The Housing and Urban Development Department's incumbent IT services vendor, Lockheed Martin Corp., is fighting the award of the follow-on contract to EDS Corp.
The Justice Department has awarded blanket purchase agreements worth a combined $100 million per year to support the Justice Consolidated Office Network.
Northrop Grumman Corp. won a contract worth up to $15 million from the Marine Corps for a next-generation chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense warning and reporting system.
Computer Sciences Corp. has won $146 million in new task orders under the National Institutes of Health' Chief Information Officers Solutions and Partners 2 contract.
<b>Washington Technology presents its Top 25 8(a) companies and Fast 50 rankings</b><br>In 1998, Preferred Systems Solutions Inc., President Robert Hisel Jr. sold all his commercial work to another firm and used the proceeds to focus on the government market. Colleagues questioned his wisdom. Today, he says, "They are asking me, 'How the hell do you get into this government stuff?' "
Forensics, consulting, information technology services, engineering. The small businesses showing the fastest growth in the government sector also showcase a variety of services and niches that contractors can thrive in.
Growing concern that government IT contractors are relying too heavily on foreign workers could lead several federal and state lawmakers to severely limit or ban outright offshore outsourcing on government contracts.
Qwest Communications International will provide the National Institutes of Health with backup computing for its 27 institutes and centers across the country.
BearingPoint Inc. won a $16 million contract from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development to provide business process redesign and technology modernization services.
The Army Corps of Engineers' Engineering and Support Center has selected five companies for a five-year contract to install and maintain utility monitoring and control systems.
