Torrent opens Washington subsidiary to serve feds

The newly formed Torrent Government Contracting Services LLC plans to bid on federal and state government contracts with business partners that include Wells Fargo and Co., Connective Technologies Inc. and ChoicePoint.

Comms, health tech make contract news

A $200 million communications contract and as much as $23 billion in health IT work in the coming decade have been making headlines.

Cubic to supply Army with ground combat simulators

The Army plans to purchase a large quantity of ground combat trainer systems from Cubic Corp. under a new contract.

SRA to provide conflict-resolution support to EPA

SRA International will support the EPA’s conflict-resolution programs under a five-year, $55 million contract renewal.

The prognosis is good for state and local health IT

The need for efficiency and a boost from the stimulus package are driving health IT opportunities.

GAO finds 25 contractors got work after debarrment

More than two dozen federal contractors guilty of fraud and illegal activity still managed to win millions of dollars in contracts, according to a new GAO report.

CGI Group provides IT support to Quebec’s justice department

CGI Group Inc. will provide information technology support to Quebec’s provincial department of justice under a three-year, $16.5 million contract.

QinetiQ to furnish security services to NCIS

QinetiQ North America will provide various security services to the Naval Criminal Investigative Service under a new contract.

EPA awards green technology contracts

The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded contracts to 23 companies to develop green technologies as part of its small business innovation research program.

SAIC to help maintain Army biometric systems

SAIC will assist Sensor Technologies Inc. with maintenance support for the Army Communications and Electronics Command under a four-year contract worth more than $115 million.

Tyler inks financial management software deal

Tyler Technologies Inc. will provide financial management software to the city of Bridgeport, Conn., under a new contract.

Alion to analyze data and emerging technologies for the Navy

Alion Science and Technology will analyze technical data and emerging technologies for the Navy under a three-year, $3.3 million task order.

CSC and Vision Technologies to upgrade EPA technology

Computer Sciences Corp. and its protégé company Vision Technologies Inc. will provide infrastructure services to the Environmental Protection Agency under an eight-year contract that has a cumulative value of $102 million.

Vangent to build health care solution for MHS

Vangent Inc. will work with the Defense Department’s Military Health System to create a new clinical health IT tool under a $14.1 million task order.

SAIC to support Army records management system

Science Applications International Corp. wins a task order to support the interactive system that holds Army personnel information.

SRA to triage CDC health care data center

SRA International will assist the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention manage health care data under a three-year, $21 million contract.

Koniag captures Social Security IT work

Alaska Native Corporation wins $100 million contract to provide a broad range of IT support to SSA.

Towns warns against "con artist" contractors

Rep. Ed Towns has scheduled a hearing to examine whether more anti-fraud protections are needed in the economic stimulus package to guard against "convicts and con artists."

DLT will provide new software and services across DOD

DLT Solutions Inc. will install commercial software applications throughout the Defense Department under a five-year contract that has a maximum value of $18 million.