DHS procurement office eyes contract hybrids

The Homeland Security Department’s Office of Procurement Operations is looking at contracts that include some performance-based items as a way to meet governmentwide requirements to reduce spending on contracts considered to be high risk.

General Dynamics wins $200M Army combat training contract

General Dynamics C4 Systems will help the Army consolidate and improve the method by which it purchases products essential for combat training systems under a contract potentially worth $200 million over five years.

DHS plans EAGLE II take-off

The Homeland Security Department plans to issue solicitations this fiscal year for a departmentwide IT services contracting program to proceed DHS' $45 billion EAGLE acquistion vehicle.

Alion will standardize DOD's threat assessment information system

Alion Science and Technology Corp. has won a $2.8 million award to upgrade a system it developed for the Defense Department to collect critical information on threat vulnerabilities.

STG lands Army award for information assurance services

STG Inc. will deliver information assurance services to the Army under a two-year, $39 million contract.

Vangent to improve ailing DOD health care procurement system

Vangent Inc. will provide a new, improved health care procurement system for the Defense Department under a $6.85 million contract.

SAIC to assist with missile threat analysis

SAIC will provide a wide range of scientific and technical assistance to the Defense Intelligence Agency under a contract potentially worth $19 million over five years.

CACI to bolster Army intell processing capabilities

CACI International Inc. will provide program management and technical engineering services to the Army under a new $24 million task order.

Boeing to build software for Air Force targeting system

Boeing Co. has won a $23 million contract to upgrade software on Air Force bombers to improve targeting capabilities.

Fed CIOs, GSA smooth agencies' Networx transition path

Agencies get a few more months to lay out plans to transitioning services to Networx.

L-3 to study images for Special Operations Command

L-3 Services Inc. will provide imagery analysis services to the Special Operations Command under a contract potentially worth $155 million over five years.

ManTech, Apptis partner to support Army information centers

ManTech International Corp. and Apptis Inc. are partnering on $132.9 million contract to provide information technology and engineering support services to the Army. ManTech, a subcontractor on the two-year, competitively awarded effort, can earn an estimated $40 million.

TSA's infrastructure contract enters the ridiculous zone

The back and forth continues as TSA stops work again on its $500 million Information Technology Infrastructure Progtram while a dispute over jurisdiction for bid protests is resolved.

SAIC tasked with new engineering services at Redstone Arsenal

Science Applications International Corp. will provide additional professional and engineering services to the Army under a five-year task order that has a ceiling value of $848 million.

Work stops again on TSA infrastructure contract

Barely a week after restarting work on its $500 million infrastructure contract, TSA issues a stop-work order to CSC.

Entrust signs PKI deal with Homeland Security Department

Entrust will be providing digital certificates to DHS' 225,000 employees under a two-year agreement.

Emtec Federal will provide IT products to CDC offices worldwide

Emtec Federal has won two blanket purchase orders to supply information technology products and services to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Each of the five-year awards is worth an estimated $10 million a year to the systems integrator.

Harris to support Southern Command in Honduras

Harris Corp. will continue working with the Army to improve command security and operations in Central America under a five-year task order worth $38 million.

TSA restarts CSC's infrastructure contract

TSA tells auditors and protesters that the FAA has jurisdiction to hear protests of the Information Technology Infrastructure Program award.

5 government contracting myths busted

Deltek's survey of government contractors pokes holes in the conventional wisdom of growth, mergers and acquisitions and government audits.