors, highlighting the balance between existing contracts and new efficiency measures. Plus, he talks about the role AI and automation plays in the success of big administration initiatives like the Golden Dome implementation, and how Ar
FedTech Magazine
JULY 15, 2025
One of the key advantages of cloud computing is the potential for cost management. In theory, cloud technology helps agencies efficiently scale resources, reduce infrastructure expenditures and pay only for the services they use. This flexibility allows agencies to allocate resources dynamically, supporting strategic initiatives without the significant upfront investment traditionally required for in-house IT infrastructure.
FedScoop
JULY 17, 2025
Six years after identifying the 10 most critical federal legacy systems in need of modernization, the Government Accountability Office said Thursday that just three of those projects have made it across the finish line. In an audit conducted from January 2024 to this month, the GAO found that IT modernization projects at the Small Business Administration, Office of Personnel Management and Department of Defense were completed since the watchdog issued its 2019 report , which analyzed 65 federal
Government Contracts
JULY 15, 2025
A Court of Federal Claims judge threw out a protest lodged against the General Services Administration over its decision to award a nearly $1 billion transportation and logistics contract for unaccompanied children in federal custody to a competitor.
GovCon Wire
JULY 13, 2025
The U.S. Navy has awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts with a shared ceiling of $262.4 million to four Virginia-based companies to support repair, maintenance, modernization and sustainment for shipyard messing and berthing barges. The contracts were awarded to East Coast Repair & Fabrication, Lyon Shipyard, BayTec Marine and Colonna’s Shipyard, the Department of Defense said Thursday.
WashngtonExec
JULY 16, 2025
Christian Frye, ASRC Federal ASRC Federal subsidiary, ASRC Federal Facilities Logistics, is one of six companies chosen to compete for task orders on a new Defense Logistics Agency Maritime Acquisition Advancement Contract. The contract was awarded by DLA Maritime Mechanicsburg, and has a ceiling value of $5 billion with a 5-year base period followed by five 1-year options.
ExecutiveBiz
JULY 17, 2025
ConductorAI has partnered with Carahsoft Technology to deliver its Conduit platform to the public sector. What Is the Conduit Platform? Conduit is an advanced artificial intelligence-driven platform built to boost the automation and acceleration of government approvals, Carahsoft said Wednesday.
Art of Procurement
JULY 18, 2025
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USFCR
JULY 17, 2025
October 1 is more than a date. It’s a starting point for smart contractors. Every year, the federal government resets its budget starting October 1st. The mistake most contractors make is waiting until then to act. The real preparation happens three months before. From July through September, you can still capture final FY2025 awards while setting yourself up for FY2026.
GovCon Wire
JULY 17, 2025
Deltek has unveiled the latest version of Costpoint, an enterprise resource planning platform designed to help government contractors improve collaboration, automate workflows and meet compliance requirements. The company said Wednesday the latest Deltek Costpoint release features a new user interface built on Deltek Harmony, the company’s intuitive design framework.
Government Contracts
JULY 17, 2025
The U.S. Government Accountability Office urged the Department of Agriculture to reconsider a $22.8 million task order for IT services, saying the agency had failed to meaningfully respond to claims that it was unfair in its evaluation of proposals for the award.
ivalua
JULY 15, 2025
When does a purchase actually begin? For enterprise teams, it starts long before a vendor is selected or a PO is sent. A critical but often overlooked step in managing spend, enforcing policy, and gaining visibility across the procurement process, creating a purchase requisition is the first step in the process. Purchase requisitions are a foundational element of mature, well-governed procurement operations, and at Ivalua, we’ve helped global organizations turn this early-stage process into a po
Scottish Government Procurement
JULY 16, 2025
Meet the Buyer North is once again set to bring businesses together for the largest free procurement event in the North of Scotland. The Supplier Development Programme will hold the eighth annual Meet the Buyer North event on Wednesday 10 September, at The Music Hall, in Aberdeen. This free networking event will provide suppliers with an opportunity to engage directly with the buyers to learn about upcoming contracts and opportunities in the North of Scotland.
ExecutiveBiz
JULY 16, 2025
Granicus has launched the Government Experience Agent, or GXA, an artificial intelligence-powered chat assistant meant for public service applications.
GovCon Wire
JULY 17, 2025
President Trump’s March 20 executive order “Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement” has major ramifications for GovCons. It will drastically change government acquisition by making the General Services Administration the lead for domestic federal procurement for common goods and services. The executive order affects the use of government-wide acquisition contracts, or GWACs.
Government Contracts
JULY 17, 2025
A Pennsylvania federal judge’s recent ruling that pharmacy benefits manager CVS Caremark owes the government $95 million for overbilling Medicare Part D-sponsored drugs highlights the effectiveness of the False Claims Act, as scrutiny of PBMs’ outsized role in setting drug prices continues to increase, say attorneys at Duane Morris.
FedScoop
JULY 17, 2025
Federal workers at the General Services Administration are increasingly using the agency’s internal AI chatbot GSAi on an everyday basis, the agency’s acting head said Thursday. Stephen Ehikian, GSA’s acting administrator and deputy administrator, offered a glimpse into how the agency is utilizing AI for its day-to-day activities during an appearance at GovExec’s Government Efficiency Summit.
Federal News Network
JULY 15, 2025
Since the beginning of the Trump administration’s crusade to remake federal contracting, many political leaders consistently signaled their dim view of industry and their similarly perceived value of what they considered “consulting contracts.” “The model has been very adversarial,” said one senior executive from one of the first 10 consulting companies targeted for review by the General Services Administration in February.
ExecutiveBiz
JULY 16, 2025
Movius has partnered with Carahsoft Technology to deliver secure, cloud-based communications solutions to U.S. government agencies.
GovCon Wire
JULY 18, 2025
Digital services provider Tria Federal has won a five-year, $174 million recompete contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide expanded software engineering and development support services for VA’s Financial Services Center, or FSC.
Government Contracts
JULY 16, 2025
The U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a letter to Congress that it does not endorse creating a loser-pays model for unsuccessful protests of defense contracts because sufficient measures already exist to limit the impact of protests filed without a substantial basis.
SmallGovCon
JULY 18, 2025
Happy Friday! We’ve finally received some much-needed rain this week in the Midwest, after a very warm couple of weeks. It seems there has been quite a lot of rain around the country, as well. We hope you are staying cool, dry, and safe out there. It’s also been another busy week in the federal government contracting arena. We have included some articles below that we thought were particularly newsworthy, including small business scorecards and increased use of AI in the federal gove
Federal News Network
JULY 15, 2025
Interview transcript: Jim Carroll I know this is summer and people are thinking about vacations. As we know from watching it, as we know just from reading the papers, Congress has not taken their summer leave yet. Getting directly to the NDAA, I think that’s partly driven by an administration that is desperate to have this completed. And I think there’s a lot of political pressure being put on Congress right now to pass the NDAA.
ExecutiveBiz
JULY 17, 2025
Jason Hutchison has joined Precision Talent Solutions as consulting services director, bringing with him nearly 20 years of experience in diplomacy, development and defense. In his new role, Hutchison will lead Precision Experts, a new service that will work to link government contracting organizations with senior-level experts for project-based engagements, PTS said Wednesday.
GovCon Wire
JULY 17, 2025
The General Services Administration has awarded Uber a five-year blanket purchase agreement to provide ridesharing services for federal employees, military personnel and government contractors supporting mission-related activities worldwide.
Government Contracts
JULY 15, 2025
A Washington state company that makes rigid wall shelters agreed to pay $3.3 million to settle allegations over false claims submitted under prime vendor contracts the U.S. Department of Defense used to buy goods and services, according to federal prosecutors.
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