DOD cuts middleman in software acquisition

archTIS’ recently announced $250,000 contract to provide development services to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) will allow for deeper integration of NC Protect within the Microsoft DoD365 environment. The contract’s scope targets the development of mission-specific requirements to support a potential enterprise-wide rollout of NC Protect, with this contract as a operational bridge between initial licensing and a broader enterprise award.  Read more via Proactive’s recent coverage of the contract at the link below. https://lnkd.in/gQDXJx3y #AR9 $ARHLF #ASX Daniel Lai Andrew Burns Miles Jakeman Marcus Thompson, AM, PhD Kurt Mueffelmann Irena Mroz Gerard Foley Kevin Coppins

Explore how sweeping changes to DoD acquisition policies—including mandates for CSOs, OTAs and the Software Acquisition Pathway—are reshaping the federal contracting landscape. Download the guide: https://gag.gl/NRq5KH

Explore how sweeping changes to DoD acquisition policies—including mandates for CSOs, OTAs and the Software Acquisition Pathway—are reshaping the federal contracting landscape. Download the guide: https://gag.gl/NRq5KH

Explore how sweeping changes to DoD acquisition policies—including mandates for CSOs, OTAs and the Software Acquisition Pathway—are reshaping the federal contracting landscape. Download the guide: https://gag.gl/NRq5KH

Explore how sweeping changes to DoD acquisition policies—including mandates for CSOs, OTAs and the Software Acquisition Pathway—are reshaping the federal contracting landscape. Download the guide: https://gag.gl/NRq5KH

Army seeks to adopt multi-vendor approach for NGC2 as it refines its on- and off-ramp strategy: "We're still early on the prototyping phase and having a multi-vendor approach. We are trying to figure out what right will look like," Danielle Moyer said. The post Army seeks to adopt multi-vendor approach for NGC2 as it refines its on- and off-ramp strategy first appeared on Federal News Network. #FederalNewsRadio #IDefense

$AR9 - archTIS’ recently announced $250,000 contract to provide development services to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) will allow for deeper integration of NC Protect within the Microsoft DoD365 environment. The contract’s scope targets the development of mission-specific requirements to support a potential enterprise-wide rollout of NC Protect, with this contract as a operational bridge between initial licensing and a broader enterprise award. Read more via Proactive’s recent coverage of the contract at the link below. https://lnkd.in/gQDXJx3y #AR9 $ARHLF #ASX Daniel Lai Andrew Burns Miles Jakeman Marcus Thompson, AM, PhD Kurt Mueffelmann Irena Mroz Gerard Foley Kevin Coppins

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence issued the first public exclusion and removal order under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act on September 15, targeting all products and services from Acronis AG and its affiliates. The order creates immediate compliance obligations for federal contractors: Exclusion Requirements: Contractors entering new contracts or modifications with covered agencies cannot provide or use Acronis products/services in contract performance. Reporting Obligations: All contractors with FAR clause 52.204-30 must conduct "reasonable inquiry" to determine if they've provided or used prohibited items, then report findings to agencies even for contracts awarded before the order. Removal Requirements: Intelligence Community agencies and contracts involving sensitive compartmented information systems must remove Acronis products from federal information systems. GSA Schedule Impact: GSA issued notice on September 18 that the order applies to Schedule contracts, potentially signaling how GSA will treat future orders from DoD and IC agencies—particularly significant given procurement centralization initiatives. Monitoring Requirement: Contractors must check SAM.gov at least quarterly for new FASCSA orders and repeat the inquiry/reporting process for each new order issued. The order represents the first public test of the Federal Acquisition Security Council process established in 2020. While the order technically applies to IC agencies and SCI systems, GSA's adoption suggests broader potential application across civilian agencies. Contractors should expect additional FASCSA orders as the council actively reviews supply chain security referrals, though the volume remains uncertain. At VisioneerIT, we help contractors develop supply chain monitoring and compliance processes for evolving federal security requirements. How is your organization tracking and responding to supply chain security orders? Read more: https://vist.ly/4bcx5 #SupplyChainSecurity #FASCSA #FederalCompliance #GovernmentContracting #VisioneerIT

You just paid $47,000 for a problem that doesn’t exist. Your IT vendor told you the servers needed upgrading. “End of life.” “Security risk.” “Performance issues.” You cut the check. $47K. New servers. Installation. Migration. Done. Here’s what they didn’t tell you: Your old servers were fine. They had 4 more years of useful life. Zero security vulnerabilities. Performance was never the issue—your network configuration was. But new servers pay better than fixing a config file. This is the $2.3 million problem we found last year across 8 different companies. IT vendors recommending unnecessary hardware refreshes because hardware pays commission. Software pays commission. Projects pay commission. Actual solutions? Free. No commission. One manufacturing company paid $127K to “upgrade their entire phone system” because their IT vendor said it was “obsolete.” We audited it. The phone system was 3 years old. Nothing was obsolete. The real problem? Their internet bandwidth was choking voice traffic. $240/month fix. Takes 20 minutes. But nobody makes money on a $240 fix. Another company spent $89K on new security cameras because the old ones “weren’t working properly.” The cameras were fine. The network switch they were plugged into was failing. $1,800 replacement. But $89K in new cameras pays a lot better than an $1,800 switch. Here’s what you need to understand: Most IT vendors are compensated for selling you things. Not for solving your problems efficiently. When your only tool is a hammer that pays commission, every problem looks like a $50K nail. We don’t sell hardware. We don’t take vendor kickbacks. We don’t get paid more for recommending expensive solutions. We get paid to find the truth. And tell you what actually needs fixing. That’s why our audits cost you nothing upfront. If we find waste, you keep most of the savings. If we don’t find anything, you owe us nothing. Because we’re not in the business of inventing problems. We’re in the business of finding money you’re already losing. Question for executives: When’s the last time your IT vendor recommended the cheapest solution instead of the most expensive one?

Through their collaboration with Four Points Technology, LLC on the AIT-7 IDIQ contract, Zebra is enabling the Department of Defense and its partners to enhance logistics operations with advanced automatic identification solutions. By providing innovative tools for asset tracking and process monitoring, Zebra is driving standardization and interoperability across global defense and government initiatives. https://lnkd.in/g34rBb3w #ZebraEmployee