Acquisition & Procurement

The Defense Department received 1,089 comments from 46 companies, three government agencies and two associations in response to the initial draft request for proposals for a cloud procurement contract. A FedBizOpps notice posted Saturday says DoD plans to issue responses to questions and comments and the second draft RFP for the Joint …

Air Force Gen. John Hyten, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, told SpaceNews in an interview posted Wednesday he believes Defense Department leaders such as Michael Griffin, defense undersecretary for research and engineering, and Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan understand the need to accelerate the space procurement process. Hyten and Griffin are …

The Royal Australian Air Force’s P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft, built by Boeing, has reached initial operating capability status five months ahead of schedule. Australia has received six of 12 P-8As on order to date, RAAF said Tuesday. The Number 11 Squadron operates the delivered units at a military airbase in Edinburgh, South Australia. Marise Payne, …

Senior officials at the U.S. Air Force have stated various plans on how to speed up the procurement of light attack aircraft as the service prepares to host the next phase of the OA-X experiment from May to July at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, The Drive reported …

The General Services Administration has issued a plan for the establishment of an e-commerce portal that can be used by federal agencies to buy commercial products and services, Nextgov reported Friday. GSA released the implementation plan Friday and said it will work with the Office of Management and Budget to …

The Defense Department estimates the F-35 development and procurement effort to cost the Pentagon $406.1 billion, down from the $406.5 billion projected last year, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. The Pentagon has reduced its cost estimate for the purchase of 2,456 F-35s by 0.2 percent to $345.4 billion. The department’s cost projections for …

The Transportation Department has selected 41 road, transit, maritime and rail projects to receive nearly $500 million in total fiscal 2017 discretionary funds through the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery program. DOT said Friday the FY 2017 TIGER program considered communities in the countryside, with more than 64 percent of …

The State Department will include in all contracts a clause that would require contractors to fully cooperate with the agency’s office of inspector general by providing OIG access to their records and employees in an effort to prevent any future misunderstandings, Federal News Radio reported Friday. “For the vast majority …

South Korea plans to buy a presidential plane as a replacement to a modified Boeing-built 747-400 aircraft the government currently leases from Korean Air, Defense News reported Friday. “The 10-year contract for the leased VIP jet is to be terminated two years from now, so the government should make a …

The U.S. Army has proposed $5.1 billion in fiscal 2019 funds to procure missile systems, up from the service branch’s $3.9 billion fiscal 2018 request for missile procurement efforts, Military.com reported Wednesday. Davis Welch, deputy director of budget at the Army, told Military.com the service branch plans to spend $1.1 billion …