Enterprise Integration Inc. wins $40M logistics contract

Enterprise Integration Inc. won a five-year, $40 million follow-on contract from the Army to provide management and monitoring support for the Army's plan to integrate its logistics processes.

HP lands DARPA Internet work

Hewlett-Packard Co. won a three-year, $6 million prime contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop technologies that will improve mission-critical computer networks used during combat and related operations.

Infotech and the law: More grist for the bid protest mill

As a lawyer who has brought bid protests on behalf of protesters and defended them on behalf of awardees, I am always of two minds whenever I learn of something that may generate more bid protest litigation. That was my reaction to recent press reports about the General Services Administration's new plan to hire as many as 100 outside contract employees for acquisition and contract administration services ? work that federal employees normally would perform.

All eyes on Texas

Systems integrators and several states are watching to see whether Texas will succeed with a groundbreaking project that involves outsourcing human services and Medicaid eligibility determination.

Taking Exception: Read the contract, not the label

As attorneys representing American Systems Consulting Inc., or ASCI, we have a different view regarding GAO's decision in our client's contract protest. GAO's decision affirmed a simple holding: Agencies can use the simplified ordering procedures for GSA schedules, but only for those services listed.

Buy Lines: Broad definition of commercial items hurts government, industry

Ten years ago, Congress changed the acquisition systems to make it a priority to buy commercial-off-the-shelf items.

New push for Safety Act fixes

Contractors supplying new technologies to the Homeland Security Department are renewing their push to ease what they feel is an arduous application process for the department's Safety Act liability protections, and to strengthen the protections for trade secrets they disclose in their applications.

'Engage Industry'

The General Services Administration's plan to reorganize the Federal Technology and Federal Supply services must go beyond the superficial merging of two organizations and improve the organization's overall value to agencies and industry, federal and private sector officials said.

Alliant draft RFPs hit the street

Draft requests for proposals for the multibillion-dollar Alliant Full and Open and Alliant Small Business contracts were released Thursday by GSA.

General Dynamics wins Air Force network deal

General Dynamics Corp. has won a three-year, $36 million contract from the Air Force to provide centrally managed logistics support for the Combat Information Transport System.

FDIC awards $550 million IT services contract

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation awarded four contractors a 10-year, $550 million contract to provide information technology application services.

Massive federal wireless project delayed

The federal government has advised prospective vendors that it has delayed its schedule and changed its requirements for a multibillion-dollar makeover of federal wireless voice and data communications.

U.K. education authority taps Unisys for network support

Unisys has won a $7.1 million contract from the Kent Local Education Authority in the United Kingdom to provide a new wide area network.

U.K. education authority taps Unisys for network support

Unisys has won a $7.1 million contract from the Kent Local Education Authority in the United Kingdom to provide a new wide area network.

DRS to help map the stars

DRS Technologies Inc. won a contract to develop infrared sensor modules that will support the Wide-field Infrared Survey Experiment (WISE) mission of the NASA Medium Explorer program.

Seven integrators eye San Diego IT outsourcing renewal

More than a half dozen large systems integrators are considering whether to bid as prime contractors on San Diego County's IT outsourcing contract renewal this year.

GSA plans industry day on reorg

The General Services Administration will soon announce an industry day to discuss the agency's reorganization plans.

GSA to issue Alliant draft RFPs

The General Services Administration will issue on Thursday the draft requests for proposals for its multibillion-dollar Alliant and Alliant Small Business information technology service contracts.

RGII wins helicopter support contracts

RGII Technologies Inc. of Annapolis, Md., has been selected as part of a team to provide program support to the H-60 Helicopters Program office.

DISA awards contract to upgrade telecom network

Nortel Networks Federal Solutions division won a $20 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to improve the control and responsiveness of the Defense Switched Network.