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.

GAO sends back a Defense Health Agency contract for a second opinion

The Defense Health Agency is being asked to reconsider a contract award to PricewaterhouseCoopers after GAO agreed with three protesters who said they were treated unfairly.

Vencore wins $96M task order to support USCIS

Vencore has won a $96 million task order to support the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services.

ManTech wins $25.6M contract to provide VA with web-based tooling suite

ManTech International has won a $25.6 million contract with the Veterans Affairs Department to design, develop, deploy and provide operational maintenance support or a web-based Enterprise Terminology Tooling Suite.

LCG wins $17.5M contract to provide help desk support

LCG has won a $17.5 million contract to support and maintain uptime operations for the Health Resources and Services Administration’s help desk.

IBM’s Anne Altman set to retire; new leader named

Anne Altman, IBM's long-time public sector leader, has announced that she is retiring from Big Blue on Jan. 31, and IBM has named former Leidos executive Sam Gordy as her replacement.

TransUnion launches new government business

Gone are the days when TransUnion was just a credit bureau, and the company is proving it with the creation of a new government business.

Alion Science and Technology wins $15M contract to support Air Force spectrum office

Alion Science and Technology has won a $15 million contract with the Air Force to help prevent potentially dangerous interference in the Air Force’s wireless operations.

Deloitte fights for $80M Defense Health Agency contract

Deloitte continues its fight for an $80 million Defense Health Agency contract with a second bid protest.

Lockheed wins $80M option to continue Aegis support

Lockheed Martin has won an $80 million option with the Navy to continue its Aegis combat system engineering agent efforts.

ManTech to support defense, intell modernization under $200M contract

ManTech International has won a $200 million contract to support Defense Department and intelligence community modernization.

Aerospace Testing Alliance to up O&M support under $14.3M contract mod

Aerospace Testing Alliance has won a $14.3 million contract modification with the Air Force to increase its support of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex.

MacAulay-Brown partners with company under $450M SOCOM contract

MacAulay-Brown is serving as a partner to Mid Atlantic Professionals, which won a $450 million contract to support the U.S. Special Operations Command.

Misunderstandings nix CSRA protest of $100M DHS contract

CSRA had an answer for each DHS objection to its bid for Agile development work, but that still wasn't enough to prove to GAO that DHS picked the wrong contractor.

SAIC wins $485M EAST 2 contract to support NASA center

Science Applications International Corp. has won a $485 million contract to operate the NASA Enterprise Applications Competency Center.

CACI to support Army intell dissemination system under $81M contract

CACI International has won a $81 million contract to continue supporting the Army’s Trojan Spirit program.

Pricing argument falls on deaf ears

MRC Federal argued that the Air Force unfairly adjusted the pricing on its bid, causing the company to lose a $100 million contract. But GAO didn't buy it.

Lockheed wins $7.1M contract to repair C4I system

Lockheed Martin has won a $7.1 million contract with the Navy to repair tactical command and control systems.

Ten small businesses win spots on $846M ERP contract

Ten small businesses have won spots on a $846 million contract to provide enterprise resource planning services to the Army.