ContractRoundUp

Four companies won contracts to launch a pilot project to test initial standards for electronic prescribing of medications.

DataStream: The News in Brief

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Infotech and the Law: New rules raise procurement thresholds

Contractors soon may need to change the cost and pricing data they supply on government contracts as a result of several recent proposed and interim rules that would increase certain procurement thresholds.

Inside Track: New Federal Projects

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency wants a contractor to Peru's Ministry of Transportation and Communications for technical assistance in developing a national telecommunications strategic plan.

Inside Track: New Federal Projects

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency wants a contractor to Peru's Ministry of Transportation and Communications for technical assistance in developing a national telecommunications strategic plan.

Small Business: In Brief

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New dawn for GWACs

Billions of dollars are at stake as primes prepare to fight for a spot on 20 governmentwide deals

Army re-ups L-3 division for tactical trainers

L-3 Communications Inc.'s Link Simulation and Training division won a $33.4 million contract to build four additional Army Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer suites.

Opportunity Knocking: Contracts

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Opportunity Knocking: Contracts

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Workers as targets

Continuing war-zone work demands tough employees and seasoned contractors

SI International wins Air Force missile systems work

SI International Inc. won a contract from the Air Force Space Command to provide systems engineering and technical analysis for the development of future ballistic missile defense systems.

DISA taps Pragmatics for customer service support

Pragmatics Inc. won a task order to provide professional consulting and IT services to the Defense Information Systems Agency's customer service management team.

Johnson: Complexity moves GSA to extend Networx award dates

Industry response, the complexity of the Networx procurement and further program discussions prompted GSA to extend the award dates for its $20 billion telecommunications and networks contract, John Johnson, assistant commissioner for GSA's Office of Service Development and Delivery, said today.

NSA taps SI International for human resources support services

SI International Inc. won a five-year, $6.9 million task order to provide human resources support services to the welcome center at the National Security Agency.

Encore II RFP deadline extended

The Defense Information Systems Agency has notified vendors that the deadline to receive proposals for its $13 billion Encore II Information Technology Solutions contracts has been extended indefinitely.

Calif. county taps Motorola for public safety communications

Motorola Inc. won an $8 million contract to deploy a public safety information system for the sheriff's department in Fresno County, Calif.

Micromuse wins Navsea net-centric service management work

Micromuse Inc. won a $15 million subcontract from Eyak Technology Inc. to provide infrastructure service management and assurance for the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command transformation project

Wireless Facilities wins DOD network ops center deal

Wireless Facilities Inc.'s subsidiary WFI Government Services will manage a wide-area network operations center, supporting more than 12,000 users, under a Department of Defense contract the company recently won.

Arkansas taps Tier Technologies for workforce services

Tier Technologies Inc., Reston, Va., won a $1.1 million contract to make improvements to the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services' interactive voice-response system and install a new claims application-by-telephone system.