The Army’s Marketplace for the Acquisition of Professional Services (MAPS) procurement represents one of the most significant professional services contracting opportunities in recent years. MAPS, the $50 billion, 10-year IDIQ, is replacing both RS3 and ITES-3S, and is expected to shape Army services acquisitions for the next decade and serve as a critical gateway for
South Korea has become one of the fastest-growing defense markets on the planet. Korea’s defense exports reached $15.4 billion in 2025, surging 60% year-on-year, driven largely by major contracts with Poland and other NATO-aligned buyers. The country’s four largest defense firms — Hanwha Aerospace, Hyundai Rotem, Korea Aerospace Industries, and LIG Nex1 — are expanding
The timing has rarely been better for Korean companies to pursue U.S. government contracts. The White House and the Republic of Korea signed a Technology Prosperity Deal MOU in October 2025 covering AI, semiconductors, quantum computing, and space. Korean companies committed $350 billion in U.S. investments. And the administration’s America’s Maritime Action Plan — issued
AI is now embedded in core defense mission systems, acquisition planning, and contract administration. The legal, compliance, and contractual risks that follow are fast-growing and consequential — capable of derailing performance, generating False Claims Act (FCA) exposure, or disqualifying proposals.
As the Department of Defense (DoD) increases its reliance on AI-enabled capabilities, contractors should understand
Federal contractors are often familiar with the well-defined bid protest processes at the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and agency-level forums. But contractors pursuing state and local government work quickly learn that bid protests at the state and local level are a different animal entirely.
Instead of one uniform set
In Kansas, vendors dissatisfied with the conduct of a competitive procurement — whether due to an award decision, solicitation specifications, or other irregularities — must understand how to navigate the state’s bid protest process.
This guide provides an overview of the Kansas bid protest framework and a detailed explanation of the Vendor Bid Protest Procedure
Commercial tech and AI companies entering the federal market face a hard lesson: Federal contracts do not work like commercial software licenses. GSA’s proposed AI clause is where that lesson gets expensive.
If your company sells software or AI-powered services commercially, your deal model is built on familiar assumptions: You license your product, you retain
The comment period closed. The clause survived. When GSA issues Refresh 32, existing Schedule holders will have 60 days to accept — or risk losing their contracts. Here is how to use the time you have left.
The market has spent six weeks debating whether GSA’s proposed AI clause — GSAR 552.239-7001 — is good
Bid protests in Maine are governed by a relatively structured administrative framework that provides disappointed bidders and other “aggrieved persons” with a defined right to challenge contract and grant award decisions. Unlike more informal state procurement protest regimes, Maine law — particularly 5 M.R.S.A. § 1825-E — establishes mandatory procedures, strict deadlines, and a formal
Alaska’s bid protest framework provides an administrative process for challenging solicitation terms, proposed awards, and awarded contracts — but it is highly procedural, fast-moving, and strictly deadline-driven. As a result, involving experienced legal counsel early in the process is often critical to preserving protest rights and positioning the contractor for a meaningful remedy. Below is