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June 7, 2017 By AMK

DHS cancels $1.5 billion contract for agile services

The Homeland Security Department’s has cancelled its $1.5 billion contract vehicle for agile development services.

Multiple industry sources confirmed DHS alerted the companies and the Government Accountability Office that it would no longer move forward with the troubled small business procurement known as Flexible Agile Support for the Homeland (FLASH).

An email to DHS seeking comment on FLASH was not immediately returned.

It’s unclear what comes next for FLASH—whether DHS will try again with a new procurement or give up entirely on a separate contract vehicle for agile services and rely on an existing one like EAGLE II.

Keep reading this article at: https://federalnewsradio.com/contractsawards/2017/05/dhs-cancels-1-5b-contract-for-agile-services/

February 19, 2016 By AMK

GSA’s canceled RFQ shows growing cracks in federal contracting

Usually when an agency cancels a request for quotes under a multiple award contract, it’s not worth a notebook mention.

Hundreds or thousands of contracts are awarded and probably just as many others are canceled or postponed every week throughout the federal government, but one recent RFQ from the General Services Administration caught my attention.

An industry friend highlighted not only the frustration with the cancellation, but GSA’s inability to put this contract in place after 18 months of work despite the important role the support services that are part of the contract play in many of the administration’s management agenda initiatives.

So a little background first: The RFQ is for data analytics services in support of the Office of Governmentwide Policy (OGP) and the Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies (OCSIT).

Keep reading this article at: http://federalnewsradio.com/contractsawards/2016/02/gsas-cancelled-rfq-shows-growing-cracks-federal-contracting/

March 17, 2014 By AMK

Bidders ‘stunned’ by sudden cancellation of federal contract

The invitation was to bid on a massive, high-stakes contract, estimated to be as high as $5 billion. Dozens of companies went for it, working for months to polish their proposals, then waiting for more than a year to see if they had won.

But instead of granting awards that would be part of the federal government’s largest training and human resources contract, the Office of Personnel Management issued a terse notice earlier this month that weighed in at five words: “This solicitation is hereby cancelled.”

The risk of losing is inherent in the business of federal contracting, but the sudden cancellation of such a high-profile contract with no explanation struck many as an unnecessarily secretive and bad way of doing business. The head of the Professional Services Council, an industry group representing more than 370 companies, fired off a letter saying many companies were “stunned” at the cancellation and the way it was handled.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/bidders-stunned-by-sudden-cancellation-of-federal-contract/2014/02/26/65978f12-9f14-11e3-b8d8-94577ff66b28_story.html

March 1, 2013 By AMK

Federal contractor issues layoff warnings, citing budget uncertainty

European weapons maker BAE Systems reported stronger-than-expected earnings Thursday, after issuing conditional layoff notices to 3,500 shipyard employees in Florida, Hawaii and Virginia, citing uncertainty in the federal budget.

BAE Systems sent the layoff warnings Wednesday to comply with the 1988 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which requires companies with more than 100 employees to issue notices 60 days before mass layoffs or plant closures.

In an email to employees in Mayport, Fla.; Norfolk, Va.; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; and San Diego, the company said an “intent to cancel” order from the Navy regarding ship maintenance availabilities necessitated the distribution of the notices.

A spokesman for BAE Systems told Government Executive that this round of WARN Act notices were tied to the upcoming expiration of the continuing resolution on March 27, not the budget sequester slated to take effect on March 1. He said the company was awaiting more information on specific program cuts from sequestration before evaluating possible layoffs.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.govexec.com/contracting/2013/02/federal-contractor-issues-layoff-warnings-citing-budget-uncertainty/61429/?oref=govexec_today_nl

The Homeland Security Department’s has cancelled its $1.5 billion contract vehicle for agile development services.

Usually when an agency cancels a request for quotes under a multiple award contract, it’s not worth a notebook mention.

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