Where are the best contract management practices?

Post-award contract management is more of a problem than a solution, and the answer might start with finding those who already are doing it well.

Opinion

DOD's missed opportunity to improve services acquisition

The Defense Department has released its long-awaited DOD Instruction to guide the acquisition of services and unfortunately they missed an opportunity to make real improvements.

Force 3 wins $18M BPA to assist with 2020 census

Force 3 has won an $18 million blanket purchase agreement to install and service VMware products to support the U.S. Census Bureau’s mission to transform the way the 2020 census is performed.

CACI International wins $25M contract to support Air Force information operations

CACI International has won a $25 million contract to continue its support for the Air Force’s Air, Space and Cyberspace Constructive Environment – Information Operations Suite.

Novetta names new head of federal

Novetta has appointed Tiffanny Gates to the position of president of the company’s federal division.

Citrix taps new president and CEO

Citrix has appointed Kirill Tatarinov to the position of president and chief executive officer, effective Jan. 25.

GSA takes center stage at next WT Industry Day

Our first Washington Technology Industry Day of 2016 will focus on GSA and the critical role it plays in procurement. Don't miss this opportunity to hear from GSA officials about their priories and needs for 2016 and beyond.

CACI puts up a fight for $500M NASA contract

CACI International may have lost to an incumbent in SAIC, but it still believes it is the better choice and has turned to GAO to get another shot at a $485 million NASA contract.

Omniplex deal adds social media element to background investigation capabilities

Omniplex World Services Corp. has acquired the government solutions business of Social Intelligence Corp., bringing to the company social media and online data analytics for use in national security, background investigations and insider threat detection.

Lockheed to streamline two processing systems under $100M IRS contract

Lockheed Martin has won a $100 million contract to support the Internal Revenue Service’s Submission Processing systems.

Unisys taps new head of global digital government practice

Unisys Corp. has named Shawn Kingsberry to lead the company’s global digital government practice.

NCI wins $9M subcontract to support Air Force research site

NCI has won a $9 million subcontract under CDO Technologies to help support the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Rome Research Site.

Companies settle VMware bid protests

Citrix Systems and Nutanix have both withdrawn their protests as they have apparently reached a settlement with the Army over a sole-source contract awarded to VMware.

PAE acquired by new private equity group

PAE's private equity owner has made a deal to sell the company to another private equity firm.

Lockheed wins $14.2M contract to support target system

Lockheed Martin has won a $14.2 million contract to provide the Navy with engineering requirements on the Target Sight System.

PAE picks up $8.2M support services option

PAE Applied Technologies has won an $8.2 million option to provide support services to the Air Force.

Vistronix names new president for intelligence and digital data unit

Vistronix has appointed David Lee to the position of president of the company's intelligence and digital data unit.

Are incumbents really losing more often?

It's not unusual these days to see incumbent contractors lose recompetes, but are they really more vulnerable?

Federal IT officials spill what they want from contractors

Three senior federal IT officials share what they want from contractors: flexibility, patience and help with legacy systems to name a few.

Preferred Systems Solutions adds system architecture capabilites through latest acquistion

Preferred Systems Solutions has acquired Tetra Concepts in a move to increase intelligence community-focused system architecture and software design capabilities.