By Ross Wilkers
Feb 10, 2021
The Veterans Affairs Department has restarted the on-ramp process for a potential $25 billion professional services contract vehicle first awarded nearly two years ago.
Service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses who missed the cut can now officially get to work on their proposals for the Veteran Enterprise Contracting for Transformation and Operational Readiness contract.
Bids to gain a seat on the potential 10-year VECTOR program through this on-ramp are due no later than 1 p.m. Eastern on March 1, the VA said Monday in a Beta.Sam.Gov notice.
This is not for every single portion of the vehicle however. In a LinkedIn post on the opportunity, Red Team Consulting points out that only three groups are covered under the on-ramp.
US Army taps industry for autonomous drones to resupply troops January 15 A drone carrying a mailbox of Swiss Post flies past July 7, 2015, above the airport of Bellechasse, western Switzerland, during a news conference. Two U.S. armed services are taking steps to acquire an autonomous aerial resupply capability for infantry brigade combat teams. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images) WASHINGTON The U.S. Army is tapping industry for drones that can deliver supplies to infantry brigade combat teams in the field, according to a request for information posted to the federal contracting website Beta.Sam.Gov on Jan. 13. Army Futures Command’s Sustainment Capabilities Development and Integration Directorate as well as the Marine Corps’ Capabilities Development and Integration office began looking in earnest at a concept called the “Joint Tactical Autonomous Aerial Resupply System,” about two years ago with the hope of getting a capabilities development document signed
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency gives small business a new glimpse at its $947 million professional services vehicle known as "Clover" through the release of a draft solicitation.
By Ross Wilkers
Jan 12, 2021
The Navy is lifting the gate on its massive $50 billion SeaPort Next Generation professional services contract vehicle for companies to take a second shot at winning a position.
In a new solicitation released Monday, the Navy gives contractors a due date of Feb. 12 for their bids to gain the right to compete for task orders. The Beta.Sam.Gov website gives the notice identification number of N0017821R7000.
The Navy made a total of 1,870 awards in December 2018 with only 24 bids rejected. SeaPort NxG has a five-year base period and a five-year option.
Like in the original round, the Navy will not evaluate price in this rolling admission phase of the contract as pricing competition takes place at the task order level for SeaPort NxG.
Solicitation for Bradley replacement offers flexibility for foreign participation December 18, 2020 The U.S. Army’s previous attempt to replace its Bradley vehicles required the delivery of physical bid samples, which hamstrung foreign competitor Rheinmetall of Germany, who builds the KF 41 Lynx, shown here at the company s facility in Unterleuss, Germany. (Jeff Martin/Staff) The OMFV competition has foreign industry jumping to join in with new and modernized platforms, and the Army appears to be ditching much of the restrictions that would typically keep them out. Rheinmetall has already partnered with American firms Raytheon and Textron to solidify its participation in the competition, but many other companies are poised to submit bids to design concepts.