The General Services Administration received predominantly positive feedback on its plan to consolidate the multiple award schedule program, but the devil will be in the details.
Amazon Web Services Inc., a division of Amazon, and Microsoft Corp. are finalists for the contract estimated to be worth up to $10 billion over a decade.
The Partnership for Public Service's 2019 Sammies award finalists span 20 agencies and made advancements for the public in areas such as science, technology and management.
Questionable decisions made by a contracting officer on the Alliant 2 Small Business IT contract mean that all its awards have to be rescinded and redone.
The Department of Defense will now have the time to investigate information concerning a conflict of interest between two former employees and the $10 billion cloud contract.
The General Services Administration will combine all of its multiple award schedule contracts that agencies buy products and services off of over the course of two years.
The Department of Defense's potentially $10 billion cloud contract directly contradicts many of the stated goals of both the Trump administration and Congress, according to an IBM official.