# Army Faces Protests Over MAPS Awards

The U.S. Army’s **$50 billion, 10-year Marketplace for the Acquisition of Professional Services (MAPS)** procurement faces two new GAO protests disputing whether small businesses may team for awards in the commercial-sector-vendor category. The protests could delay up to 350 planned awards across five domains, adding uncertainty for firms shaping their teaming strategies. Separately, a contractor is challenging CMMC requirements while the Defense Department pauses and reviews the program’s next phase.

- Companies pursuing MAPS should evaluate their small-business teaming plans against the solicitation’s category rules and account for possible award delays; the protests may lead to further solicitation changes.
- Procurement teams and prospective offerors can use the GAO protest outcomes and any resulting solicitation revisions to clarify how teaming is treated before finalizing bid strategies.
- Defense contractors affected by CMMC should account for the stated pause and review of the next phase when planning around the program; the signal provides no revised timeline or specific replacement requirements.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Professional Services, Defense & Military
**Topics:** Contracting Vehicles
**Published:** November 06, 2026

### Government Entities
- U.S. Army (Army)
- Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)

### Vendors
- AHS Business Services ()
- Mindboard ()
- Intelligence Consulting Enterprise Solutions ()

### Sources
- [
        Army’s MAPS contract hit with new obstacles - Federal News Network](https://federalnewsnetwork.com/contracting/2026/11/armys-maps-contract-hit-with-new-obstacles) - Federal News Network