The FBI has informed vendors it can now take over responsibility for the execution of the award phase for its follow-on Information Technology Supplies and Support Services blanket purchase agreement, as a result of increased bureau procurement staffing and experience. According to a notice published Tuesday, the FBI’s move comes 14 months aft...
The Social Security Administration, the Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Agency for Global Media will receive investments through the government’s Technology Modernization Fund to modernize digital services and cybersecurity processes. SSA will advance the adoption of multifactor authentication and enhance the security of its systems to...
Alan Thomas, a former General Services Administration executive, has been named chief solutions officer at Washington, D.C.-based public sector data provider Leadership Connect. He will oversee Leadership Connect’s practice that offers professional services to federal agencies and contractors, the company said Tuesday. “I’m looking forward...
The General Services Administration plans to release in March a solicitation for a services contract to build a 10-story headquarters for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at St. Elizabeths West Campus in Washington, D.C. The proposed single-award, firm-fixed-price contract will require the vendor to provide management, consultant...
Brasfield & Gorrie will provide design-build services to a federal courthouse construction project in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, under a potential $196 million contract from the General Services Administration. The future building for legal proceedings will serve as home to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, U.S. Marsha...
The General Services Administration is calling for industry nominations to a new committee that will be tasked with advising federal agencies on cloud adoption and security matters. Interested private sector professionals have until Feb. 9 to nominate themselves to become part of the 15-member Federal Secure Cloud Advisory Committee, the agency said...
The General Services Administration has begun seeking proposals from companies with commercial online platforms that could provide business-to-business e-commerce support for federal buyers of commercial off-the-shelf items using government purchase cards. GSA plans to award multiple contracts to vendors that own, manage and operate commercial onlin...
Bajinder Paul, a 25-year federal service veteran, has been appointed president and chief innovation officer at Baltimore, Maryland-based information technology services company Arch Systems. He brings to the position over two decades of experience in operational and strategic leadership and information technology encompassing software development, p...
Over the last couple of years, workforce shifts due in large part to the COVID-19 pandemic have hastened the transition from hardware and software-based procurement processes to cloud-stored models. Since many government workers started to work from home in (relatively) recent times, agencies began to look toward doing business through cloud-based, ...
The General Services Administration plans to launch industry competitions in 2023 for the third iteration of the agency’s Alliant governmentwide acquisition contract and the follow-on to its One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services procurement vehicle. Alliant 3 will be a multiple-agency, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contrac...
