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Writing a Performance Works Statement, or PWS, is a little bit different than writing a traditional Technical Approach for Government Proposals. If you’re new to writing a PWS, here are 8 tips to keep in mind before writing 1. Start with Compliance Your PWS outline should be compliant above all else. If the instructions to … Read more
Ardent Management Consulting, Inc. won a $3.69M competitive task order to help the US Border Patrol’s (USBP) Advanced Analytics Branch at DHS Customs and Border Protection (CBP). With this new three-year contract, Ardent will continue to assist the CBP with geospatial, temporal, and geostatistical analysis. By building and improving analytical tools, Ardent will let the … Read more
It was a little over two weeks ago when the first rumbles of CIO-SP4 protests emerged on social media. And a week ago, on Oct 11th, we saw 10 companies file protests against the GWAC. Presumably, the protesters are taking issue with how the first-round cut-off was set-up, evaluated and/or handled. The filing date for … Read more
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) was awarded Task Order #22 on the NASA Enterprise Applications Service Technologies (EAST) 2 Contract. The EAST 2 contract is a cost-plus performance fee contract vehicle. Originally issued in 2016, it is an 8 year contract with a potential end date of March 31, 2024 and a total value of … Read more
Beating out 17 other bidders, Southpoint Consulting, an 8(a) Woman-Owned Small Business, won a $1.3M contract from the Bureau of Fiscal Service at the Department of Treasury for Salesforce Professional Services. This is a single-award, one-year contract with an ultimate completion date of 11/7/2023. Solicitation ID: RFQ-CIO-30120402-23-001 AWARD ID: 2033H623F00020 Total Contract Value (TCV): $1,294,191.69 … Read more
From Pitchbook: Govtech startups reimagine software for a post-pandemic future SaaS companies have traditionally found it difficult to sell into the local government due to inertia The rise of remote work, federal stimulus funds, and population growth in smaller metros are causing local governments to focus on better digital experiences. Ransomware and other cyber attacks … Read more
CIO-SP4, the $40B GWAC from NIH NITAAC may be in for more protests now that the apparent down-select process for Phase 1 has concluded. I am sure most readers are aware of the number of protests during the bidding process as they issued multiple amendments that some companies thought were not fair in how past … Read more
CGI, UiPath announce enhanced managed services partnership to accelerate digital transformation through automation. CGI (TSX: GIB.A) (NYSE: GIB), one of the largest independent IT and business consulting services firms in the world and UiPath (NYSE: PATH), a leading enterprise automation software company, today announced an enhanced partnership designed to expand automation deployments among CGI clients via managed … Read more
A bidder’s conference is a gathering that will be scheduled by an organization immediately following the publication of a new bid proposal. The bidder’s conference aims to provide vendors interested in and qualified for the project with the opportunity to ask questions about it. Vendors will have a better grasp of whether or not their … Read more
A private corporation that provides goods and services to public government entities is known as a government contractor. Contractors can get jobs working for the government if they are successful in bidding on and securing contracts. It is a requirement of the law that government contractors respond to proposals with a bid representing their services … Read more