DISA Conducts Market Research for Spectrum Scheduling System
The Defense Information Systems Agency has sought information on potential sources of a scheduling system to improve dynamic spectrum sharing for the Citizen Broadband Radio Service.
The Defense Information Systems Agency has sought information on potential sources of a scheduling system to improve dynamic spectrum sharing for the Citizen Broadband Radio Service.
A report by George Mason University's Center for Government Contracting says the federal government continues to engage with industry in the fight against COVID-19, provides guidance to ensure continuity of operations while protecting the overall workforce health and opens more doors for organizations that want to play a vital role in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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†approach to procurement as it responds to the coronavirus pandemic, the Washington Business Journal reported Monday. “They are doing [Other Transaction Authorities], they are doing contract ramping, commercial production, they are doing things like the Defense Production Act, so lots of different efforts,†McGinn said of federal agencies.
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 work on vehicles, weapon systems and other programs with the Department of Defense, the Washington Business Journal reported Friday.
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 notice posted Tuesday says the service will use the other transaction authority for the rapid prototyping initiative to award a three-year, firm-fixed-price contract to a single offeror in the fourth quarter of 2019.
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 are using the OTA process to do the prototyping of how to execute EITaaS more rapidly,†Tara Clements, a spokesperson for the Army’s program executive office for enterprise information systems, said in an email.
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 FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday says interested stakeholders have until April 29, Monday, to register for the event, which will discuss the Army’s strategy to upgrade its enterprise network and the other transaction authority as well as feature one-on-one sessions.
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 Contracting Command plans to use an “other transaction†authority for the prototype initiative in support of the cross-functional team responsible for the service’s future vertical lift […] 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 reported Tuesday. The service has started developing prototypes of the Multi-Function Electronic Warfare Air capability for installation on General Atomics-built MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system. MFEW includes […] 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 said Thursday SAP Concur will collaborate with Accenture‘s federal services unit, Booz Allen Hamilton and CWTSato Travel to build a prototype for the Defense Travel System replacement effort. More than two million active duty, reserve and […] More
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