In its second attempt to get its $20 billion procurement off the ground, NASA has named 65 companies winners of prime contracts under its SEWP V contract.
HP has competed twice and lost twice to a small Florida company that is a dominant player in the HSPD-12 market. Thanks to a bid protest, HP has another shot at keeping a $58 million contract it has held since 2007.
Northrop Grumman has won a $21.8 million contract to provide the Missile Defense Agency with on-orbit operations and sustainment for the Space Tracking and Surveillance System.
L-3's price was higher, but its proposal won more accolades, allowing the company to best Booz Allen Hamilton and incumbent Leidos for a $193 million Defense Intelligence Agency contract.
Federal CIO Tony Scott is planning to make good use of the last two years of the current administration by making sure that the IT initiatives that have been announced over the last few years are ensured for the future, FCW reports.
The Navy is about to launch an Innovation Cell program to begin inserting commercial technologies into Navy networks without breaking the rules of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, Federal News Radio is reporting.
Acquisitions are good: they add capabilities, new customers and contracts, hard workers and a boatload of new revenue. But for one company, an acquisition almost cost them their entire federal business.
