Good morning. Here's your federal-contracting briefing for August 4, 2026 — 4 new items from across the market.

📡 The Wire

Forest Service Adds $11.3M to Perimeter Solutions' Competed Retardant BPA for FY26
The U.S. Forest Service obligated $11,328,521.21 on a fiscal year 2026 on-demand fire retardant blanket purchase agreement with Perimeter Solutions LP, awarded through full and open competition after exclusion of sources — a contrast to a separate $50 million sole-source retardant order to the same company.

Forest Service Sole-Sources $50M Fire Retardant Continuance to Perimeter Solutions, No Competition
The U.S. Forest Service awarded Perimeter Solutions LP a $50 million sole-source task order for full-service fire retardant on January 1, 2026, continuing a prior order under FAR 6.302-1 'only one source' authority with no competition.

WidePoint's FEMA Mobile Device Task Order Tops $67.1M as Steady Wireless Funding Increments Continue
WidePoint Integrated Solutions Corp's mobile-device-as-a-service task order with the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency has reached $67,100,803.97 in total obligations, driven by a steady stream of small wireless-services funding modifications running through early August 2026.

NARA Exercises Option Year IV on EMCOR's $73.1M Archives Facilities Contract, Docks $76,000 for Non-Performance
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) exercised Option Year IV on its $73.1 million Complete Facilities Maintenance contract with EMCOR Government Services on August 1, 2026, running through July 31, 2027 — while a separate modification days earlier deobligated $76,000 in penalty fees for non-performance.

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