BREAKING: IRS $118M BPA for Hiring and Training - 3 more companies include Gauntlet AI added to Joining FedStack and Lantec/Codesmith. More companies coming soon.

BREAKING: IRS $118M BPA for Hiring and Training - 3 more companies include Gauntlet AI added to Joining FedStack and Lantec/Codesmith. More companies coming soon. SOURCE: [https://orangeslices.ai/treasury-dept-ocio-awards-118m-technical-workforce-development-and-training-bpa/](https://orangeslices.ai/treasury-dept-ocio-awards-118m-technical-workforce-development-and-training-bpa/) Some news broke earlier this year with a press release from Codesmith: "Codesmith Selected for $118M IRS Contract" and a number of people felt this meant that Codesmith received a check for $118M. That's not the case. The $118M is a ceiling for training and hiring for the IRS, and the IRS just added three more partners to the contract, with more expected to be added. Super interesting to see the pie being split up and fought over by competing companies and it seems they want as many contenders as possible. If you are a Gauntlet or Codesmith you have to train people to be IRS-ready, like dealing with COBAL and other legacy systems, and then you get those people to pass the government interview process, get hired, you get a fee. But with increased competition, I think this is going to get spicy! Gauntlet for America had 10 placements already in the government and is moving fast. I'm very curious to see how this plays out.