Intergraph wins computer-aided dispatch deals

Intergraph Corp. won contracts totaling $4.8 million to deploy computer-aided dispatch systems for Richmond, Va., and Cleveland.

Guident wins Energy lab integration work

Guident Technologies Inc. won a five-year, $4.9 million task order from the Energy Department's Los Alamos Laboratory to deliver service support for Oracle solutions.

RSIS lands $111 million DARPA tech services deal

RS Information Systems Inc. has won a five-year, $111 million seat management and services contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

Saflink wins defense message system subcontract

Saflink Corp. has won a subcontract from Lockheed Martin Corp. to deliver continued support for Fortezza cryptographic libraries and drivers at the Defense Department under a new contract.

General Dynamics secures Army base network deal

General Dynamics Information Technology will modernize the communications and data network infrastructure at Fort Carson, Colo., under a two-year, $32 million contract from the Army.

Fla. county taps Accela for e-gov work

Accela Inc. won a $2.6 million contract from Brevard County, Fla., to furnish agencies and citizens with a new enterprise permit and land management solution.

DRS wins $396m battlefield computer deal

DRS Technologies Inc. won a contract worth $396 million to deliver rugged computer systems and peripheral equipment for an Army program designed to give forces better battlefield intelligence.

Merlin Technical Solutions wins DISA deal for SOA governance products

Merlin Technical Solutions Inc. has won a contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide service-oriented architecture governance products for the agency's Net-Enabled Command Capability and Net-Centric Enterprise Services initiatives.

Riverside, Calif., re-ups ACS for IT outsourcing services

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. will continue handling business process and IT outsourcing services for the city of Riverside, Calif., under a one-year contract worth $5.5 million.

Air Force verification work goes to Multimax

Multimax Inc. won a contract with the Defense Enterprise Account Management Office at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., for the Independent Verification and Validation Laboratory.

Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics units win IWN contracts

The three departments that jointly run the Integrated Wireless Network project to build out the next-generation interoperable voice and data radio network for federal agencies have chosen General Dynamics C4 Systems and Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems and Solutions as contractors for the acquisition's second phase.

CGI-AMS picks up Honolulu ERP deal

CGI-AMS will supply an enterprise resource planning software suite to the city and county of Honolulu through a two and one-half year contract worth $10 million.

Dynamics Research gears up for Army transformation work

Dynamics Research Corp. won a five-year, $22 million Army contract to support the Training and Doctrine Command Analysis Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.

GPO issues solicitation for a smart card facility

The Government Printing Office plans to issue a solicitation for a vendor that can establish a repository that will manufacture, personalize and issue Personal Identity Verification cards for smaller agencies.

Opportunity knocking: In brief

The Cleveland Finance Department wants a contractor to build a Web-based procurement system that is compatible with PeopleSoft programs. A request for proposals is expected in late 2006.

Past is prologue for GD partners

Lynwood Owens is deep in discussions with a woman-owned 8(a) business that for the past seven years has worked with the U.S. Agency for International Development. The contract is coming up for recompete at year's end, and Owens, a program manager at General Dynamics Network Systems, sees a change in how the smaller company handles the contract: It would become the prime contractor to USAID, and the General Dynamics unit would be its subcontractor.

SEWP: It's on the money

NASA's SEWP IV contract could become the government's IT product purchasing vehicle of choice, surpassing General Services Administration schedules and other agency contracts ? so says not only NASA, but also companies on the SEWP III program and those planning to bid on its successor.

Inside track: In brief

The General Services Administration needs local telecommunications services for federal agencies in New York and New Jersey. The contracts will replace the Metropolitan Area Acquisition contracts.

Infotech and the Law | Lack of indemnification guidance makes a clear danger

It's déjà vu all over again for companies that regularly do business with state and local governments: Will the state agency negotiate mutually agreeable indemnification and limitation of liability provisions?

Homeland watch: In brief

Along the Secure Border Initiative's speed to deployment, people are talking about a Q&A published by the Homeland Security Department in May that suggests contractors are worried about the expense of moving large numbers of employees to remote border regions to set up the system.