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The Department of Defense said in a Court of Federal Claims status report that it may consider “another solicitation amendment” and “additional limited proposal revisions” from Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Amazon Web Services for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud contract, the Washington Business Journal reported Wednesday.

The General Services Administration and the Department of Housing and Urban Development have awarded contracts to Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) and Systems Engineering Solutions to support the second phase of HUD’s information technology modernization through the Centers of Excellence program.

Novetta has acquired software engineering services provider WaveStrike for an undisclosed sum to develop new growth opportunities for employees and expand its capability development expertise.

SOS International has merged into a single group its intelligence solutions and defense information technology business units as part of a reorganization effort. Ed Bachl, formerly CEO and co-founder of Vykin, will oversee the newly combined defense and intelligence solutions group as senior vice president.

The General Services Administration will release another corrective action on the $7.6B Defense Enterprise Office Solutions contract, the Washington Business Journal reported Wednesday.

William “Bill” Marion, former deputy chief information officer of the U.S. Air Force, has joined Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) federal arm as managing director of growth and strategy within its defense and intelligence practice.

Jerry Calhoun, managing director and founder of Silver Tree LLC, has become the latest member of Executive Mosaic’s highly prestigious GovCon Expert program.

Summit 7 Systems has partnered with AvePoint to address the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program. Following the launch of DFARS 7012 DoD released CMMC, which has expanded upon NIST 800-171 cybersecurity framework.

U.S. Special Operations Command has released a request for information on potential contractors that could provide support services for its Global Analytics Platform. A notice published Friday says USSOCOM intends to award a single- or multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the GAP program with a ceiling value of between $300M and $600M and an ordering period of five to 10 years.

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has agreed to buy Exostar, a Herndon, Va.-based provider of cloud-based business collaboration platforms for aerospace and defense, health care and life sciences industries, for an undisclosed sum.