Jim Scanlon, general manager of defense systems unit at Science Applications International Corp., said the use of other transaction authorities has helped SAIC and other companies speed up w... Read more
Teaming platform developer Govmates has established a consortium with the goal of simplifying the other transaction authority process for nontraditional contractors and federal customers. Read more
The U.S. Army has issued a request for proposals for novel platforms designed to meet the service’s requirements for the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor program. A FedBizOpps notic... Read more
The U.S. Army plans to award six contracts under the Enterprise Information Technology as a Service program using its “other transaction” authority, Bloomberg Government reported Friday. “We... Read more
The U.S. Army will hold a government-industry collaboration day May 7 at Fort Belvoir in Virginia to discuss the service’s Enterprise Information Technology as a Service program. A FedBizOpp... Read more
The U.S. Army has asked industry to submit proposals for a program to design, build and test a future attack reconnaissance aircraft prototype. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday says Army... Read more
Maj. Gen. John Morrison, commander of the U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence, has announced that the U.S. Army will launch a drone-mounted electronic warfare technology in 2019, C4ISRNET r... Read more
A SAP Concur-led industry team has secured a $9.3M “other transaction” agreement to develop a technology platform for Defense Department employees to manage travel bookings. DoD... Read more
Federal contract obligations reached $512 billion in fiscal 2017, hitting the highest level since agencies spent $522 billion in fiscal 2012, Bloomberg Government reported Thursday. The 2018... Read more
Intelleuron will design, build and test a reconnaissance technology to aid in Customs and Border Protection operations as part of a $199,977 contract from the Department of Homeland Security... Read more
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has begun its search for a commercial provider to develop a scanner prototype that NGA can implement to digitize historical images. NGA said Tuesd... Read more
The U.S. Army will use the Defense Department’s “other transaction authority” to accelerate the acquisition of a drone-mounted platform that works to jam enemy communications, Nextgov report... Read more
Maj. Gen. Sarah Zabel, U.S. Air Force director of information technology acquisition process development, has said the military branch is interested in using more “other transaction au... Read more
The Department of Health and Human Services has entered strategic partnerships with a Roche Group subsidiary and The Medicines Co. to develop antibiotics against multi-drug resistant infecti... Read more
Jerry McGinn: Federal Government Adopting ‘All-of-the-Above’ Approach to Acquisition
Jerry McGinn, executive director of the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University’s School of Business, said the federal government is implementing an “all-of-the-above” a... Read more